Appendix E Acronyms
AIBS
American Institute of Biological Sciences
ASME
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
BES
Office of Basic Energy Sciences (DOE)
CC
Crosscutting area
CEMT
Committee on Environmental Management Technologies (NRC)
D&D
Decontamination and decommissioning
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
EM
Office of Environmental Management (DOE)
EMAB
Environmental Management Advisory Board (DOE)
EMSP
Environmental Management Science Program (DOE)
EP
Executive Panel of ASME Peer Review Committee
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ER
Office of Energy Research (DOE)
FA
Focus area
FACA
Federal Advisory Committee Act
FETC
Federal Energy Technology Center
GAO
U.S. General Accounting Office
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NRC
National Research Council
OST
Office of Science and Technology (DOE)
PI
Principal Investigator
PRC
Peer Review Committee (ASME)
R&D
Research and development
RSI
Institute for Regulatory Science
SSAB
Site-Specific Advisory Board (DOE)
STCG
Site Technology Coordinating Group (DOE)
TD
Technology Developer
TDI
Technology Deployment Initiative
TIDM
Technology Investment Decision Model
USNRC
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission