Improving the Scientific Basis for Managing DOE's Excess Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear Fuel (2003)

Chapter: Appendix D: List of Acronyms

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Appendix D List of Acronyms


AES

Auger electron spectroscopy

AFCI

Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative

ANSTO

Australian National Science and Technology Organization


BNFL

British Nuclear Fuels, Limited


DOE

Department of Energy

DNFSB

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

DU

depleted uranium

DUF6

depleted uranium hexafluoride

DWPF

Defense Waste Processing Facility


EM

DOE Office of Environmental Management

EMSP

Environmental Management Science Program

ERSD

DOE Environmental Remediation Sciences Division


HEU

highly enriched uranium

HF

hydrogen fluoride

HLW

high-level waste


IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

ICRP

International Commission on Radiological Protection

INEEL

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory


LEU

low-enriched uranium

LWR

light water reactor

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MFFF

MOX fuel fabrication facility

MOX

mixed oxide fuel

MPC&A

material protection, control and accounting

MTHM

metric tons of heavy metal


NAS

National Academy of Sciences

NDA

nondestructive analysis

NNSA

National Nuclear Security Administration

NRC

National Research Council

NZP

sodium zirconium phosphate


ORNL

Oak Ridge National Laboratory


RFETS

Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado

ROO

DOE Richland Operations Office, Washington


SNF

spent nuclear fuel

SROO

DOE Savannah River Operations Office, South Carolina

SRS

Savannah River Site

SS

stainless steel


TRU

transuranic


USEC

U.S. Enrichment Corporation

USNRC

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission


WAC

waste acceptance criteria

WESF

Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility

WHO

World Health Organization

WIPP

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

WSRC

Westinghouse Savannah River Company

WAPS

waste acceptance product specification


XPS

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

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