Improving Operations and Long-Term Safety of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Interim Report (2000)
Chapter: Appendix D: Acronyms
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"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2000. Improving Operations and Long-Term Safety of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/9842.
Appendix D
Acronyms
ALARA
as low as reasonably achievable
ATMX
Atchison Topeka Munitions private railcar
CFR
Code of the Federal Regulations
CEMRC
Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring Research Center
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
DOT
U.S. Department of Transportation
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
NORM
naturally occurring radioactive material
NRC
National Research Council
RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
TRANSCOM
TRANSportation Tracking and COMmunication system
TRU
transuranic
TRUPACT
TRansUranic PACkage Transporter
USNRC
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
WIPP
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
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