Appendix D
Acronyms
$ | Dollar |
¥ | Yen |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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