Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage: Public Report (2006)
Chapter: F ACRONYMS
F
ACRONYMS
ACRS:
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
BAM:
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung
BMU:
Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit
BNL:
Brookhaven National Laboratory
BWR:
Boiling Water Nuclear Reactor (see Appendix E)
CFD:
Computational Fluid Dynamics
DBT:
Design Basis Threat (see Appendix E)
DHS:
United States Department of Homeland Security
DOE:
United States Department of Energy
EPRI:
Formerly referred to as the Electric Power Research Institute
GAO:
United States Government Accountability Office (formerly the General Accounting Office)
GESMO:
Final Generic Environmental Statement on the Use of Recycled Plutonium in Mixed Oxide Fuel in Light-Water Cooled Reactors
GNB:
Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Behälter, mbH
GNS:
Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Servlce, mbH
GNSI:
General Nuclear Systems, Inc.
GRS:
Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit, mbH
GWd/MTU:
Gigawatt-Days per Metric Ton of Uranium (see Burn-up in Appendix E)
INL:
Idaho National Laboratory (formerly Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory)
ISFSI:
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
HSK:
Die Hauptabteilung für die Sicherheit der Kemaniagen
MTU:
Metric Tons of Uranium (see Appendix E)
MWd/MTU:
Megawatt-Days per Metric Ton of Uranium (see Burn-up in Appendix E)
NPP:
Nuclear Power Plant
NRC:
National Research Council
PFS:
Private Fuel Storage
PWR:
Pressurized Water Nuclear Reactor (see Appendix E)
ROD:
Radiological Dispersal Device (see Appendix E)
RPG:
Rocket-Propelled Grenade
RSK:
Reaktorsicherheitskommission
TOW:
Tube-Launched, Optically Tracked, Wire Guided [Missile] (see Appendix E)
USNRC:
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
