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
