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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants: Phase 2. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21874.
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Appendix D

Acronyms

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1D One-dimensional
2D Two-dimensional
3D Three-dimensional
A Area
A0 Flow-passage area
AC Alternating current
ACRS Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
AEC Atomic Energy Commission
AFM Army Field Manual
ANS American Nuclear Society
AP (reactor) Advanced passive
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
B.5.b Section B.5.b of Order EA-02-026
BAF Bottom of active fuel
BNL Brookhaven National Laboratory
BWR Boiling water reactor
°C Degrees Celsius
CARVER Criticality + Accessibility + Recuperability + Vulnerability + Effect + Recognizability
Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants: Phase 2. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21874.
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Cf Pressure drop coefficient
CFD Computational fluid dynamics
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CI/KR Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources
Cm Centimeter
CNN Cable News Network
COMSECY Commission Action Memoranda, the Office of the Secretary (SECY)
CP Water specific heat capacity
CRS Congressional Research Service
Cs Cesium
D Mass diffusivity of water vapor in air
DBA Design-basis accident
DBT Design-basis threat
DC Direct current
DCLG Department for Communities and Local Government (United Kingdom)
DHS U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Diet National Diet of Japan
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
DPR Decommissioning Planning Rule
DS Dryer-separator
EA Enforcement Action
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute
°F Degrees Fahrenheit
FLEX Diverse and Flexible Coping Strategies
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
FPC Fuel Pool Cooling and Cleanup
ft Feet
g Gravity
GAO U.S. Government Accountability Office
GE General Electric
gpm Gallons per minute
GTD Global Terrorism Database
H Hydrogen
ΔHfg Heat of vaporization
hm Mass transfer coefficient
hr Hour
Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants: Phase 2. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21874.
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HRA Human reliability analysis
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
INMM Institute of Nuclear Materials Management
ISFSI Independent spent fuel storage installation
ISG Interim Staff Guidance
J Joules
JLD Japan Lessons-Learned Division
K Kelvin
kg Kilogram
kJ Kilojoule
km Kilometer
L Length
LCF Latent cancer fatality
LOCA Loss-of-coolant accident
m Meter
M Mass
MACCS2 MELCOR Accident Consequence Code System, version 2
MCi Megacuries
MELCOR Methods for Estimation of Leakages and Consequences of Releases
mi Miles
MJ Megajoules
mm Millimeter
MOE Japan Ministry of the Environment
MOX Mixed oxide
mrem Millirem
mSv Millisievert
MUWC Make-Up Water Condensate
MW Megawatt
NAIIC Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (Japan)
NAP National Academies Press
NARAC National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center
NAS National Academy of Sciences (United States)
NEA Nuclear Energy Agency (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
NEI Nuclear Energy Institute
Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants: Phase 2. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21874.
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NIPP National Infrastructure Protection Plan
NISA Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (Japan)
NRA (Japan) Nuclear Regulation Authority
NRC National Research Council
NSIR Nuclear Security and Incident Response
NTTF Near-Term Task Force Review of Insights from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Accident (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
NUREG (US)NRC technical report designation
O Oxygen
OCP Operating-cycle phase
OE Office of Enforcement (USNRC)
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
OMB U.S. Office of Management and Budget
ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P Pressure
P Probability
PCT Peak cladding temperature
PGA Peak ground acceleration
PL Public Law
PRA Probabilistic risk assessment
PWR Pressurized water reactor
Q. Thermal power
QHO Quantitative health objective
ρ Fluid density
RAMCAP Risk Assessment and Management for Critical Asset Protection
rem Roentgen equivalent man
RISR Risk Informed Security Regulation
RJIF Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation
RPG Rocket-propelled grenade
s Second
SAMG Severe accident management guideline
SECY Secretary of the Commission
SFP Spent fuel pool
SFPS Spent fuel pool study
Sh Sherwood number
Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants: Phase 2. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21874.
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SNL Sandia National Laboratories
SNM Special nuclear materials
SOARCA State-of-the-Art Reactor Consequence Analyses
SSP Sector-Specific Plan
Sv Sievert
t Time
T Temperature
TAF Top of active fuel
TEPCO Tokyo Electric Power Company
TMI Three Mile Island
U Uranium
UNSCEAR United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
USNRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
W Width
WWII World War II
yr Year
Zr Zirconium
Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants: Phase 2. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21874.
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The U.S. Congress asked the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a technical study on lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident for improving safety and security of commercial nuclear power plants in the United States. This study was carried out in two phases: Phase 1, issued in 2014, focused on the causes of the Fukushima Daiichi accident and safety-related lessons learned for improving nuclear plant systems, operations, and regulations exclusive of spent fuel storage. This Phase 2 report focuses on three issues: (1) lessons learned from the accident for nuclear plant security, (2) lessons learned for spent fuel storage, and (3) reevaluation of conclusions from previous Academies studies on spent fuel storage.

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