Review of the Department of Energy's Plans for Disposal of Surplus Plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (2020)
Chapter: Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Suggested Citation:
"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Review of the Department of Energy's Plans for Disposal of Surplus Plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25593.
Appendix G
Acronyms and Abbreviations
| Am | americium |
| APCS | Abandonment of Panel Closures in the South |
| ARIES | Advanced Recovery and Integrated Extraction System |
| ATWIR | Annual Transuranic Waste Inventory Report |
| AU-50 | Director of the Office of Security |
| B4C | boron carbide |
| BRAGFLO | brine and gas flow modeling code |
| BRC | Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future |
| C&C | Consultation and Cooperation |
| CAB | Citizens Advisory Board (Savannah River Site) |
| CBFO | see DOE-CBFO |
| CCA | Compliance Certification Application |
| CCC | criticality control container; criticality control component |
| CCDF | complementary cumulative distribution function |
| CCO | criticality control overpack |
| CD | Critical Decision (e.g., CD-0 for Critical Decision 0) |
| CDF | cumulative distribution function |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CH | contact-handled |
| CH-TRU | contact-handled transuranic |
| Ci | curie |
| CID | Comprehensive Inventory Database |
| CRA | Compliance Recertification Application |
| CVSA | Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance |
| CY | calendar year |
| DBFT | Deep Borehole Field Test |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| DOE-CBFO | Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management’s Carlsbad Field Office |
| DOE-CEPE | Department of Energy’s Office of Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation |
| DOE-EM | Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management |
| DOE-NNSA | Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration |
| DMO | direct metal oxidation |
| DNFSB | Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board |
| DNN | Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation |
| DOS | Department of State |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| DSA | documented safety analysis |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Review of the Department of Energy's Plans for Disposal of Surplus Plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25593.
| DSP | diluted surplus plutonium |
| DSP-TRU | diluted surplus plutonium transuranic |
| DWPF | Defense Waste Processing Facility |
| EEG | Environmental Evaluation Group |
| EIS | environmental impact statement |
| EM | see DOE-EM |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| FEP | features, events, and processes |
| FGA | flammable gas analysis |
| FGE | fissile gram equivalent |
| FPEIS | final programmatic environmental impact statement |
| FTE | full-time equivalent |
| FY | fiscal year |
| g | gram |
| GAO | Government Accountability Office |
| GSP | graded security protection |
| GTCC | Greater-Than-Class-C |
| HalfPACT | half package transporter |
| HB-Line | chemical processing facility at Savannah River Site |
| HLW | high level radioactive waste |
| HQ | headquarters |
| HRCQ | highway route controlled quantities |
| HWDU | hazardous waste disposal unit |
| HWFP | Hazardous Waste Facility Permit |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IART | Incident/Accident Response Team |
| IDA | Institute for Defense Analyses |
| INL | Idaho National Laboratory |
| INV | inventory report |
| IPFM | International Panel on Fissile Materials |
| K | potassium |
| KAC | K-Area Complex |
| KIS | K Interim Surveillance |
| LANL | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| LCCE | Life-Cycle Cost Estimate |
| LD | lethal dose |
| LWA | Land Withdrawal Act (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant) |
| LWR | light-water reactor |
| M3 | Material Management and Minimization (an office within the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration) |
| m3 | cubic meter |
| MAR | Material at Risk |
| MC&A | material control and accountability |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Review of the Department of Energy's Plans for Disposal of Surplus Plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25593.
| MCL | maximum contaminant level |
| MD | materials disposition |
| MFFF | Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility |
| MOA | memorandum of agreement |
| MOX | mixed oxide |
| MPa | megapascal |
| MRRC | Materials Risk Review Committee |
| MT | metric tons |
| MTHM | metric tons of heavy metal |
| NA-10 | Office of Defense Programs (within the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration) |
| NA-80 | Office of Defense Programs Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation (within the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration) |
| NDA | non-destructive assay |
| NDAA | National Defense Authorization Act |
| NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
| NMC&A | nuclear material control and accountability |
| NMED | New Mexico Environment Department |
| NNSA | see DOE-NNSA |
| NOI | notice of intent |
| Np | neptunium |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NTP | National TRU Program |
| NUREG | Nuclear Regulatory Report |
| NWP | Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC |
| NWPA | Nuclear Waste Policy Act |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| OST | Department of Energy’s Office of Secure Transportation |
| PA | performance assessment |
| PAIR | performance assessment inventory report |
| PARO | Public Access Records Office |
| PCN | planned change notice |
| PCR | planned change request |
| probability density function | |
| PE-Ci | plutonium equivalent curies |
| PEIS | programmatic environmental impact statement |
| PFLOTRAN | petascale reactive multiphase flow and multicomponent transport code |
| PHMSA | Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Association |
| PMDA | Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement |
| PMR | permit modification request |
| POC | pipe overpack container |
| PRA | performance risk assessment |
| Pu | plutonium |
| Pub. L. | public law |
| QA | quality assurance |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Review of the Department of Energy's Plans for Disposal of Surplus Plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25593.
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RH | remote-handled |
| RH-TRU | remote-handled transuranic |
| ROAR | Risk and Opportunity Analysis Report |
| ROD | record of decision |
| ROMP | risks and opportunities management plan |
| RTR | real-time radiography |
| SEIS | supplemental environmental impact statement |
| SNL | Sandia National Laboratories |
| SNM | special nuclear material |
| SPD | surplus plutonium disposition |
| SPD INV | surplus plutonium disposition inventory report |
| SRNS | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC |
| SRS | Savannah River Site |
| SSEB | Southern States Energy Board |
| SST | Safe Secure Transport |
| STD | Department of Energy Standard |
| Sv | sievert |
| TBD | to be determined |
| TDOP | 10-drum overpack |
| TMW | transuranic mixed waste |
| TRL | Technology Readiness Level (e.g., TRL-5) |
| TRU | transuranic |
| TRUPACT | TRansUranic Package Transporter |
| U | uranium |
| UO2 | uranium oxide |
| U.S. NRC | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| USACE | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| VoR | volume of record |
| WAC | waste acceptance criteria |
| WDS/WWIS | Waste Data System/WIPP Waste Information System |
| WGA | Western Governors’ Association |
| WIPP | Waste Isolation Pilot Plant |
| WRAC | waste removal after closure |
| WUF | waste unit factor |
| ZPPR | Zero Power Physics Reactor |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Review of the Department of Energy's Plans for Disposal of Surplus Plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25593.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Review of the Department of Energy's Plans for Disposal of Surplus Plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25593.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Review of the Department of Energy's Plans for Disposal of Surplus Plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25593.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Review of the Department of Energy's Plans for Disposal of Surplus Plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25593.
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