| A/D |
Analog-to-Digital Converter |
| A |
Ampere |
| A |
Air |
| A&C |
architectural and civil |
| A&D |
Assembly and Disassembly |
| A&F |
Arming and Firing |
| AA |
Atomic Analyzer |
| AA |
Atomic Absorption |
| AA |
Aluminum Association |
| AA |
Affirmative Action |
| AA |
Assistant Administrator |
| AAA |
American Antiquities Act |
| AAA |
Amsterdam Advanced ATC |
| AAAP |
Accelerated Access Approval Program |
| AAAP |
Advance Acquisition or Assistance Plan |
| AABC |
Associated Air Balance Council |
| AACC |
American Association for Contamination Control |
| AACS |
Airborne Activity Confinement System |
| AAHP |
American Academy of Health Physics |
| AAMA |
American Architectural Manufacturers Association |
| AAMSR |
Aggregate Area Management Study Report |
| AAO |
Amarillo Area Office |
| AAPG |
American Association for Petroleum Geologists |
| AAPROG |
Alarm Analysis Program |
| AAR/BOE |
Association of American Railroads/Bureau of Explosives |
| AB |
Authorization Basis |
| ABCC |
Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission |
| AAHP |
American Association of Health Physics |
| ABS |
Automatic Backup Shutdown |
| ABS |
Acrylonitrite-Butadiene-Styrene |
| ABW |
Air Base Wing |
| ABW |
Airborne Waste |
| ABWR |
Advanced Boiling Water Reactor |
| ac |
Alternating Current |
| Ac |
Actinium |
| AC |
Analytical Cell |
| AC |
Accident Condition |
| ACA |
Amended Consent Agreement |
| ACB |
Asbestos-Cement Board |
| acc |
accessibility |
| ACC |
Abnormal Condition Control |
| ACCA |
Air Conditioning Contractors of America |
| ACDA |
United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency |
| ACD |
Advanced Conceptual Design |
| ACE |
Adsorption and catalytic exchange |
| ACE |
Aerosol Control Experiment/Alpha Containment Enclosure (ID) |
| ACEEE |
American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy |
| ACFM |
Actual Cubic Feet per Minute |
| ACGIH |
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists |
| ACHD |
Alameda County Health Department |
| ACHP |
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation |
| ACL |
Alternate Concentration Limit |
| ACM |
Action Description Memorandum |
| ACM |
Asbestos-Containing Materials |
| ACNFS |
Advisory Committee for Nuclear Facility
Safety |
| ACNW |
Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste |
| ACO |
Administrative Consent Order |
| ACP |
Ashtabula
Closure Project |
| ACRR |
Annual Core Research Reactor (at SNL/NM) |
| ACRS |
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
| ACV |
At Completion Variance (BAC-EAC) |
| ACWP |
Actual Cost Work Performed |
| ACWS |
Actual Cost Work Scheduled |
| ADM |
Action Description Memorandum |
| ADP |
Automatic Data Processing |
| ADR |
Alternate Dispute Resolution |
| ADS |
Activity Data Sheet |
| ADU |
Ammonium diuranate |
| AE |
Architect - Engineer/Acquisition
Executive |
| A-E
or A/E |
Architect - Engineer |
| AEA |
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 |
| AEC |
Atomic Energy Commission |
| AECC |
Atomic
Energy Commission of Canada |
| AEDA |
Atomic Energy Defense Activities |
| AET |
Apparent Effect Threshold |
| AFB |
Air Force Base |
| AFP |
Approved Funding Program |
| AG |
Attorney General |
| AHERA |
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act |
| AID |
Agreement in Principle |
| AIHA |
American Industrial Hygiene Association |
| AIP |
Agreements in Principle |
| AIRFA |
American Indian Religious Freedom Act |
| AIS |
Advanced Isotope Separation |
| AIS |
Air Intake Shaft |
| AISC |
American Institute of Steel Construction |
| AL |
Albuquerque Operations Office |
| ALARA |
As Low As Reasonably Achievable |
| ALCS |
Analytical Laboratory Computer System |
| ALEA |
As-Low-As-Economically-Achievable |
| ALO |
Albuquerque Operations Office |
| ALT |
Alanine Aminotransferase |
| AM |
Ames Group |
| AMES |
Ames Laboratory |
| AMLGM |
Amalgamation |
| AMR |
Annual Mitigation Report |
| AMS |
Atmospheric Monitoring Station |
| AMSO |
Ames
Site Office |
| AMU |
Aqueous
Make-Up |
| AMWTF |
Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Facility |
| AMWTP |
Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project |
| ANC |
American Nuclear Corporation |
| ANL |
Argonne National Laboratory |
| ANL-E |
Argonne National Laboratory - East
(Chicago) |
| ANL-W |
Argonne National Laboratory - West (at
INEL) |
| ANOVA |
Analysis of Variance |
| ANPR |
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| ANPRM |
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| AOC |
Administrative Order on Consent |
| AOC |
Area of Concern |
| AOC+ |
Area of Contamination |
| AOSS |
Automated Office Support System |
| AP |
Affirmative Procurement |
| APEN |
Air Pollution Emission Notice |
| API |
American Petroleum Institute |
| APSF |
Actinide Packaging Storage Facility |
| APT |
Accelerator Production of Tritium |
| AQCRs |
Air Quality Control Regions |
| AR |
Administrative Record |
| AR |
Argonne Group |
| ARA |
Advanced Reactor Area/Auxiliary Rocket
Area |
| ARA |
Aquatic Resources Alteration Permit |
| ARARs |
Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate
Requirements |
| ARC |
Albany
Research Center |
| ARCO |
Atlantic
Richfield (Medical Products) Company, Reading, Pennsylvania |
| ARCS |
Alternative Remedial Contracting
Strategy |
| ARO |
Assurance Review Office |
| ARR |
Accelerated Residue Recovery |
| ARRR |
Aerotest Radiography and Research
Reactor, San Ramon, CA |
| AS |
Activity Specifications |
| AS |
Ashtabula Area Office |
| ASA |
Auditable Safety Analysis |
| ASC |
Advanced Simulation and Computing |
| ARP |
Accelerated Retrieval Project |
| ASDP |
Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs |
