Appendix E:
Abbreviations
AA
Auswärtiges Amt (German Foreign Office)
BNFL
British Nuclear Fuels, Limited
BWR
boiling water reactor
CANDU
Canadian deuterium-uranium reactor
CISAC
Committee on International Security and Arms Control
CTR
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
DOD
U.S. Department of Defense
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
ECU
European Currency Unit (about US$1.33)
ES&H
environment, safety, and health
FMEF
Fuel and Materials Examination Facility (at Hanford)
GOSATOMNADZOR
Russian nuclear regulatory agency
GRS
Gesellschaft für Reaktorsicherheit (Association for Reactor Safety)
GW
Gigawatt
HEU
highly enriched uranium
HLW
high-level waste
HLLW
high-level liquid waste
HWR
heavy water reactor
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
ISTC
International Science and Technology Center (in Moscow)
JRC
Joint Research Center of the European Commission
LEU
low enriched uranium
LWR
light water reactor
MINATOM
Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy
MPC&A
materials protection, control, and accounting
MW
megawatts
MWe
megawatts (electric)
MOX
mixed plutonium uranium oxide fuel
NPT
Non-Proliferation Treaty
NRC
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
PWR
pressurized water reactor
RBMK
Russian graphite moderated water cooled reactor
RPu
reactor-grade plutonium
R&D
research and development
SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany
SUPR
test critical assembly in Russia
WPu
weapons-grade plutonium
VVER-1000
newer Russian light water reactor design
VVER-440
older Russian light water reactor design