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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Review of the Final Draft Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation: Review #3. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25509.
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Appendix E

Acronyms and Abbreviations

DNFSB Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
DOE-EM U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management
DOE-ORP U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of River Protection
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FBSR fluidized bed steam reforming
FFRDC Federally Funded Research and Development Center
GAO U.S. Government Accountability Office
HEPA high-efficiency particulate air filter
HLW high-level waste
I iodine
IDF Integrated Disposal Facility
INL Idaho National Laboratory
LAW low-activity waste
LDR land disposal restriction
mrem millirem [roentgen equivalent man]
PA Performance Assessment
PE Performance Evaluation
R&D research and development
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
Se selenium
SLAW supplemental low-activity waste
SRNL Savannah River National Laboratory
SRS Savannah River Site
Tc technetium
TPA Tri-Party Agreement
WCS Waste Control Specialists
WTP Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant
Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Review of the Final Draft Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation: Review #3. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25509.
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In 1943, as part of the Manhattan Project, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was established with the mission to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. During 45 years of operations, the Hanford Site produced about 67 metric tonnes of plutonium—approximately two-thirds of the nation's stockpile. Production processes generated radioactive and other hazardous wastes and resulted in airborne, surface, subsurface, and groundwater contamination. Presently, 177 underground tanks contain collectively about 210 million liters (about 56 million gallons) of waste. The chemically complex and diverse waste is difficult to manage and dispose of safely.

Section 3134 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 calls for a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) to conduct an analysis of approaches for treating the portion of low-activity waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation intended for supplemental treatment. The third of four, this report provides an overall assessment of the FFRDC team's final draft report, dated April 5, 2019.

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