| ASEH |
Assistant Secretary for Environment,
Safety and Health |
| ASEP |
Accelerated Safety Enhancement Program |
| ASER |
Annual Site Environmental Report |
| ASHE |
Assistant Secretary for Environment,
Safety and Health |
| ASI |
Advanced Sciences, Inc. |
| ASME |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| ASME
NQA-1 |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Nuclear Quality Assurance |
| ASO |
Argonne
Site Office |
| ASQC |
American Society for Quality Control |
| ASTM |
American Society of Testing and
Materials |
| AT |
Atlanta Regional Support Office |
| ATA |
American Trucking Association |
| ATL |
Advanced Technologies and Laboratories
International, Inc. |
| ATL 1 |
Atlantic Site 1 (38'30'N, 72'06'W) |
| ATL 2 |
Atlantic Site 2 (37'50'N, 70'35'W) |
| ATP |
Acceptance Test Procedure |
| ATR |
Advanced Test Reactor (at INEEL ICCP) |
| ATS |
Action Tracking System |
| ATS |
Assignment Tracking System |
| ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry |
| AVLIS |
Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation |
| AWQC |
Ambient Water Quality Criteria |
| AWRE |
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment |
| AWWT |
Advanced Wastewater Treatment System |
| B&R |
Budget
and Reporting Classification |
| B&W |
Babcock and Wilcox Company |
| B&W-LTC |
Babcock and Wilcox-Lynchburg Technology
Center, Lynchburg, Virginia |
| BA |
Baseline Assessment |
| BA |
Baseline Assessment for the Chemical
Plant Area of the Weldon Springs Site |
| BA |
Budget Authority |
| BAAQMD |
Bay Area Air Quality Management District |
| BAC |
Budgeted Cost at Completion |
| BACT |
Best Available Control Technology |
| BAPL |
Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, West
Mifflin, Pennsylvania |
| BARCT |
Best Available Radiological Control
Technology |
| BARN |
Barnwell, South Carolina (commercial
waste site) |
| BAT |
Best Available Technology |
| BBC |
Balanced Biological Communications |
| BC |
Basic Cost |
| BCBG |
Bear Creek Burial Ground |
| BCC |
Baseline Change Control |
| BCE |
B-Plant Chemical Effluent |
| BCK |
Bear Creek Kilometer |
| BCL |
Battelle Columbus Laboratories,
Columbus, Ohio |
| BCLDP |
Battelle Columbus Laboratories
Decommissioning Project, Columbus, Ohio |
| BCP |
B-Plant Condensate Process |
| BCT |
Best Conventional Technology |
| BCV |
Bear Creek Valley |
| BCWP |
Budgeted Cost of Work Performed |
| BCWS |
Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled |
| BDAT |
Best Demonstrated Available Technology |
| BDE |
Backlog of Deferred Equipment |
| BDM |
BDM Federal Inc, Germantown, Maryland |
| BDM |
BDM International, Inc. |
| BDT |
Best Demonstrated Technology |
| BEDS |
Biological Effects Database for
Sediments |
| BEIAS |
Biomedical and Environmental Information
Analysis |
| BEMR |
Baseline Environmental Management Report |
| BETY |
Beatty, Nevada (commercial waste site) |
| BG |
Burial Ground |
| BGS |
Below Ground Surface |
| BHSO |
Brookhaven
Site Office |
| BIO |
Basis for Interim Operations |
| BIODG |
Giodegradation |
| BIP |
Belgium Incineration Process |
| BIPP |
B-Plant Immobilization Pilot Plant |
| BJC |
Bechtel Jacobs Company |
| BK |
Brookhaven Group |
| BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
| BMAP |
Best Management Practice |
| BMAP |
Biological Monitoring and Abatement
Program |
| BMI |
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus,
Ohio |
| BMP |
Best Management Practices |
| BMRR |
Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor (at
BNL) |
| BNI |
Bechtel National, Inc. Oak Ridge,
Tennessee |
| BNL |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| BO |
Budget Outlays |
| Board |
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board |
| BOD |
Beneficial Occupancy Date |
| BOD |
Biological Oxygen Demand |
| BORAX |
Boiling Water Reactor Experiment |
| BPA |
Bonneville Power Administration |
| BPO |
Bartlesville Project Office |
| BPT |
Best Practicable Control Technology |
| Bq |
Becquerel |
| BR |
Belgium reactor |
| BRC |
Below Regular Concern |
| BRWM |
Board on Radioactive Waste Management |
| BSC |
B-Plant Steam Condensate |
| BSG |
Business Strategy Group |
| BSO |
Berkeley
Site Office |
| BSO |
Boston Regional Support Office |
| BSR |
Bulk Shielding Reactor (at ORNL) |
| BSTS |
Boost Surveillance Tracking System |
| BTEX |
Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl benzene, and
Total Xylene |
| BWID |
Buried Waste Integration Demonstration |
| BWP |
Buried Waste Program |
| BWR |
Boiling Water Reactor |
| BWXT |
BWX
Technologies, Inc. |
| BY |
Budget Year |
| C&C |
Consultation
and Cooperation |
| C&S |
Certified and Segregated |
| CA |
Characterization Area |
| CA+ |
Cooperative Agreement |
| CAA |
Clean Air Act |
| CAAA |
Clean Air Act Amendments |
| CAB |
Citizens Advisory Board |
| CAD |
Computer Assisted Design |
| CADMUS |
The Cadmus Group, Inc. |
| CAI |
Controlled Air Incinerator (LANL) |
| CAM |
Constant Air Monitor/Computer Assisted
Manufacturing |
| CAM |
Corrective Action Management |
| CAMP |
Capital Assets Management Plan |
| CAMP |
Corrective Action Management Program |
| CAMU |
Corrective Action Management Unit |
| CANDU |
Canadian Deuterium Reactor |
| CAO |
Columbus Area Office |
| CAP |
Corrective Action Plans |
| CAP |
Cost Account Plan |
| Cas |
Corrective Activities |
| CASS |
Computer Automated Surveillance System (RL) |
| CAT |
Construction Acceptance Test |
| CATS |
Corrective Action Tracking System |
| CBFO |
Carlsbad Field Office |
| CBI |
Confidential Business Information |
| CBM |
Chlorobromoethane |
| CC |
Component Check/Complexant Concentrate
(Waste) |
| CCB |
