List of Acronyms
ABWR
Advanced boiling water reactor
AECL
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
APWR
Advanced pressurized water reactor
ALMR
Advanced liquid metal reactor
ATR
Advanced test reactor
BWR
Boiling water reactor
CANDU
Canadian deuterium uranium
CE
Combustion Engineering
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
EBR-I
Experimental breeder reactor - I
EBR-II
Experimental breeder reactor - II
ECCS
Emergency core cooling system
EIA
Energy Information Administration
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
EPRI
Electric Power Research Institute
ETEC
Energy Technology Engineering Center
ETR
Engineering test reactor
FFTF
Fast flux test facility
FMF
Fuel manufacturing facility
GE
General Electric
GA
General Atomics
HFEF/N
Hot fuel examination facility/north
HFEF/S
Hot fuel examination facility/south
HWR
Heavy water reactor
IFR
Integral fast reactor
INPO
Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
kWe
Kilowatt electric
kWh
Kilowatt hour
LWR
Light water reactor
LMR
Liquid metal reactor
MHTGR
Modular high-temperature gas-cooled reactor
MWe
Megawatts electric
MRS
Monitored retrievable storage
MTR
Materials test reactor
NPOC
Nuclear Power Oversight Committee
NRC
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NTSB
National Transportation Safety Board
O&M
Operations and maintenance
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
ORNL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
PIUS
Process inherent ultimate safety
PRA
Probabilistic risk analysis
PRISM
Power reactor, innovative small module
PUC
Public Utilities Commission
PURPA
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act
R&D
Research and development
PWR
Pressurized water reactor
SALP
Systematic assessment of licensee performance
SBWR
Simplified boiling water reactor
SIR
Safe integral reactor
THTR
Thorium high-temperature reactor
TMI
Three Mile Island
TREAT
Transient reactor test
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
WANO
World Association of Nuclear Operators
ZPPR
Zero power physics reactor
