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Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Laying the Foundation for New and Advanced Nuclear Reactors in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26630.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations

ABWR Advanced Boiling Water Reactor
AI artificial intelligence
AMO Advanced Manufacturing Office
ANS American Nuclear Society
ARDP Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program
ARPA-E Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
BTO Building Technologies Office
CCF common cause failure
CCUS carbon capture, utilization, or sequestration
COL Combined Operating License
DC Design Certification
DoD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DOE-NE Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy
DSO distribution system operator
EBR-II Experimental Breeder Reactor II
EIA Energy Information Administration
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPC engineering, procurement, and construction
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute
EPZ emergency planning zone
ESBWR Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor
EXIM export-import bank
Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Laying the Foundation for New and Advanced Nuclear Reactors in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26630.
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FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FHR fluoride-molten-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor
FLiBe lithium-fluoride, beryllium fluoride molten salt
FOAK first-of-a-kind
GAIN Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear
GEMINA Generating Electricity Managed by Intelligent Nuclear Assets
GFR gas-cooled fast reactor
HALEU high-assay low-enrichment uranium
HTGR high-temperature gas-cooled reactor
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
INL Idaho National Laboratory
INPO Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
IRA Inflation Reduction Act
ISO Independent System Operator
LCOE levelized cost of energy
LPO Loan Program Office
LWR light water reactor
MEITNER Modeling-Enhanced Innovations Trailblazing Nuclear Energy Reinvigoration
MOPR Minimum Offer Price Rule
MOU memorandum of understanding
MSR molten-salt-fuel-cooled reactor
NCMOU Nuclear Cooperation Memoranda of Understanding
NEA Nuclear Energy Agency
NOAK nth-of-a-kind
NPM Nuclear Power Module
NPP nuclear power plant
NQA-1 Nuclear Quality Assurance
NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRIC National Reactor Innovation Center
NSUF Nuclear Science User Facilities
O&M operation and maintenance
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PCU power conversion unit
PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PPA Power Purchase Agreement
PWR pressurized water reactor
QA quality assurance
R&D research and development
ROW rest of the world
RTO Regional Transmission Operator
Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Laying the Foundation for New and Advanced Nuclear Reactors in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26630.
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SDA standard design approval
SFR sodium fast reactor
SMR small modular reactor
TRISO UCO tri-structural isotropic fuel of uranium-oxycarbide
TSO transmission system operator
VPP virtual power plant
Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Laying the Foundation for New and Advanced Nuclear Reactors in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26630.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Laying the Foundation for New and Advanced Nuclear Reactors in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26630.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Laying the Foundation for New and Advanced Nuclear Reactors in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26630.
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