Configuration Control Board |
| CCC |
Chronic Continuous Criterion |
| CCMV |
Converse County Mining Venture, Converse
County, Wyoming |
| CCTV |
Closed-Circuit Television |
| CD |
Consent Decree |
| CD |
Critical
Decision |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control |
| CDH |
Colorado Department of Health |
| CDI |
Chronic Daily Intake |
| CDNS |
Chief
of Defense Nuclear Safety |
| CDR |
Conceptual Design Report |
| CE |
Capital Equipment/Cubicle Exhaust |
| CE |
Combustion Engineering Site (FUSRAP
site), Windsor, Connecticut |
| CEARP |
Comprehensive Environmental and Response
Program |
| CEDE |
Committed Effective Dose Equivalent |
| CEDR |
Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data
Resource |
| CEEP |
Chemical Emergency Preparedness Program |
| CEMI |
Center for Environmental Management
Information |
| CEMP |
Columbus
Environmental Management Project |
| CENRTC |
Capital Equipment Not Related to
Construction |
| CEQ |
Council on Environmental Quality |
| CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act |
| CERCLIS+ |
CERCLA Information System |
| CET |
CET
Environmental Services, Inc. |
| CEU |
Consolidated Edison Uranium (at ORNL) |
| CEUSP |
Consolidated Edison Uranium
Solidification Program |
| CFA |
Control Facilities Area |
| CFC |
Chlorinated fluorocarbon |
| CFC |
Chlorofluorocarbons |
| CFC |
Combined Federal Campaign |
| CFDA |
Canister Fabrication Development
Activity |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CFSGF |
Coal Fired Steam Generation Facility |
| CFTF |
Central Filter Test Facility |
| CFY |
Current Fiscal Year |
| CH |
Chicago Field Office |
| CH |
Chicago Operation Office |
| CH |
Contact - Handled |
| CHAR |
Characterization |
| CHF |
Critical Heal Flux |
| CHG |
CH2M Hill Hanford Group |
| CHO |
Chicago Operations Office |
| CH-TRU |
Contact-Handled Transuranic Waste |
| CI |
Curie |
| CIF |
Consolidated Incinerator Facility |
| CIN |
Change Identification Number |
| CIRRPC |
Committee on Interagency Radiation
Research and Policy Coordination |
| CISS |
Colonie Interim Storage Site |
| CKD |
Concrete Kiln Dust |
| CLP |
Contract Laboratory Program |
| CLP
PQL |
Contract Laboratory Program Practical
Quantification Limit |
| cm |
centimeter |
| CM&O |
Construction Management and Operations |
| CMAA |
Crane Manufacturers Association of
America |
| CMC |
Criterion Maximum Concentration |
| CMI |
Corrective Measures Implementation |
| CMP |
Configuration Management Plan |
| CMP |
Corrective Measures Plan |
| CMP |
Corrugated Metal Pipe |
| CMP/SAW |
Corrugated Metal Pipe/Saw |
| CMPO |
Carbamoyl Methyl Phosphine Oxide |
| CMRR |
Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement |
| CMS |
Case Management System |
| CMS |
Corrective Measures Study |
| CMSAs |
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical
Areas |
| CMTS |
Central Mercury Treatment System |
| CNF |
Central Neutralization Facility |
| CNS |
Chief
of Nuclear Safety |
| COC |
Certificate of Compliance |
| COC |
Chemical of Concern |
| COC |
Contaminant of Concern |
| COCA |
Consent Order and Compliance Agreement |
| COCO |
Contractor - Owned Contractor - Operated |
| COD |
Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| COE |
Corps of Engineers |
| COG |
Continuity of Government |
| CONOPS |
Conduct of Operations |
| COO |
Conduct of Operations |
| COPC |
Contaminant of Potential Concern |
| COPEC |
Contaminants of Potential Ecological
Concern |
| CORR |
contractor operational readiness review |
| CPAF |
Cost Plus Award Fee |
| CPCA |
Core Program Cooperative Agreement |
| CPDF |
Centrifuge Processing Development
Facility |
| CPM |
Counts Per Minute |
| CPM |
Critical Path Method |
| CPR |
Cost Performance Report |
| CQF |
Cognizant Quality Function |
| CR |
Clinch River |
| CR |
Community Relations |
| CR/PC |
Clinch River/Poplar Creek |
| CRADA |
Cooperative Research and Development
Agreement |
| CRC |
Coleman Research Corporation |
| CRCPD |
Conference of Radiation Control Program
Directors, Inc. Frankfort, Kentucky |
| CRD |
Contractors Requirements Documents |
| CRD |
Control-Rod Drive |
| CREM |
classified, removable electronic media |
| CR-ERP |
Clinch River Environmental Restoration
Program |
| CRK |
Clinch River Kilometer |
| CRM |
Clinch River Mile |
| CRMP |
Cultural Resource Management Plan |
| CROET |
Community Reuse Organization of East
Tennessee |
| CRP |
Community Relations Plan |
| CRRFI |
Clinch River RCRA Facility Investigation |
| CRRI |
Clinch River Remedial Investigation |
| CRWMS-M&O |
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
System-Management and Operating (contractor) |
| Cs |
Cesium |
| CSA |
Canned Sub-Assembly |
| CSAP |
Confirmatory Sampling and Analysis Plan |
| CSB |
Carlsbad Area Office |
| CSCSC |
Cost and Schedule Control System
Criteria |
| CSMO |
Central Scrap Management Office |
| CSO |
Chicago Regional Support Office |
| CSR |
Contact Size Reduction System (WVPP) |
| CSS |
Cement Solidification System (WVPP)/
Contaminated Soil Site |
| CSSA |
Contaminated Soil Storage Area |
| CSSG |
Criticality Safety Support Group |
| CSSX |
Caustic Side Solvent Extraction |
| CSTPs |
Conceptual Site Treatment Plans |
| CT-1 |
Control 1 |
| CT-2 |
Control 2 |
| CTA |
Central
Technical Authority |
| CTAC |
Carlsbad Technical Assistance Contractor |
| CTS |
Component
Test Stand |
| CUA |
Catholic University of America |
| CV |
Chronic Value |
| CV |
Cost Variance |
| CWA |
Clean
Water Act (1977) |
| CWAM |
Crated Waste Assay Monitor |
| CWBS |
Contract WBS |
| CWDF |
Central Waste Disposal Facility |
| CWM |
Center for Waste Management |
| CWSA |
Containerized Waste Storage Area |
