Review of DOE's Nuclear Energy Research and Development Program (2008)
Chapter: Appendix D: Acronyms
D
Acronyms
ABR advanced burner reactor
ABTR advanced burner test reactor
ABWR GE advanced boiling water reactor
AFCF Advanced Fuel Cycle Facility
AFCI Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative
ALWR advanced light water reactor
AP600 Westinghouse passive 600-MWe advanced light water reactor
AP1000 Westinghouse passive 1,100-MWe advanced light water reactor
ASLB Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineering
ATR Advanced test reactor
BEA Battelle Energy Alliance
BWR boiling water reactor
CFR Code of Federal Regulation
CFTC Centralized Fuel Treatment Center
COL combined construction and operating license
CR Continuing Resolution
DC USNRC design certification
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
EIA Energy Information Agency
EOI expression of interest
EPAct05 Energy Policy Act of 2005
EPC engineering, procurement, and construction
EPR French 1,600-MWe pressurized water reactor
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute
ESBWR GE economic simplified boiling water reactor
ESP early site permit
GFR gas-cooled fast reactor
GIF Generation IV International Forum
GNEP Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
HTR high-temperature reactor
ID Idaho Operations Office
IDB ITAAC determination base
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IHX intermediate heat exchanger
INL Idaho National Laboratory
INPO Institute for Nuclear Plant Operations
IGCC integrated gasification combined cycle
ITAAC inspection, testing, analyses, and acceptance criteria
JSW Japan Steel Works
LCOE levelized cost of electricity
LDRD laboratory-directed research and development
LFR lead-cooled fast reactor
LNG liquefied natural gas
LWR light water reactor
MOX mixed oxide
MSR molten salt reactor
NE Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE)
NEI Nuclear Energy Institute
NEPDG National Energy Policy Development Group
NEPO nuclear energy plant optimization
NERAC Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee
NERI Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
NESSP Nuclear Energy Systems Support Program
NGNP Next-Generation Nuclear Plant
NHI Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative
NOPR Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
NP 2010 Nuclear Power 2010
NPOC New Plant Oversight Committee
NSSS Nuclear Steam Supply System
NuStart industry consortium preparing to build new nuclear plants
OMB Office of Management and Budget
PSO program secretarial office
PWR pressurized water reactor
QA quality assurance
QC quality control
RAI request for additional information
RD&D research, development, and deployment
RPV reactor pressure vessel
S-I sulfur-iodine
SBWR GE simplified boiling water reactor
SCWR supercritical-water-cooled reactor
SER safety evaluation report
SFR sodium-cooled fast reactor
TRU transuranic
TVA Tennessee Valley Authority
UCO uranium oxycarbide
USNRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
VHTR very-high-temperature reactor
