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Suggested Citation: "Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Review of the Continued Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation: Review #3. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26872.

Appendix G

Acronyms and Abbreviations

AoA Analysis of Alternatives
CAPEX capital expenditures
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
DFLAW direct-feed low-activity waste
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
DOE-EM U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management
DOE-ORP U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of River Protection
DOT U.S. Department of Transportation
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FBSR fluidized bed steam reforming
FFRDC federally funded research and development center
GAO U.S. Government Accountability Office
HLW high-level waste
IDF Integrated Disposal Facility
IP industrial package
LAW low-activity waste
LLW low-level waste
LSA low-specific activity
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NASEM National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Suggested Citation: "Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Review of the Continued Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation: Review #3. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26872.
NDAA National Defense Authorization Act
NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission
OPEX operations costs
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
SLAW supplemental low-activity waste
SNF spent nuclear fuel
SoT Statement of Task
SRNL Savannah River National Laboratory
SRS Savannah River Site
TPA Tri-Party Agreement
TRU transuranic waste
WA Ecology State of Washington Department of Ecology
WCS Waste Control Specialists
WRPS Washington River Protection Solutions, Limited Liability Company
WTP Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant
Suggested Citation: "Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Review of the Continued Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation: Review #3. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26872.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Review of the Continued Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation: Review #3. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26872.
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