| CX |
Categorical Exclusions |
| CY |
Calendar Year |
| CYRTF |
Coal Yard Runoff Treatment Facility |
| CYWP |
Current Year Work Plan |
| CZMA |
Costal Zone
Management Act |
| D&D |
Decontamination and
Decommissioning |
| D&I |
Disassembly and Inspection |
| D&P |
Development & Production |
| DAC |
Derived Air Concentration |
| DACS |
Dual Axis Containment System |
| DAD |
Deputy Associate Director |
| DAF |
Device Assembly Facility |
| DARTS |
DOE Audit Report Tracking
System |
| DASDP |
Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Defense Program |
| DASI |
Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Intelligence |
| DASMA |
Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Military Applications |
| DASNM |
Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Nuclear Materials |
| DASSA |
Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Security Affairs |
| DAW |
Dry Active Waste |
| DBA |
Design Basis Accident |
| DBE |
Design Basis Earthquake |
| DBPP |
Diversion Box and Pump Pit |
| DBR |
Design Basis Report |
| DBVS |
Demonstration
Bulk Vitrification System |
| DC |
Drum Cell Facility |
| DCAA |
Defense Contract Audit
Agency |
| DCF |
Dose Conversion Factor |
| DCG |
Derived Concentration Guide |
| DE |
Drums Equivalent |
| DEACT |
Deactivation |
| DEAR |
Department
of Energy Acquisition Regulation |
| DEIS |
Draft Environmental Impact
Statement |
| Department |
Department of Energy |
| Departmental
Representative |
Departmental Representative to the
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board |
| DEUSS |
Discharge of Enriched
Uranium to the Sanitary Sewer |
| DF |
Decontamination Factor |
| DFDP |
Defense Facilities
Decommissioning Project |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and
Human Services |
| DHLW |
Defense High-level Waste |
| DHS |
Department of Health
Services |
| DIPS |
Dynamic Isotope Power System |
| DL |
Detection Limit |
| DL/2 |
One-half Detection Limit |
| DMP |
Division of Materials
Processing |
| DMR |
Discharge Monitoring Report |
| DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DNAPL |
Dense Nonaqueous-Phase
Liquid |
| DNB |
Departure from Nucleate
Boiling |
| DNB |
Dinitrobenzene |
| DNFSB |
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board |
| DNT |
Dinitrotoluene |
| DNW |
damaged nuclear weapon |
| DOC |
Decommissioning Operations
Contractor |
| DOC |
Department of Commerce |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DOE G |
DOE
Guide |
| DOE M |
DOE
Manual |
| DOE O |
DOE
Order |
| DOE P |
DOE
Policy |
| DOE/AL |
DOE Albuquerque Operations
Office, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| DOE/CAO |
DOE Carlsbad Area Office,
Carlsbad, New Mexico |
| DOE/CH |
DOE Chicago Operations
Office, Argonne, Illinois |
| DOE/EIA |
DOE Energy Information Administration |
| DOE/EM |
DOE Office of Environmental Management |
| DOE/FN |
DOE Fernald Area Office,
Cincinnati, Ohio |
| DOE/HQ |
Department of Energy,
Headquarters |
| DOE/ID |
DOE Idaho Operations Office,
Idaho Falls, Idaho |
| DOE/NV |
DOE Nevada Operations
Office, Las Vegas, Nevada |
| DOE/OAK |
DOE Oakland Operations
Office, Oakland, California |
| DOE/OH |
DOE Ohio Field Office,
Miamisburg, Ohio |
| DOE/OR |
DOE Oak Ridge Operations
Office, Oak Ridge, Tennessee |
| DOE/RF |
DOE Rocky Flats Office,
Golden, Colorado |
| DOE/RL |
DOE Richland Operations
Office, Richland, Washington |
| DOE/RW |
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management |
| DOE/SR |
DOE Savannah River
Operations Office, Aiken, South Carolina |
| DOE/WIPP |
DOE WIPP Project Office,
Carlsbad, New Mexico |
| DOE/WVAO |
DOE West Valley Area Office,
West Valley, New York |
| DOE-EML |
U.S. Department of Energy,
Environmental Measurements Laboratory |
| DOELAP |
DOE Laboratory Accreditation
Program |
| DOE-ORO |
U.S. Department of Energy
Oak Ridge Operations Office |
| DOE-PMR |
DOE-Property Management
Regulations |
| DOI |
Department of Interior |
| DOJ |
Department of Justice |
| DOL |
U.S. Department of Labor |
| DOP |
Detailed Operating Procedure |
| DOS |
Department of State |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation |
| DP |
Defense Program |
| DPC |
Design, Procurement,
Construction |
| DPM |
Disintegrations Per Minute |
| DPO |
Division of Production
Operations |
| DPO |
Differing
Professional Opinion |
| DPS |
Disintegrations Per Second |
| DQO |
Data Quality Objectives |
| DRCT |
Dry rod consolidation
technology |
| DSA |
Documented Safety Analysis |
| DSARC |
Defense System Acquisition
Review Council |
| DSHS |
Department of Social and
Health Services |
| DSS |
Double-Shell Slurry |
| DST |
Double-Shell Tank |
| DSTPs |
Draft Site Treatment Plans |
| DT&E |
Demonstration Test and
Evaluation |
| DTR |
Defense Terrestrial Reactor |
| DTRS |
Debris Transport Routing Sheet |
| DU |
Depleted Uranium |
| DUOF |
Depleted Uranium Oxidation
Facility |
| DuPont |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company |
| DUST |
Division of Underground Storage Tanks |
| DVSO |
Denver Regional Support Office |
| DWBM |
Defense Waste and Byproducts Management |
| DWCS |
Defueling Water Cleanup System |
| DWER |
Defense Waste and Environmental Restoration |
| DWMD |
Defense Waste Management Division |
| DWMO |
Defense Waste Management Plan |
| DWPF |
Defense Waste Processing Facility |
| DWS |
Drinking Water Standard |
| DWTF |
Decontamination and Waste
Treatment Facility |
| DWTF |
Decontamination/
Detoxification and Waste Treatment Facility |
| DWTM |
Defense Waste and
Transportation Management |
| EA |
Environmental
Assessment |
| EA+ |
Endangerment Assessment |
| EAC |
Environmental Advisory Committee |
