APPENDIX E
Abbreviations and Acronyms
ACM
anode-cathode module
AES
Auger electron spectroscopy
ALMR/IFR
Advanced Liquid-Metal Reactor/Integral Fast Reactor
ANL
Argonne National Laboratory
ANL-E
Argonne National Laboratory-East (Argonne, Illinois)
ANL-W
Argonne National Laboratory-West (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
ANSTO
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials
CCDF
compliance cumulative distribution functions
CISAC
Committee on International Security and Arms Control
CWF
ceramic waste form
DHLW
Defense Program High-Level Waste
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
DOE-EM
U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management
DOE-RW
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
DSC
differential scanning calorimetry
DU
depleted uranium
DWPF
Defense Waste Processing Facility
EA
environmental assessment
EBR-II
Experimental Breeder Reactor-II
EBS
engineered barrier system
EIS
environmental impact statement
EMT
electrometallurgical technology
FCF
fuel conditioning facility
FDB
fuel dissolution basket
FFTF
Fast Flux Test Facility
GMODS
glass material oxidation and dissolution
HEU
highly enriched uranium
HFEF
Hot Fuel Examination Facility
HIP
hot isostatic press
HLW
high-level waste
HTER
high-throughput electrorefiner
HUP
hot uniaxial press
INEEL
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
INTEC
Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center
J-13
simulated Yucca Mountain well water
LEU
low enriched uranium
LLW
low-level waste
LWR
light water reactor
MCC
Material Characterization Center
MGDSWAC
mined geologic disposal system waste acceptance criteria
MOA
memorandum of agreement
MOX
mixed uranium-plutonium oxide fuel
MSRE
molten salt reactor experiment
MTHM
metric tons heavy metal
MWF
metal waste form
NE
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology
PCT
product consistency test
R&D
research and development
RIP
repository integration program
SEM
scanning electron microscopy
SNF
spent nuclear fuel
SRS
Savannah River site
SS
stainless steel
TCLP
toxicity characteristic leaching procedure
TEM
transmission electron spectroscopy
TRU
transuranic elements
TSPA
total system performance assessment
WAPS
waste acceptance product specifications
WCP
waste form compliance plan
WIPP
waste isolation pilot plant
WISP
Waste Isolation System Panel
WPu
weapons plutonium
WQR
waste form qualification report
XAFS
X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy
XPS
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
XRD
X-ray diffraction