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Improving the Scientific Basis for Managing DOE's Excess Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear Fuel (2003)
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. "Appendix D: List of Acronyms." Improving the Scientific Basis for Managing DOE's Excess Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear Fuel. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2003.

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Appendix D List of Acronyms


AES

Auger electron spectroscopy

AFCI

Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative

ANSTO

Australian National Science and Technology Organization


BNFL

British Nuclear Fuels, Limited


DOE

Department of Energy

DNFSB

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

DU

depleted uranium

DUF6

depleted uranium hexafluoride

DWPF

Defense Waste Processing Facility


EM

DOE Office of Environmental Management

EMSP

Environmental Management Science Program

ERSD

DOE Environmental Remediation Sciences Division


HEU

highly enriched uranium

HF

hydrogen fluoride

HLW

high-level waste


IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

ICRP

International Commission on Radiological Protection

INEEL

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory


LEU

low-enriched uranium

LWR

light water reactor

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MFFF MOX fuel fabrication facility MOX mixed oxide fuel MPC&A material protection, control and accounting MTHM metric tons of heavy metal NAS National Academy of Sciences NDA nondestructive analysis NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration NRC National Research Council NZP sodium zirconium phosphate ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory RFETS Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado ROO DOE Richland Operations Office, Washington SNF spent nuclear fuel SROO DOE Savannah River Operations Office, South Carolina SRS Savannah River Site SS stainless steel TRU transuranic USEC U.S. Enrichment Corporation USNRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission WAC waste acceptance criteria WESF Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility WHO World Health Organization WIPP Waste Isolation Pilot Plant WSRC Westinghouse Savannah River Company WAPS waste acceptance product specification XPS X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

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