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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 |
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 |
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 |