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    • Appendix F
    List of Acronyms


    ACNW

    Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (USNRC)

    AECL

    Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd.


    BRWM

    Board on Radioactive Waste Management


    CCDF

    Complementary Cumulative Distribution Function-summing process of probabilities of exceeding the standard. Plotted at probability over time compared to standard ratio

    CFR

    Code of Federal Regulations


    DOE

    U.S. Department of Energy


    EEG

    New Mexico Environmental Evaluation Group

    EPA

    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPRI

    Electric Power Research Institute


    FRA

    Future Resources Associates, Inc.


    HLRW

    high-level radioactive waste


    LLNL

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory


    MRS

    monitored retrievable storage (long-term)

    MTHM

    metric tons of heavy metal


    NAGRA

    National Cooperative for the Storage of Radioactive Waste (Switzerland)

    NAS/NRC

    National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council

    NEA

    Nuclear Energy Agency of OECD

    NRDC

    Natural Resources Defense Council

    NWTRB

    Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board


    OECD

    Office of Economic Cooperation and Development-see NEA


    RE/SPEC

    Research Specialists, Rapid City, SD


    SAB

    EPA Science Advisory Board

    SKI

    Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate


    TRU

    transuranic waste


    USNRC

    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission


    WIPP

    Waste Isolation Pilot Plant



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    Radioactive Waste Repository Licensing: Synopsis of a Symposium sponsored by the Board on Radioactive Waste Management Appendix F List of Acronyms ACNW Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (USNRC) AECL Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd. BRWM Board on Radioactive Waste Management CCDF Complementary Cumulative Distribution Function-summing process of probabilities of exceeding the standard. Plotted at probability over time compared to standard ratio CFR Code of Federal Regulations DOE U.S. Department of Energy EEG New Mexico Environmental Evaluation Group EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPRI Electric Power Research Institute FRA Future Resources Associates, Inc. HLRW high-level radioactive waste LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory MRS monitored retrievable storage (long-term) MTHM metric tons of heavy metal NAGRA National Cooperative for the Storage of Radioactive Waste (Switzerland) NAS/NRC National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council NEA Nuclear Energy Agency of OECD NRDC Natural Resources Defense Council NWTRB Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board OECD Office of Economic Cooperation and Development-see NEA RE/SPEC Research Specialists, Rapid City, SD SAB EPA Science Advisory Board SKI Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate TRU transuranic waste USNRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission WIPP Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

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