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Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage: Public Report (2006)
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Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage: Public Report

F
ACRONYMS


ACRS:

Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards


BAM:

Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung

BMU:

Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit

BNL:

Brookhaven National Laboratory

BWR:

Boiling Water Nuclear Reactor (see Appendix E)


CFD:

Computational Fluid Dynamics


DBT:

Design Basis Threat (see Appendix E)

DHS:

United States Department of Homeland Security

DOE:

United States Department of Energy


EPRI:

Formerly referred to as the Electric Power Research Institute


GAO:

United States Government Accountability Office (formerly the General Accounting Office)

GESMO:

Final Generic Environmental Statement on the Use of Recycled Plutonium in Mixed Oxide Fuel in Light-Water Cooled Reactors

GNB:

Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Behälter, mbH

GNS:

Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Servlce, mbH

GNSI:

General Nuclear Systems, Inc.

GRS:

Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit, mbH

GWd/MTU:

Gigawatt-Days per Metric Ton of Uranium (see Burn-up in Appendix E)


INL:

Idaho National Laboratory (formerly Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory)

ISFSI:

Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation


HSK:

Die Hauptabteilung für die Sicherheit der Kemaniagen


MTU:

Metric Tons of Uranium (see Appendix E)

MWd/MTU:

Megawatt-Days per Metric Ton of Uranium (see Burn-up in Appendix E)


NPP:

Nuclear Power Plant

NRC:

National Research Council


PFS:

Private Fuel Storage

PWR:

Pressurized Water Nuclear Reactor (see Appendix E)


ROD:

Radiological Dispersal Device (see Appendix E)

RPG:

Rocket-Propelled Grenade

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Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage: Public Report F ACRONYMS ACRS: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards BAM: Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung BMU: Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit BNL: Brookhaven National Laboratory BWR: Boiling Water Nuclear Reactor (see Appendix E) CFD: Computational Fluid Dynamics DBT: Design Basis Threat (see Appendix E) DHS: United States Department of Homeland Security DOE: United States Department of Energy EPRI: Formerly referred to as the Electric Power Research Institute GAO: United States Government Accountability Office (formerly the General Accounting Office) GESMO: Final Generic Environmental Statement on the Use of Recycled Plutonium in Mixed Oxide Fuel in Light-Water Cooled Reactors GNB: Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Behälter, mbH GNS: Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Servlce, mbH GNSI: General Nuclear Systems, Inc. GRS: Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit, mbH GWd/MTU: Gigawatt-Days per Metric Ton of Uranium (see Burn-up in Appendix E) INL: Idaho National Laboratory (formerly Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory) ISFSI: Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation HSK: Die Hauptabteilung für die Sicherheit der Kemaniagen MTU: Metric Tons of Uranium (see Appendix E) MWd/MTU: Megawatt-Days per Metric Ton of Uranium (see Burn-up in Appendix E) NPP: Nuclear Power Plant NRC: National Research Council PFS: Private Fuel Storage PWR: Pressurized Water Nuclear Reactor (see Appendix E) ROD: Radiological Dispersal Device (see Appendix E) RPG: Rocket-Propelled Grenade

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Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage: Public Report RSK: Reaktorsicherheitskommission TOW: Tube-Launched, Optically Tracked, Wire Guided [Missile] (see Appendix E) USNRC: United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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und reaktorsicherheit