APPENDIX O
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AB
Actinide-Burning
AEA
Atomic Energy Act (1984)
AEC
Atomic Energy Commission
ALMR
advanced liquid-metal reactor
ALWR
advanced light-water reactor
ANL
Argonne National Laboratory
ATW
accelerator transmutation of waste
BNL
Brookhaven National Laboratory
BWR
boiling water reactor
CAA
Clean Air Act
CCDF
complementary cumulative distribution function
CCL
coupled cavity linac
CEA
Council for Energy Awareness (U.S.)
CEC
Commission of the European Communities
CERCLA
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CF
capacity factor
CMPO
carbonmoyl methyl phosphine oxide
CSFR
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
CTH
Chalmers University of Technology
CURE
Clean Use of Reactor Energy
DF
decontamination factor
DHLW
Defense High-Level Waste
DMDBTDMA
dimethyl dibutyl tetradecyl methyl amide
DOE
Department of Energy
DOE/NE
Department of Energy/Nuclear Energy Office
DS
double-shell (adj.)
DTL
drift tube linac
DWPF
Defense Waste Processing Facility (Savannah)
ECU
European currency units
EIA
Energy Information Administration
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
EPRI
Electric Power Research Institute
ERA
Energy Reorganization Act
ERDA
Energy Research and Development Administration
FEIS
Final Environmental Impact Statement
FFTF
Fast Flux Test Facility
FP
Fission Product
FWPAC
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
GCDF
Greater Confinement Disposal Facility
GE
General Electric
GESMO
Generic Environmental Impact Statement on Mixed Oxide
GTCC
Greater-Than-Class-C
HEU
high enriched uranium
HFIR
high flux isotope reactor
HLW
high-level waste
HM
heavy metal
HSWA
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984
HTGR
high-temperature gas-cooled reactor
HWVP
Hanford waste vitrification plant
HWR
heavy-water reactor
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency (U.N.)
ICRP
International Commission on Radiation Protection
IFR
integral fast reactor
ILW
intermediate-level waste
INEL
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
INFCE
International Fuel Cycle Evaluation
LAMPF
Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility
LAMPRE
Los Alamos Molten Plutonium Reactor Experiment
LANL
Los Alamos National Laboratory
LEU
low enriched uranium
LGR
liquid graphite reactor
LLW
low-level wastes
LMFBR
liquid-metal fast breeder reactor
LMFR
liquid-metal fast reactors
LMR
liquid-metal reactor
LWR
light-water reactor
MA
minor actinide
MGD
Mined Geologic Disposal
MOX
mixed oxide
MRS
monitored retrieval storage
MSRE
Molten Salt Reactor Experiment
MTHM
metric tons of heavy metal
MTIHM
metric tons of initial heavy metal
MTU
metric tons uranium
MUF
material unaccounted for
MWD/MT
megawatt-days per metric tons
NAS
National Academy of Sciences
NCRP
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
NEA
Nuclear Energy Agency
NEPA
National Environmental Policy Act
NPDES
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPT
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (1978)
NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NWPA
Nuclear Waste Policy Act (1982)
NWPAA
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act (1987)
OECD
Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development
OMEGA
Option Making Extra Gains from Actinides and Fission Products (Japan)
ORNL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P-T
Partitioning and Transmutation
PBR
particle bed reactor
PNL
Pacific Northwest Laboratory
PRA
probabilistic risk assessment
PRISM
power reactor, innovative, small module
PSI
The Paul Scherrer Institute
PUREX
plutonium and uranium recovery by extraction
PWR
pressurized water reactor
RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
REDOX
oxidation-reduction chemistry process
RF
radio frequency
RFQ
radio frequency quadrop
S&T
separations and transmutation
SAF
secure automated fabrication
SAFR
sodium advanced fast reactor
SAR
Safety Analysis Report
SARA
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
SCP
Site Characterization Plan
SRS
Savannah River Site
SS
single-shell
STATS
Committee on Separations and Transmutation Systems
SWU
separative work unit
TBP
tributyl phosphate
THORP
Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (U.K.)
TRU
transuranic (wastes/elements)
TRUEX
transuranic extraction
WHC
Westinghouse Hanford Company
WIPP
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant