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Abbreviations ACNFS Advisory Committee on Nuclear Facility Safety AEC Atomic Energy Commission ALARA as low as reasonably achievable ANS American Nuclear Society ANSI American National Standards Institute ASDP Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs ASEH Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety, and Health ASNE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy BEIR biological effects of ionizing radiations BEST Board on Environmental Science and Technology BROOM Board on Radioactive Waste Management CAM continuous air monitor CDC Centers for Disease Control CEDR Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Repository CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act CRERP Committee on the DOE Radiation Epidemiologic Research Programs CWA Clean Water Act DNFSS Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy DOR direct oxide reduction DP Office of Defense Programs 145
146 ABBREKlATIONS EH Office of Environment, Safety, and Health EML Environmental Measurements Laboratory Mew York City) EPA Environmental Protection Agency ERDA Energy Research and Development Administration FMPC Feed Materials Production Center HEPA high-efficiency particulate air filter IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer ICPP Idaho Chemical Processing Plant ICRP International Council on Radiation Protection INEL Idaho National Engineering Laboratory LACAF Los Alamos Critical Assembly Facility LANL Los Alarnos National Laboratory LEAF Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation LLNL Lawrence Liverrnore National I~boratory NAPA National Academy of Public Administration NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NFPA National Fire Protection Association NPR new production reactors NPS National Priority System NRC National Research Council (Nuclear Regulatory Commission always spelled out) NSR new special recovery NWC Nuclear Weapons Complex OHER Office of Heals and Environmental Research OSEP Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSR operational safety requirement PEP Plutonium Finishing Plant RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act RESL Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory (Idaho Falls) REP Rocky Flats Plant SEN Secretary of Energy Notice SIS special isotope separation SNL Sandia National Laboratory SPEERA Secretarial Panel for Evaluation of Epidemiologic Research Activities SREL Savannah River Ecology Laboratory SRS Savannah River Site WINCO Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear Company