Appendix F
Acronyms
AEA | Atomic Energy Act of 1954 |
ALARA | As low as reasonably achievable |
ANDRA | Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs (National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management, France) |
ANPR | Advance Notice of Public Rulemaking |
BDF | Barnwell Disposal Facility |
Bq/g | Becquerels per gram |
BTP | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Branch Technical Position on Concentration Averaging and Encapsulation |
BWXT | BWX Technologies, Inc. |
CANDU | CANada Deuterium Uranium reactor |
CEAA | Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency |
CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, known also as Superfund |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
CIRES | Centre industriel de regroupement, d’entreposage et de stockage facility (France) |
CNSC | Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission |
CRCPD | Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. |
CSA | Centres de stockage de l’Aube (France) |
CSFMA | Centre de stockage des déchets à faible et moyenne activité et à vie courte |
CSM | Centre [de stockage] de la Manche (France) |
CSTFA | Centre de stockage des déchets à très faible activité |
DAW | Dry active waste |
DHEC | South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control |
DNFSB | Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board |
DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
DUF6 | Depleted uranium hexafluoride |
DU3O8 | Depleted uranium oxide |
EIS | Environmental impact statement |
EPAct | Energy Policy Act of 2005 |
EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
EPRI | Electric Power Research Institute |
g/m3 | Gram per cubic meter |
GSG | IAEA General Safety Guide |
GSR | IAEA General Safety Requirement |
GTCC | Greater-Than-Class C |
HEPA | High-efficiency particulate air |
IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
ICRP | International Commission on Radiological Protection |
IMPEP | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program |
ILW | Intermediate-level waste |
KAPL | Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory |
L&ILW | Low- and Intermediate-Level Wastes |
LANL | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
LLRW | Low-level radioactive waste |
LLRWMO | Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Office |
LLRWPA | Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980 |
LLRWPA | |
amendments | Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act Amendments of 1985 |
LLW | Low-level radioactive waste or low-level waste |
MARSSIM | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual |
MLLW | Mixed low-level waste |
MOX | Mixed oxide |
mrem/yr | Millirem per year |
mSv/yr | Milliseiverts per year |
MT | metric ton |
nCi/g | Nanocuries per gram |
NCRP | National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements |
NDEP | Nevada Division of Environmental Protection |
NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
NNSA | National Nuclear Security Administration |
NNSS | Nevada National Security Site |
NORM | Naturally occurring radioactive material |
NPP | Nuclear power plant |
NPV | Net present value |
NRC | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
NWMO | Nuclear Waste Management Organization |
NWPA | Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 |
OAS | Organization of Agreement States |
OMB | U.S. Office of Management and Budget |
OPG | Ontario Power Generation |
OSRP | National Nuclear Security Administration’s Off-Site Source Recovery Program |
PAG | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Protective Action Guideline |
PE-g | Plutonium equivalent grams |
PHAI | Port Hope Area Initiative |
PUREX | Plutonium and uranium recovery by extraction |
PVP | Property Value Protection |
RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
REDOX | Reduction oxidation process |
ROD | Record of decision |
RTG | Radioisotope thermoelectric generator |
SCATR | U.S. Department of Energy’s Source Collection and Threat Reduction (Program) |
SECY | Office of the Secretary (of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission) |
SPRU | Separations Process Research Unit |
TCLP | Toxicity characteristic leaching procedures |
TENORM | Technically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material |
TRU | Transuranic |
TSCA | Toxic Substances Control Act |
UF | Used fuel |
UF6 | Uranium hexafluoride |
U3O8 | Uranium oxide |
U.S. | United States |
USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
USNRC | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
VLLW | Very low-level waste |
WAC | Waste acceptance criteria |
WCS | Waste Control Specialists, LLC |
WIPP | Waste Isolation Pilot Plant |