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Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Pages 209-211

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... F Acronyms and Abbreviations ABWR Advanced Boiling Water Reactor AI artificial intelligence AMO Advanced Manufacturing Office ANS American Nuclear Society ARDP Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program ARPA-E Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers BTO Building Technologies Office CCF common cause failure CCUS carbon capture, utilization, or sequestration COL Combined Operating License DC Design Certification DoD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy DOE-NE Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy DSO distribution system operator EBR-II Experimental Breeder Reactor II EIA Energy Information Administration EPA Environmental Protection Agency EPC engineering, procurement, and construction EPRI Electric Power Research Institute EPZ emergency planning zone ESBWR Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor EXIM export-import bank 209
From page 210...
... 210 NEW AND ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTORS IN THE UNITED STATES FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FHR fluoride-molten-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor FLiBe lithium-fluoride, beryllium fluoride molten salt FOAK first-of-a-kind GAIN Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear GEMINA Generating Electricity Managed by Intelligent Nuclear Assets GFR gas-cooled fast reactor HALEU high-assay low-enrichment uranium HTGR high-temperature gas-cooled reactor IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency INL Idaho National Laboratory INPO Institute of Nuclear Power Operations IRA Inflation Reduction Act ISO Independent System Operator LCOE levelized cost of energy LPO Loan Program Office LWR light water reactor MEITNER Modeling-Enhanced Innovations Trailblazing Nuclear Energy Reinvigoration MOPR Minimum Offer Price Rule MOU memorandum of understanding MSR molten-salt-fuel-cooled reactor NCMOU Nuclear Cooperation Memoranda of Understanding NEA Nuclear Energy Agency NOAK nth-of-a-kind NPM Nuclear Power Module NPP nuclear power plant NQA-1 Nuclear Quality Assurance NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRIC National Reactor Innovation Center NSUF Nuclear Science User Facilities O&M operation and maintenance OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development PCU power conversion unit PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PPA Power Purchase Agreement PWR pressurized water reactor QA quality assurance R&D research and development ROW rest of the world RTO Regional Transmission Operator
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... APPENDIX F 211 SDA standard design approval SFR sodium fast reactor SMR small modular reactor TRISO UCO tri-structural isotropic fuel of uranium-oxycarbide TSO transmission system operator VPP virtual power plant

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