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d acronyms ABR advanced burner reactor HTR high-temperature reactor ABTR advanced burner test reactor ABWR GE advanced boiling water reactor ID Idaho Operations Office AFCF Advanced Fuel Cycle Facility IDB ITAAC determination base AFCI Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics ALWR advanced light water reactor Engineers AP600 Westinghouse passive 600-MWe advanced IHX intermediate heat exchanger light water reactor INL Idaho National Laboratory AP1000 Westinghouse passive 1,100-MWe advanced INPO Institute for Nuclear Plant Operations light water reactor IGCC integrated gasification combined cycle ASLB Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ITAAC inspection, testing, analyses, and acceptance ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineering criteria ATR Advanced test reactor JSW Japan Steel Works BEA Battelle Energy Alliance BWR boiling water reactor LCOE levelized cost of electricity LDRD laboratory-directed research and development CFR Code of Federal Regulation LFR lead-cooled fast reactor CFTC Centralized Fuel Treatment Center LNG liquefied natural gas COL combined construction and operating license LWR light water reactor CR Continuing Resolution MOX mixed oxide DC USNRC design certification MSR molten salt reactor DOE U.S. Department of Energy NE Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE) EIA Energy Information Agency NEI Nuclear Energy Institute EOI expression of interest NEPDG National Energy Policy Development Group EPAct05 Energy Policy Act of 2005 NEPO nuclear energy plant optimization EPC engineering, procurement, and construction NERAC Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee EPR French 1,600-MWe pressurized water reactor NERI Nuclear Energy Research Initiative EPRI Electric Power Research Institute NESSP Nuclear Energy Systems Support Program ESBWR GE economic simplified boiling water reactor NGNP Next-Generation Nuclear Plant ESP early site permit NHI Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative NOPR Notice of Proposed Rulemaking GFR gas-cooled fast reactor NP 2010 Nuclear Power 2010 GIF Generation IV International Forum NPOC New Plant Oversight Committee GNEP Global Nuclear Energy Partnership NSSS Nuclear Steam Supply System 

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 REVIEW OF DOE’S NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM NuStart industry consortium preparing to build new S-I sulfur-iodine nuclear plants SBWR GE simplified boiling water reactor SCWR supercritical-water-cooled reactor OMB Office of Management and Budget SER safety evaluation report SFR sodium-cooled fast reactor PSO program secretarial office PWR pressurized water reactor TRU transuranic TVA Tennessee Valley Authority QA quality assurance QC quality control UCO uranium oxycarbide USNRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission RAI request for additional information RD&D research, development, and deployment VHTR very-high-temperature reactor RPV reactor pressure vessel