| EAC |
Estimated Cost at Completion |
| EBR-I |
Experimental Breeder Reactor-1 |
| EBR-II |
Experimental Breeder Reactor-II |
| EBWR |
Experimental Boiling Water Reactor |
| EC |
Eddy Current |
| EC |
Electrical Conductivity |
| EC |
Electron Capture |
| ECCS |
Emergency Core Cooling Systems |
| ECF |
Extended Core Facility (at INEEL NRF) |
| ECP |
Engineering Change Proposal |
| ECR |
Excess Cancer Risk |
| ECRTS |
Engineered Container Retrieval and Transfer System |
| ECS |
Emergency Cooling System |
| ECU |
Excavation Confirmation Unit |
| EDAP |
Environmental Data Administration Plan |
| EDD |
Enforcement Decision Document |
| EDE |
Effective Dose Equivalent |
| EDF |
Environmental Defense Fund |
| EDL |
Economic Discard Limit |
| EDS |
Engineering Demonstration System |
| EE |
U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy |
| EE/CA |
Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis |
| EEG |
Environmental Evaluation Group |
| EEMTF |
East End Mercury Treatment Facility |
| EERU |
Environmental Emergency Response Unit |
| EESSMS |
East End
Sanitary Sewer Monitoring Station |
| EFCOG |
Energy
Facility Contractors Group |
| EFK |
East Fork Popular Creek Kilometer |
| EFPC |
East
Fork Popular Creek |
| EFSEC |
Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council |
| EG&G |
Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier
Corporation |
| EHS+ |
Extremely Hazardous Substance |
| EIA |
Energy Information Administration |
| EIA+ |
Economic Impact Assessment |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
| EJ |
Environmental Justice |
| ELPAT |
Environmental Lead Proficiency
Analytical Testing Program |
| EM |
Office of Environmental Restoration and
Waste Management |
| EM |
U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of
Environmental Management |
| EMAB |
Environmental Management Advisory Board |
| EMAD |
Engine Maintenance Assembly and
Disassembly (at NTS) |
| E-MAD |
Engine Maintenance Assembly and
Disassembly |
| EMEF |
Environmental Management and Enrichment
Facilities |
| EML |
Environmental Measurements Laboratory |
| EMP |
Ecological Monitoring Program |
| EMP |
Environmental Monitoring Plan for the
Oak Ridge Reservation |
| EMS |
Environmental Management System |
| EMSP |
Environmental Management Science Program |
| ENDF |
Evaluated Nuclear Data File |
| ENEA |
Italian National Committee for Nuclear
and Alternative Energy Sources |
| Energy System |
Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. |
| ENICO |
Exxon Nuclear Idaho Company |
| EO |
Executive Order |
| EOC |
Emergency Operations Center |
| EOCY |
End of Calendar Year |
| EOD |
Explosive
Ordinance Disposal |
| EOFY |
End of Fiscal Year |
| EP |
Extraction
Procedure |
| EP
Toxicity |
Extraction Procedure Toxicity |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPA-HQ |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Headquarters |
| EPCRA+ |
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-To-Know Act |
| EPPIP |
Environmental Protection Program
Implementation Plan |
| EPRI |
Electric Power Research Institute |
| EPS |
Emergency
Power System |
| EPT |
Ephemeroptera, Plecotera, Tricoptera |
| EPTox |
Extraction Procedure Toxicity |
| EQ_Part |
Equilibrium Partitioning Benchmark |
| EQA |
Environmental Quality Assurance |
| EQAB |
Environmental Quality Advisory Board |
| EQAPjP |
Environmental Quality Assurance Project
Plan |
| ER |
Energy Research |
| ER |
U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of
Environmental Restoration |
| ERA |
Expedited Response Action |
| ERAB |
Energy Research Advisory Board |
| ERCCC |
Environmental Radiation Control
Coordinating Committee |
| ERCS |
Emergency Response Cleanup Services |
| ERD |
Emergency Response Division |
| ERD |
Energy Response Division |
| ERDA |
Energy Research and Development
Administration |
| ERG |
Emergency Response Guidebook |
| ER-L |
Effects Range-Low |
| ER-M |
Effects Range-Medium |
| ERMC |
Environmental Restoration Management
Contractors |
| ERNS |
Emergency Response Notification System |
| EROD |
7-Ethoxyresorufin 0-Deethylase |
| ERP |
Environmental Restoration Program |
| ERT |
Environmental Response Team |
| ES&H |
Environment, Safety and Health |
| ES&H |
Environmental, Safety, and Health |
| ESA |
Endangered Species Act |
| ESAAB |
Energy System Acquisition Advisory Board |
| ESAR |
Energy System Acquisition Review |
| ESAT |
Environmental Services Assistance Team |
| ESD |
Electrostatic Discharge |
| ESD |
Environmental Sciences Division (ORNL) |
| ESD |
Environmental Services Division |
| ESD |
Explanation of Significant Differences |
| ESH |
Environmental Safety and Health |
| ESHQA |
Environmental, Safety, Health and
Quality Assurance |
| ESI |
Expanded Site Investigation |
| ESO |
Engineering Science Order |
| ETEC |
Energy Technology Engineering Center
Canoga Park, California [also referred to as the Santa Susana Field
Laboratory (SSFL)] |
| ETECSO |
Energy Technology Engineering Center
Site Office |
| ETF |
Effluent Treatment Facility |
| ETR |
Engineering Test Reactor |
| ETTP |
East Tennessee Technology Park, Oak
Ridge, Tennessee (formerly called the Oak Ridge K-25 Site) |
| ETU |
Sum of Toxic Units |
| EU |
Enriched Uranium |
| EUDOR |
Enriched Uranium Direct Oxide Reduction |
| EUO |
Enriched Uranium Operations |
| F&OR |
Functional
& Operational Requirements |
| FACA |
Federal Advisory Committee Act |
| FAR |
Federal Acquisition Regulation |
| FAST |
Fluorinel and Storage (Facility) |
| FATLC |
Fernald Atomics Trades and Labor Council |
| FCP |
Fernald
Closure Project |
| FDA |
Fluorescardiacetate Hydrolysis Assay |
| FDA |
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| FDC |
