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Rocky Flats Plant Site


Introduction

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

ACF American Car and Foundry Industries
ACO advance change order
ADR/REC unknown
AEC Atomic Energy Commission
AL Albuquerque Operations Office
Am241 americium241
amps amperes
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ARC unknown
ASBDBASE Asbestos Hazard Database
ATMX atomic materials rail transfer
ca. circa
cc/sec cubic centimeters per second
CD classified document or control document
CDH Colorado Department of Health
CDPHE Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
CER complete engineering release
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CM unknown
CND unknown
COD chemical oxygen demand
COEI composition of ending inventory
c/m or cpm counts per minute or cycles per minute
cr cold-rolled
Cs137 cesium137
CSL Chemistry Standards Laboratory
cu. ft. cubic foot or feet
D/A unknown
DC direct current
DCS daily check sources
Dev. unknown
DFRC Denver Federal Records Center
DIPSI unknown
DJO development job order
DNFSB Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DOERS DOE Records Schedules
DPM disintegrations per minute
DPM/m3 or d/m/m3 disintegrations per minute per cubic meter
DPS disintegrations per second
DTPA diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid
ECO engineering change order
ECR engineering change request
EFF effluents
EH-42 Office of Epidemiology and Health Surveillance
EIS environmental impact statement
ELE-LE unknown
EM environmental management
EML Environmental Measurements Laboratory
EO engineering order
EOC Emergency Operations Center
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ERDA Energy Research and Development Administration
ESR external standard ratio
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
FRD Formerly Restricted Data
FSD unknown
F.U. unknown
GPSS unknown
GRS General Records Schedules
GTA unknown
HAI History Associates Incorporated
HPTC high pressure test cell
I&A unknown
IC ion chromatograph
ID inventory difference
IDC item description code
IMECS Interactive Measurement Evaluation and Control System
INEL Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
ISO unknown
J-Line stainless steel operations
Jour unknown
LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory
LASL Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
LBL Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
LCO limiting conditions for operations
LECO unknown
Lektriever electronic shelving unit
LIS Laser Isotope Separation
LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LRL Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
L-TOL unknown
LTT Lymphocyte Transformation Test
MAJ unknown
MBA material balance area
MC major component
MED Manhattan Engineer District
MET Metallography Laboratory
MF microfilm
mmHg millimeters of mercury
MONEL unknown
MPBB maximum permissible body burden
MPER manufacturing process evaluation request
mrem/hr. millirem per hour
ms unknown
MSL Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
MUF materials missing or unaccounted for
MWO maintenance work order
N1 interim records schedule
NARA National Archives and Records Administration
nCi nanocurie (one-billionth of a curie)
NCMR nonconforming material request
NCRP National Committee on Radiation Protection
NDA nondestructive assay
NDT nondestructive testing
NER unknown
NGS National Geodetic Survey
NMC Nuclear Materials Control
NMMSS Nuclear Materials Management Safeguards System
NMSL nuclear materials safety limit
NO3 nitrates
NO3 as N nitrate as nitrogen
NOL normal operational loss
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NRA unknown
NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NSF National Science Foundation
NSI National Security Information
NTIS National Technical Information Service
NTS Nevada Test Site
NTU nephelometric turbidity unit
OBS obsolete
ONM unknown
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
ORPS Occurrence Reporting and Processing System
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OUO Official Use Only
OY unknown
PBA unknown
PC proportional counter or personal computer
PCA product/process change authorization
PCB polychlorinated biphenyl
pCi picocurie (one-trillionith of a curie )
pCi/g picocuries per gram
pCi/l picocuries per liter
pCi/ml picocuries per milliliter
PEC part evaluation cycle
pH hydrogen ion concentration
PHA preliminary hazard analysis
PMO preventive maintenance order
PO purchase order or production order
POS production operations sheet or process operations sheet
ppm parts per million
PROVE Plutonium Recovery Option Verification Exercise Project
psi pounds per square inch
psi/sec pounds per square inch per second
psig pounds per square inch gage
PSP pit surveillance program
PSZ perimeter security zone
Pu plutonium
QIP quality improvement process
QA quality assurance
QAR quality assurance record
QT unknown
R&D research and development
R.O. reverse osmosis
RCG recommended concentration guide
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RD Restricted Data
RF Rocky Flats
RF-881 Archives Building 881 Archives
RFAO Rocky Flats Area Office
RHA records holding area
RIS receiving inspection station
RMS unknown
SA unknown
SAAM selective alpha air monitor
SAAO South Albuquerque Area Office
SACNET Secure Automatic Communications Network
SAN Safeguards Accountability Network
SAPR stockpile approved product record
SCFM standard cubic feet per minute
SL&IM unknown
SNLL Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore
SP special product
SS safe and secure or stainless steel
SSPR sewage sludge packaging request
STAT unknown
STD unknown
STP sewage treatment plant
SXR specification exception release
T Trailer
TBD to be determined
TBF to be filmed
T.C. unknown
TID unknown
TIG unknown
TLD thermoluminescent dosimeter
TOC total organic carbon
Trampac Trupact-II Authorized Methods for Payload Control
TRU transuranic
Trupact Transuranic Package Transporter
TSA technical safety appraisal
U235 uranium235
UCNI Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information
UK United Kingdom
USTUR United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries
U-TOL unknown
WEMS Waste and Environmental Management System
WIPP Waste Isolation Pilot Plant/Project
WR War Reserve
WSRIC waste stream and residues identification and characterization
wt. % weight percent
XFMR unknown

Sources: The Rocky Flats Dictionary (Second Edition), July 1991; consultation with various experts in the health field.