Appendix D
Acronyms
AIBS
American Institute of Biological Sciences
APS
American Physical Society
ARAR
Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements
BEMR
Baseline Environmental Management Report
BES
Office of Basic Energy Sciences (DOE)
CEMT
Committee on Environmental Management Technologies
CERCLA
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
D&D
Decontamination and Decommissioning
DNAPL
Dense Nonaqueous Phase Liquids
DOD
U.S. Department of Defense
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
EM
Environmental Management
EO
Electrochemical Oxidation
ESP
Efficient Separations and Processing
FA
Focus Area
FASEB
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
FFCA
Federal Facilities Compliance Act
FMS
Facility Mapping System
FY
Fiscal Year
GMODS
Glass Material Oxidation and Dissolution System
HER
Office of Health and Environmental Research (DOE)
HLW
High-Level Wastes
HWIR
Hazardous Waste Identification Rule
ICPP
Idaho Chemical Processing Plant
IDCS
Internal Duct Characterization System
INEL
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
LDUA
Light Duty Utility Arm
LLW
Low-Level Wastes
LNAPL
Light Nonaqueous Phase Liquids
MACS
Mobile Automated Floor Characterization System
METC
Morgantown Energy Technology Center
MLLW
Mixed Low-Level Waste
MTRU
Mixed Transuranics
MWFA
Mixed Waste Focus Area
NAS
National Academy of Sciences
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NDA
Non-Destructive Assay
NDE
Non-Destructive Evaluation
NIH
National Institutes of Health
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
OER
Office of Energy Research (DOE)
ORNL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
OSHA
Office of Safety and Health Administration
OST
Office of Science and Technology (in DOE-EM)
R&D
Research and Development
RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RI/FS
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
ROD
Record of Decision
RTDP
Robotics Technology Development Program
SARA
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (1986)
SCWO
Supercritical Water Oxidation
SERS
Selective Equipment Removal System
SPCS
Small Pipe Characterization System
STATS
Committee on Separations and Transmutation Systems (NRC)
STCG
Site Technology Coordination Group
STP
Site Treatment Plan
TCE
Trichlorethylene
TRU
Transuranic (wastes/elements)
TRUEX
Transuranic Extraction
USDOE
U.S. Department of Energy
USEPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
USNRC
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
VETEM
Very Early Time Electromagnetic