Functional Design Criteria |
| FDER |
Florida Department of Environmental
Regulations |
| FDP |
Fluorinel Dissolution Process |
| FE |
Office of Fossil Energy |
| FEA |
Federal Energy Administration |
| FEIS |
Final Environmental Impact Statement |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FEMP |
Fernald Environmental Management Project |
| FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| FERMCO |
Fernald Operating Contractor |
| FERMI |
Fermi Group |
| FERMILAB |
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
| Fern |
Fernald Area Office |
| Fernald |
Fernald Environmental Management Project |
| FFA |
Federal Facility Agreement |
| FFCA |
Federal Facilities Compliance Agreement |
| FFCAct |
Federal Facility Compliance Act |
| FFS |
"Focused "Feasibility Study |
| FFTF |
Fast Flux Test Facility |
| FHBMS |
Federal Hazard Boundary Maps |
| FHHS |
Francis Howell High School |
| FIDF |
Fuel Improvement Demonstration Facility |
| FIDS |
Fernald Integrated Demonstration Site |
| FIFRA |
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act |
| FIP |
Federal Implementation Plan |
| FIP |
Fuel Improvement Program |
| FIRMS |
Federal Insurance Rate Managers |
| FIS |
Farallon Islands (Pacific Ocean off
Central California) |
| FIT |
Field Investigation Team |
| FLP |
Future
Leaders Program |
| FLPMA |
Federal Land Policy Management Act |
| FM/FO |
Facility
Manager and Facility Owner |
| FMEF |
Fuels and Materials Examination Facility |
| FMF |
Fuel Material Faculty |
| FMPC |
Feed Materials Production Center
(FERNALD) |
| FNAL |
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
| FO |
Field Office |
| FOAK |
First of a kind |
| FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
| FONSI |
Finding of No Significant Impact |
| FOS |
Fuel Oil Spill |
| FP |
Fire Protection |
| FPC |
Federal Power Commission |
| FPDL |
Fission Product Development Laboratory |
| FPF |
Fuels Production Facility |
| FPMR |
Federal Property Management Regulations |
| FPPA |
Farmland Protection Policy Act |
| FPR |
Fuel Processing Restoration |
| FPSC |
Fixed-price Subcontractor |
| FR |
Federal Register |
| FRA |
Functions, Responsibilities and
Authorities |
| FRAM |
Functions,
Responsibilities and Authorities Manual |
| FRESH |
Fernald Residents for Environmental
Safety and Health |
| FRL |
Final Remediation Level |
| FRMAC |
Federal Radiological Monitoring and
Assessment Center |
| FRP |
Facilities Restoration Program |
| FRR |
Foreign Research Reactor |
| FS+ |
Feasibility Study |
| FSAR |
Final Safety Analysis Report |
| FSFCA |
Federal State Facilities Compliance
Agreement |
| FSO |
Fermi
Site Office |
| FSP |
Field Sampling Plan |
| FSR |
Finding Summary Report |
| FSUC |
Facility Segment Use Category |
| FSV |
Fort St. Vrain |
| FSVR |
Fort St. Vrain Reactor, Platteville,
Colorado |
| FT |
Feet |
| ft |
Foot |
| FTCP |
Federal Technical Capability
Program |
| FTE |
Fulltime Equivalent |
| FTL/OSM |
Field Tracking Log/On-Site Manifest |
| FUSRAP |
Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action
Program |
| FWCA |
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act |
| FWENC |
Foster-Wheeler Environmental Corporation |
| FWPCA |
Federal Water Pollution Control Act |
| FWS |
Fish and Wildlife Service |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
| FYP |
Five Year Plan |
| GA |
General
Atomics, San Diego, California |
| GA |
Georgia |
| GAAT |
Gunite and Associate Tanks |
| GAD |
Grants Administration Division |
| GAO |
General Accounting Office |
| GAP |
Government Accountability Project |
| GAP
CON |
Gap conductance |
| GC |
General Council |
| GCC |
General Construction Contractor |
| GCD |
Greater
Confinement Disposal |
| GDP |
Gaseous Diffusion Plant |
| GDP |
Grout Disposal Program |
| GE |
General Electric |
| GEIS |
Generic Environmental Impact Statement |
| GEM (INEEL) |
Glovebox Excavation Method Project |
| GETR |
General Electric Test Reactor |
| GFE |
Government Furnished Equipment |
| GFO |
Golden Field Office |
| GI |
Gastrointestinal |
| GJPO |
Grand Junction Projects Office (Grand
Junction) |
| GJRAP |
Grand Junction Remedial Action Project |
| GLUMRB |
Greater Lakes-Upper Mississippi River
Board |
| G-M |
Geiger-Muller |
| GMODS |
Glass Material Oxidation and Dissolution
System |
| GNP |
Gross National Product |
| GOB |
Grants Operations Branch |
| GOCO |
Government - Owned Contractor - Operated |
| GOGO |
Government - Owned Government - Operated |
| GPCS |
Gas Purification Control System |
| GPMP |
Groundwater Protection Management Plan |
| GPP |
General Plant Projects |
| GPS |
Groundwater Protection Strategy |
| GSA |
General Services Administration |
| GSI |
Gonadal-Somatic Index |
| GSN |
General Site Needs |
| GSP |
Groundwater Surveillance Program |
| GTAW |
Gas Tungsten Arc Weld |
| GTCC |
Greater-Than-Class C (low-level waste) |
| GTF |
Grout Treatment Facility |
| GW |
Groundwater |
| GWAR |
Generic Waste Acceptance Requirements |
| GWDV |
Grouted Waste Disposal Vault |
| GWPP |
Groundwater Protection Program |
| GWPS |
Groundwater Protection Standard |
| GWSB |
Glass Waste Storage Building |
| GWTF |
Groundwater Treatment Facility |
| GY |
Gray |
| H&V |
Heating
and Ventilation |
| H&W |
Health and Welfare |
| ha |
hectare |
| HAC |
House Appropriations Committee |
| HACC |
Human Assisted Computer Control |
| HAD |
Hazardous Assessment Document |
| HAI |
Health Assessment Index |
| Hanford |
Hanford Site, Richland, Washington |
| HAPs |
Hazardous Air Pollutants |
| HAR |
Hazard Analysis Report |
| HASC |
House Armed Services Committee |
| HASP |
Health and Safety Plan |
| HAW |
High-Activity Waste |
