Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes (2006)
Chapter: Appendix E Acronym List
Appendix E
Acronym List
AEA
Atomic Energy Act (1954)
AEC
Atomic Energy Commission
ALARA
As Low As Is Reasonably Achievable
ANPR
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
ARARS
Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements
BEIR
Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
BRWM
Board on Radioactive Waste Management of the NRC
BSS
International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources
CAA
Clean Air Act
CERCLA
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (1980, known as “Superfund”)
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
CID
Central Internet Database
CLSM
Controlled Low-Strength Material (used as a filler for waste disposal)
COWAM
Community Waste Management
CRCPD
Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
CWA
Clean Water Act
DHEC
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
DOD
U.S. Department of Defense
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
DOT
U.S. Department of Transportation
ECCS
Emergency Core Cooling System
EIS
Environmental Impact Statement
EM
Office of Environmental Management (DOE)
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ERDA
Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDF
Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility (at Hanford, Washington)
EU
European Union
EW
Exempt Waste
FFCF
Fuel Cycle Facilities Forum
FRC
Federal Radiation Council
FUSRAP
Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program
GAO
U.S. Government Accountability Office
GTCC
Greater-Than-Class-C
HLW
High-Level Waste
HPS
Health Physics Society
HSWA
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
ICRP
International Commission on Radiological Protection
ISCORS
Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards
LAW
Low-Activity Waste
LILW—LL
Low and Intermediate Level Waste—Long Lived
LILW—SL
Low and Intermediate Level Waste—Short Lived
LLW
Low-Level Waste
LLWPA
Low-Level Waste Policy Act (1980, amended 1985)
MARSSIM
Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual
MCL
Maximum Contaminant Level
MCLG
Maxiumum Containment Limit Goals
MIMS
Manifest Information Management System
MLLW
Mixed Low-Level Waste
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
NARM
Naturally Occurring and Accelerator-Produced Radioactive Material
NCRP
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement
NEPA
National Environmental Policy Act (1969, amended 1970)
NESHAPs
National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
NMA
National Mining Association
NNSA
U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration
NORM
Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials
NPDES
National Pollutant Discharge Effluent Standards
NRC
National Research Council
NRSB
Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board of the NRC
NTS
Nevada Test Site
NWPA
Nuclear Waste Policy Act (1982)
OAS
Organization of [USNRC] Agreement States
OSRP
Off-Site Source Recovery Program
OSWER
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
RPP
Radiation Protection Program
RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, amended 1984)
Rem
Roentgen Equivalent Man
ROD
Record of Decision
SARA
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
SECC
Southeast Compact Commission
SDWA
Safe Drinking Water Act
SKB
Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company
SNF
Spent Nuclear Fuel
Superfund
Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (CERCLA)
TENORM
Technologically Enhanced NORM
TRU
Transuranic
TSCA
Toxic Substances Control Act
UMTRCA
Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act
USACE
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USNRC
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
USRTR
U.S. Radiological Threat Reduction Initiative
WIPP
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
