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Suggested Citation:"E. Abbreviations." National Academy of Sciences. 1995. U.S.-German Cooperation in the Elimination of Excess Weapons Plutonium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9204.
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Appendix E:

Abbreviations

AA

Auswärtiges Amt (German Foreign Office)

BNFL

British Nuclear Fuels, Limited

BWR

boiling water reactor

CANDU

Canadian deuterium-uranium reactor

CISAC

Committee on International Security and Arms Control

CTR

Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

DOD

U.S. Department of Defense

DOE

U.S. Department of Energy

ECU

European Currency Unit (about US$1.33)

ES&H

environment, safety, and health

FMEF

Fuel and Materials Examination Facility (at Hanford)

GOSATOMNADZOR

Russian nuclear regulatory agency

GRS

Gesellschaft für Reaktorsicherheit (Association for Reactor Safety)

GW

Gigawatt

HEU

highly enriched uranium

HLW

high-level waste

HLLW

high-level liquid waste

HWR

heavy water reactor

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

ISTC

International Science and Technology Center (in Moscow)

JRC

Joint Research Center of the European Commission

LEU

low enriched uranium

LWR

light water reactor

MINATOM

Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy

MPC&A

materials protection, control, and accounting

MW

megawatts

MWe

megawatts (electric)

MOX

mixed plutonium uranium oxide fuel

NPT

Non-Proliferation Treaty

NRC

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

PWR

pressurized water reactor

RBMK

Russian graphite moderated water cooled reactor

RPu

reactor-grade plutonium

R&D

research and development

SPD

Social Democratic Party of Germany

SUPR

test critical assembly in Russia

WPu

weapons-grade plutonium

VVER-1000

newer Russian light water reactor design

VVER-440

older Russian light water reactor design

Suggested Citation:"E. Abbreviations." National Academy of Sciences. 1995. U.S.-German Cooperation in the Elimination of Excess Weapons Plutonium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9204.
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