ALARA | As low as reasonably achievable |
API | American Petroleum Institute |
ARP | Actinides Removal Process |
BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
BRAC |
Base Realignment and Closure program |
CAB |
Citizen advisory board |
CAG |
Community Advisory Group |
CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
CRESP |
Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation |
CSO |
Combined sewer overflow |
D&D |
Deactivation and decommissioning |
DHEC |
Department of Health and Environmental Control |
DNAPL |
Dense non-aqueous phase liquid |
DOD |
U.S. Department of Defense |
DOE |
U.S. Department of Energy |
DQOs |
Data Quality Objectives |
DUF6 |
Depleted uranium hexafluoride |
DWPF |
Defense Waste Processing Facility |
EIS |
Environmental impact statement |
EM |
DOE Office of Environmental Management |
EMAB |
DOE Environmental Management Advisory Board |
EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
ERDF |
Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility |
ETTP |
East Tennessee Valley Technology Park |
FFA |
Federal Facility Agreement |
FFERD |
Federal Facilities Environmental Remediation Dialogue |
FWS |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
HAW |
High activity waste |
HEU |
Highly enriched uranium |
HLW |
High-level waste |
IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
IAWG |
Interagency working group |
IC |
Institutional control |
ICDF |
Idaho CERCLA Disposal Facility |
IDF |
Integrated Disposal Facility |
INL |
Idaho National Laboratory |
IRG |
Independent Review Group |
ISA |
Integrated safety analysis |
ISCMEM |
Interagency Steering Committee on Multimedia Environmental Modeling |
IT |
Information technology |
ITRC |
Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council |
LANL |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
LAW |
Low activity waste |
LLW |
Low-level waste |
LM |
DOE Office of Legacy Management |
LNAPL |
Light non-aqueous phase liquid |
MARLAP |
Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols Manual |
MARSSIM |
Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual |
MCL |
Maximum containment level |
MCU |
Modular Caustic-side Solvent Exchange Unit |
MFFF |
Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility |
MLLW |
Mixed low-level waste |
MOX |
Mixed oxide |
NCP |
National Contingency Plan |
NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
NNSA |
DOE National Nuclear Security Administration |
NPL |
National Priority List |
NRC |
National Research Council |
NRCS |
National Resource Conservation Service |
NYDEC |
New York Department of Environmental Conservation |
ORNL |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
ORR |
Oak Ridge Reservation |
ORWBG |
Old Radioactive Waste Burial Grounds |
OSDF |
On-Site Disposal Facility |
OU |
Operable unit |
P&T |
Pump and treat system |
PA |
Performance assessment |
PAH |
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
PCB |
Polychlorinated biphenyls |
PCE |
Perchloroethylene |
PNNL |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
PRA |
Probabilistic risk assessment |
PRB |
Permeable reactive barrier |
PRP |
Primary Responsible Party |
QA |
Quality assurance |
RAO |
Remedial action objectives |
RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
RI/FS |
Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study |
ROD |
Record of decision |
RPM |
Remediation Project Manager |
RWMC |
Radioactive Waste Management Complex |
SAM |
Sustainability Assessment and Management |
SARA |
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 |
SBW |
Sodium bearing waste |
SDF |
Saltstone Disposal Facility |
SNF |
Spent nuclear fuel |
SPF |
Saltstone Production Facility |
SRS |
Savannah River Site |
SSAB |
Site-Specific Advisory Board |
SURF |
U.S. Sustainability Remediation Forum |
SWPF |
Salt Waste Processing Facility |