| HAZ |
Hazardous |
| HAZCHEM |
Hazardous Chemical Waste |
| HazCom |
Hazard Communications |
| HAZWOPER |
Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency
Response |
| HAZWRAP |
Hazardous Waste Remedial Actions Program |
| HBCU |
Historically Black Colleges and
Universities |
| HC |
Hinds Creek Sampling Station |
| HCF |
Hot Cell Facility (at SNL/NM) |
| HCFCs |
Hydrogen Chlorofluorocarbons |
| HDPE |
High-Density Polyethylene |
| HDW |
Hanford Defense Waste |
| HE |
High Explosive |
| HEAST |
Health Effects Assessment Summary Tables |
| HEC |
Hanford Environmental Compliance |
| HEDL |
Hanford Engineering Development
Laboratory |
| HEME |
High-Efficiency Mist Evaporator |
| HEMP |
Hanford Environmental Management Plan |
| HEN |
Cap Henry (Atlantic Ocean off Virginia) |
| HEPA |
High-Efficiency
Particulate Air |
| HEPA |
High-Efficiency Particulate Air
(filters) |
| HEU |
Highly-Enriched Uranium |
| HEUMF |
Highly-Enriched Uranium Materials Facility |
| HEW |
Health, Education, and Welfare |
| HF |
Hydrofluoric Acid |
| HFBR |
High-Flux Bean Reactor (at BNL) |
| HFEF |
Hot Fuel Examination Facility (at ANL-W) |
| HFIR |
High Flux Isotope Reactor |
| Hg |
Mercury |
| HHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| HI |
Hazard Index |
| HIC |
High-Integrity Container |
| HISS |
Hazelwood Interim Storage Site |
| HiVal |
High Investment Value |
| HLLW |
High-Level Liquid Waste |
| HLLWE |
High-Level Liquid Waste Evaporation |
| HLMW |
High Level Mixed Waste |
| HLW |
High-Level Waste |
| HLWFP |
High-Level Waste Form Producers |
| HLWIS |
High-Level Waste Interim Storage |
| HMB |
Heat and Material Balance |
| HMBCP |
Heat and Material Balance Computer
Program |
| HMTA |
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act |
| HMWM |
Hazardous Materials Waste Management |
| HNPF |
Hallam Nuclear Power Facility |
| HP |
Health Physics |
| HPGe |
High-Purity Germanium |
| HPM |
High
Pressure Mixer |
| HPO |
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Historical Preservation Office |
| HPT |
Health Physics Technician |
| HQ |
Hazard Quotient |
| HQ |
Headquarters |
| HR |
House Resolution |
| HRCQ |
Highway Route Controlled Quantity |
| HRS+ |
Hazard Ranking System |
| HSCD |
Hazardous Site Control Division |
| HSED |
Hazardous Site Evaluation Division |
| HSL |
Hazardous Substance List |
| HSP |
Health and Safety Plan |
| HSWA |
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments |
| HTGR |
High-Temperature, Gas-cooled Reactor |
| HV |
High-volume |
| HVAC |
Heating,
Ventilating, and Air Conditioning |
| HW |
Hazardous Waste |
| HW/MW |
Hazardous Waste/Mixed Waste |
| HWHF |
Hazardous Waste Handling Facility |
| HWHO |
Hazardous Waste Handling Operations |
| HWIR |
Hazardous Waste Identification Rule |
| HWMP |
Hanford Waste Management Plan |
| HWMU |
Hazardous Waste Management Unit |
| HWR |
Heavy-Water Reactor |
| HWVP |
Hanford Waste Vitrification Plant |
| HZ |
Hazardous Waste |
| I&C |
Instrumentation & Control |
| I&E |
Inspection and Evaluation |
| i.p. |
Intraperitoneal |
| I/CDI |
Intake (estimated dose)/Chronic Daily
Intake |
| I/I |
Industrial and Institutional (waste) |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IAG |
Interagency Agreement |
| IAM |
International Association of Machinists
and Aerospace Workers |
| IAQB |
Idaho Air Quality Bureau |
| IATA |
International Air Transportation
Association |
| IBPMS |
Integrated Budget & Project
Management System |
| IBWP |
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
Buried Waste Program |
| I&C |
Instrumenation and Control |
| IC |
Institutional Controls |
| ICC |
Interstate Commerce Commission |
| ICE |
Independent Cost Estimate |
| ICP |
Inductively Coupled Plasma |
| ICP-MS |
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass
Spectrometry |
| ICPP |
Idaho Chemical Processing Plant |
| ICRP |
International Commission on Radiological
Protection |
| ICRU |
International Commission on Radiation
Units and Measurements |
| ID |
Idaho Field Office |
| ID |
Identification |
| ID |
Idaho Operations Office |
| IDB |
Integrated Data Base |
| IDLH |
Immediately Dangerous to Life &
Health |
| IDW |
Investigation-Derived Waste |
| IE |
Irradiation Effects |
| IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers |
| IEMP |
Integrated Environmental Monitoring Plan |
| IEP |
International Energy Program |
| IEP |
Interactive Electronic Procedures (Pantex) |
| IFMCC |
Intersite Feed Materials Coordinating
Committee |
| IFPF |
Idaho Fuels Processing Facility |
| IFSF |
Irradiated Fuel Storage Facility (at
INEEL) |
| IG |
Inspector
General |
| IH |
Industrial Hygiene |
| IHA |
Integrated Hazard Analysis |
| IHEM |
In-House Energy Management Program |
| IHgTU |
Interim Mercury Treatment Unit |
| IIMS |
Integrated Information Management System |
| ILAW |
Immobilized Low-Activity Waste |
| ILTSF |
Intermediate-Level Transuranic Storage
Facility |
| ILW |
Intermediate-Level Liquid Waste |
| IMDG |
International Maritime Dangerous Goods
Code |
| IMP |
Impacted Materials Placement (Plan) |
| IMT |
Integrated Management Team |
| in. |
inch |
| INCIN |
Incineration |
| INEEL |
Idaho National Engineering and
Environmental Laboratory |
| INEL |
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory |
| INF |
Intermediate Nuclear Forces |
| INL |
Idaho
National Laboratory |
| INPO |
Institute for Nuclear Power Operations |
| INTEC |
Idaho Nuclear Technologies and Engineering Center at INEEL |
| IP |
Implementation Plan |
| IPAC |
Industrial and Professional Advisory
Council |
| IPRP |
Implementation Plan for the Recovery of
Plutonium |
| IRB |
Internal Review Board or Budget |
