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Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Pages 261-268

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From page 261...
... ANL Argonne National Laboratory ANS American Nuclear Society ANSI American National Standards Institute ARC Advanced Reactor Concept ARDP Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program ARPA-E Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy ARS advanced reactor safeguards ASTRID Advanced Sodium Technological Reactor for Industrial Demonstration ATF accident-tolerant fuel ATR Advanced Test Reactor AVR Arbeitsgemeinschaft Versuchsreaktor (Joint Working Group Experimental Reactor) (Germany)
From page 262...
... DIAMEX diamide extraction DNFSB Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board DNN Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (within the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration)
From page 263...
... EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPACT Energy Policy Act of 2005 EPR European Pressurized Water Reactor EPRI Electric Power Research Institute ESA European Supply Agency EU enriched uranium eV electron volt EXAm EXtraction (recovery)
From page 264...
... reactor -- pebble-bed modular I-NERI International Nuclear Energy Research Initiative IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency IFR Integral Fast Reactor ILW intermediate-level waste IMMONET IAEA repository for data and reports for irradiated graphite (knowledge network) IMSR integral molten salt reactor INEPC Office of International Nuclear Energy Policy and Cooperation (within the U.S.
From page 265...
... M mega (as in MCi = megacurie) m3 cubic meters MA minor actinides MC&A material control and accounting MCFR molten chloride fast reactor MCi megacurie MCRE Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment MeV mega electron volt MFFF MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility Mg megagram MIGHTR modular integrated gas-cooled high temperature reactor MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology MOX mixed oxide MOXEUS Mixed OXide Enriched Uranium Support, also known as MIX (MIxed oXide [enriched uranium support]
From page 266...
... PM pebble-bed module PPE personal protective equipment PRISM Power Reactor Innovative Small Module PUREX plutonium uranium reduction extraction PWR pressurized water reactor PyC pyrolytic carbon Q-brine quinary salt mine brine R&D research and development rad radiation absorbed dose RE reactive elements (Fe-10Cr-4Al-RE) rem equivalent dose (Roentgen Equivalent Man [or human]
From page 267...
... Nuclear Regulatory Commission) SFR sodium-cooled fast reactor SISUS Subgroup on IAEA Safeguards in the United States SMR small modular reactor SNF/HLW spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste SNL Sandia National Laboratories SNM special nuclear materials SQ significant quantities (of special nuclear materials)
From page 268...
... United States Code of Law VHTR very high-temperature reactor VOA voluntary offer agreement VTR versatile test reactor W/THM watts per ton of heavy metal WIPP Waste Isolation Pilot Plant WNA World Nuclear Association WNN World Nuclear News WTP Waste Treatment Plant WVDP West Valley Demonstration Project


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