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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms." National Research Council. 2007. Plans and Practices for Groundwater Protection at the Los Alamos National Laboratory: Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11883.
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Appendix C
Acronyms

AEA Atomic Energy Act

AOC area of concern

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

CCNS Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Resource, Compensation and Liability Act

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

COPC chemicals of potential concern

DOE Department of Energy

EAG External Advisory Group

EIB Environmental Improvement Board

ENV environment(al)

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

EPD Environmental Programs Directorate

FEHM Finite-Element Heat and Mass-Transfer Code

GWSW groundwater and surface-water

HWA Hazardous Waste Act

HWMR Hazardous Waste Management Regulations

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory

LDSP LANL Decision Support Process

MCL maximum contaminant level

MDA material disposal area

MDL Method Detection Limit

NAE National Academy of Engineering

NCRP National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

NMAC New Mexico Administrative Code

NMED New Mexico Environment Department

NMSA New Mexico Statutes Annotated

NNMCAB Northern New Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board

NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration

NOI Notice of Intent

NPDES National Pollution Discharge Elimination System

NRC National Research Council

OSWER Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response

PQL Practical Quantitation Limit

PRS potential release site

QA quality assurance

QAPP Quality Assurance Project Plan

QC quality control

QMP Quality Management Plan

RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

RLWTF Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility

RRES Risk Reduction and Environmental Stewardship

SWEIS Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement

SWMU solid waste management unit

SWWS Sanitary Wastewater System

TA Technical Area

UC University of California

USNRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms." National Research Council. 2007. Plans and Practices for Groundwater Protection at the Los Alamos National Laboratory: Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11883.
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VOC volatile organic compound

VZJ Vadose Zone Journal

WQCC New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission

WQDB Water Quality Database

WQH Water Quality and Hydrology

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms." National Research Council. 2007. Plans and Practices for Groundwater Protection at the Los Alamos National Laboratory: Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11883.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms." National Research Council. 2007. Plans and Practices for Groundwater Protection at the Los Alamos National Laboratory: Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11883.
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The world's first nuclear bomb was a developed in 1954 at a site near the town of Los Alamos, New Mexico. Designated as the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in 1981, the 40-square-mile site is today operated by Log Alamos National Security LLC under contract to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Like other sites in the nation's nuclear weapons complex, the LANL site harbors a legacy of radioactive waste and environmental contamination. Radioactive materials and chemical contaminants have been detected in some portions of the groundwater beneath the site.

Under authority of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the State of New Mexico regulates protection of its water resources through the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED). In 1995 NMED found LANL's groundwater monitoring program to be inadequate. Consequently LANL conducted a detailed workplan to characterize the site's hydrogeology in order to develop an effective monitoring program.

The study described in Plans and Practices for Groundwater Protection at the Los Alamos National Laboratory: Final Report was initially requested by NNSA, which turned to the National Academies for technical advice and recommendations regarding several aspects of LANL's groundwater protection program. The DOE Office of Environmental Management funded the study. The study came approximately at the juncture between completion of LANL's hydrogeologic workplan and initial development of a sitewide monitoring plan.

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