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Appendix G Acronyms and Abbreviations ac alternating current MMRTG Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric ASC Advanced Stirling Converter Generator ASRG Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator ATHLETE All-Terrain Hex-Legged Extra-Terrestrial NASA National Aeronautics and Space Explorer (as in an ATHLETE rover) Administration ATR Advanced Test Reactor (at Idaho National NEPA National Environmental Policy Act Laboratory) NI PEIS Nuclear Infrastructure Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement CLWR commercial light-water reactor Np neptunium NRC National Research Council dc direct current OPF Outer Planets Flagship DOD Department of Defense ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory DOE Department of Energy OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy EIS environmental impact statement Pu plutonium EJSM Europa Jupiter System Mission EMI electromagnetic interference RHU radioisotope heater unit RPS radioisotope power system FY fiscal year RTG radioisotope thermoelectric generator GPHS general purpose heat source SNAP Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power GRC Glenn Research Center SPF single-point failure SRG Stirling radioisotope generator HFIR High Flux Isotope Reactor (at Oak Ridge National Laboratory) TPV thermophotovoltaic TRIGA Training, Research, Isotopes, General INL Idaho National Laboratory Atomics (as in a TRIGA reactor) INSRP Interagency Nuclear Safety Review Panel TSSM Titan Saturn System Mission JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory We watts of electrical power 53