Best Practices for Risk-Informed Decision Making Regarding Contaminated Sites: Summary of a Workshop Series (2014)
Chapter: Appendix H: Acronyms
| ALARA | As low as reasonably achievable |
| API | American Petroleum Institute |
| ARP | Actinides Removal Process |
BLM | Bureau of Land Management |
BRAC | Base Realignment and Closure program |
CAB | Citizen advisory board |
CAG | Community Advisory Group |
CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
CRESP | Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation |
CSO | Combined sewer overflow |
D&D | Deactivation and decommissioning |
DHEC | Department of Health and Environmental Control |
DNAPL | Dense non-aqueous phase liquid |
DOD | U.S. Department of Defense |
DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
DQOs | Data Quality Objectives |
DUF6 | Depleted uranium hexafluoride |
DWPF | Defense Waste Processing Facility |
EIS | Environmental impact statement |
EM | DOE Office of Environmental Management |
EMAB | DOE Environmental Management Advisory Board |
EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
ERDF | Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility |
ETTP | East Tennessee Valley Technology Park |
FFA | Federal Facility Agreement |
FFERD | Federal Facilities Environmental Remediation Dialogue |
FWS | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
HAW | High activity waste |
HEU | Highly enriched uranium |
HLW | High-level waste |
IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
IAWG | Interagency working group |
IC | Institutional control |
ICDF | Idaho CERCLA Disposal Facility |
IDF | Integrated Disposal Facility |
INL | Idaho National Laboratory |
IRG | Independent Review Group |
ISA | Integrated safety analysis |
ISCMEM | Interagency Steering Committee on Multimedia Environmental Modeling |
IT | Information technology |
ITRC | Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council |
LANL | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
LAW | Low activity waste |
LLW | Low-level waste |
LM | DOE Office of Legacy Management |
LNAPL | Light non-aqueous phase liquid |
MARLAP | Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols Manual |
MARSSIM | Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual |
MCL | Maximum containment level |
MCU | Modular Caustic-side Solvent Exchange Unit |
MFFF | Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility |
MLLW | Mixed low-level waste |
MOX | Mixed oxide |
NCP | National Contingency Plan |
NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
NNSA | DOE National Nuclear Security Administration |
NPL | National Priority List |
NRC | National Research Council |
NRCS | National Resource Conservation Service |
NYDEC | New York Department of Environmental Conservation |
ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
ORR | Oak Ridge Reservation |
ORWBG | Old Radioactive Waste Burial Grounds |
OSDF | On-Site Disposal Facility |
OU | Operable unit |
P&T | Pump and treat system |
PA | Performance assessment |
PAH | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
PCB | Polychlorinated biphenyls |
PCE | Perchloroethylene |
PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
PRA | Probabilistic risk assessment |
PRB | Permeable reactive barrier |
PRP | Primary Responsible Party |
QA | Quality assurance |
RAO | Remedial action objectives |
RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
RI/FS | Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study |
ROD | Record of decision |
RPM | Remediation Project Manager |
RWMC | Radioactive Waste Management Complex |
SAM | Sustainability Assessment and Management |
SARA | Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 |
SBW | Sodium bearing waste |
SDF | Saltstone Disposal Facility |
SNF | Spent nuclear fuel |
SPF | Saltstone Production Facility |
SRS | Savannah River Site |
SSAB | Site-Specific Advisory Board |
SURF | U.S. Sustainability Remediation Forum |
SWPF | Salt Waste Processing Facility |