| IRC |
Information Resource Center |
| IRDP |
Integrated Remedial Design Package |
| IRIS |
Integrated Risk Information System |
| IRM |
Initial Remedial Measure |
| IRR |
Internal Rate of Return |
| IRS |
Interim Retrievable Storage |
| IRTS |
Integrated Radwaste Treatment System |
| IS |
Industrial Safety |
| ISA |
Interim Storage Area (at Hanford) |
| ISCORS |
Interagency Steering Committee on
Radiation Standards |
| ISF |
Interim Storage Facility |
| ISFSI |
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation |
| ISI |
In-Service Inspection |
| ISL |
In Situ Leaching |
| ISM |
Integrated Safety Management |
| ISMS |
Integrated Safety Management Systems |
| ISO |
International Organization for
Standardization |
| ISV |
In Situ Vitrification |
| IT |
Innovative Technologies |
| IT |
Isomeric Transition |
| ITC |
Inner Tent Chamber |
| ITC
TRU |
Impractical to Certify TRU |
| ITEH |
Institute of Toxicology and
Environmental Health |
| ITP |
In-Tank
Precipitation |
| ITP |
In-Tank Processing |
| ITRI |
Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute
(Albuquerque) |
| IVC |
Independent Verification Contractor |
| IDC |
Inner Demolition Chamber |
| IWTS |
Integrated Water Treatment System |
| IWAP |
Integrated Weapons Activity Plan |
| IWC |
Instream Waste Concentration |
| IWMC |
Integrated Waste Management Complex |
| IWMF |
Interim Waste Management Facility |
| IWMIS |
Industrial Waste Management Information
Systems |
| IWO |
Interim Waste Operations |
| IWPF |
Idaho Waste Processing Facility |
| IWQP |
Integrated Water Quality Program |
| LAAO |
Los
Alamos Area Office |
| LAER |
Lowest Achievable Emission Rate |
| LANL |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| LANSE |
Los Alamos Netron Science Center |
| LACEF |
Los
Alamos Criticality Experiments Facility |
| LASO |
Los
Alamos Site Office |
| LAW |
Low-Activity Waste |
| lb |
pound |
| L-Basin |
Savannah River Site’s L-Reactor Basin |
| LBL |
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory |
| LBNL |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Berkeley, California |
| LBS. |
Pounds |
| LC(50) |
Effluent Concentration Lethal to 50% of
Test Organisms |
| LCL95 |
95% Lower Confidence Limit |
| LCV |
Lowest Chronic Value |
| LDRs |
Land Disposal Restrictions |
| LDU |
Land Disposal Unit |
| LEP |
Life Extension Program |
| LEU |
Low
Enriched Uranium |
| LiH |
Lithium Hydride |
| LEF |
L-Area Experiemental Facility |
| LECS |
Liquid Effluent Containment System |
| LEFPC |
Lower East Fork Popular Creek |
| LEHR |
Laboratory for Energy-Related Health
Research |
| LEL |
Lowest Effect Level |
| LEPCs |
Local Emergency Planning Committees |
| LET |
Linear Energy Transfer |
| LET&D |
Liquid Effluent Treatment and Disposal |
| LETF |
Liquid Effluent Treatment Facility |
| LEU |
Low-enriched Uranium |
| LFRSB |
Loose Fuel-Rod Shipping Basket |
| LGR |
Light-Water Cooled, Graphite-Moderated
Reactor |
| LHS |
Latin Hypercube Sampling |
| LICP |
Line Item Construction Project |
| LiOH |
Lithium Hydroxide |
| LIS |
Laser Isotope Separation |
| L-Lake |
Cooling Lake |
| LLBG |
Low-Level Burial Grounds |
| LLCL |
Low Level Counting Laboratory |
| LLD |
Lower Limit of Detection |
| LLLW |
Liquid Low-Level Waste |
| LLMW |
Low Level Mixed Waste |
| LLNL |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| LLR |
LOFT Lead Rod |
| LLRW |
Low-Level Radioactive Waste |
| LLRWPA |
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy
Amendments of 1985 |
| LLRWPAA |
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy
Amendments Act of 1985 |
| LLW |
Low-Level Waste |
| LLWDDD |
Low-Level Waste Disposal, Development,
and Demonstration |
| LLWMA |
Low-Level Waste Management Area |
| LLWMP |
Low-Level Waste Management Program |
| LLWPSS |
Low-Level Waste Processing and Shipping
Program |
| LMA |
Line Management Assessment |
| LMER |
Lockheed Martin Energy Research
Corporation |
| LMES |
Lockheed Martin Energy Systems |
| LMFBR |
Liquid-Metal Fast-Breeder Reactor |
| LMITCO |
Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies
Company, Idaho Falls, Idaho |
| LMUS |
Lockheed Martin Utility Services, Inc. |
| LOAEL |
Lowest-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level |
| LOC |
Loss of Coolant |
| LOCA |
Loss-of-Coolant Accident |
| LOEC |
Lowest-Observed Effective Level |
| LOFT |
Loss of Fluid Test |
| LSA |
Low Specific Activity |
| LSFA |
Landfill Stabilization Focus Area |
| LSI |
Liver-Somatic Index |
| LSMR |
Large-Scale Metal Recycle |
| LSO |
Livermore Site Office |
| LTHWR |
Low-Temperature Heavy-Water Reactor |
| LTRA |
Long Term Response Action |
| LTSM |
Long-Term Surveillance and Maintenance |
| LTV |
Lowest Test Value |
| LUST |
Leaking Underground Storage Tank |
| LWA |
Land Withdrawal Act |
| LWBR |
Light-Water Breeder Reactor |
| LWR |
Light-Water Reactor |
| LWTS |
Liquid Waste Treatment System |
| M&I |
Management
and Integration |
| M&O |
Management & Operating |
| M&TE |
Measuring and Test Equipment |
| M/S |
Materials and Services |
| M2 |
Square Meter |
| M3 |
Cubic Meter |
| MAA |
Material Access Area |
| MACRO |
Macro encapsulation |
| MACT |
Maximum Achievable Control Technology |
| MACTEC |
MAC Technical Services Company |
| MAD |
Maintenance Assembly and Disassembly |
| MAD |
Mutual Assured Destruction |
| MAO |
Miamisburg Area Office |
| MAP |
Management Action Process |
| MAP |
Mitigation Action Plan |
| MAPEP |
Mixed Analyte Performance Evaluation
Program |
| MAPI |
Mitsubishi Atomic Power Industries |
| MARSSIM |
Multi-Agency Radiological Survey and
Site Investigation Manual |
| MASS |
Massachusetts Bay |
| MAT |
Monitoring, Analysis and Testing |
| MAWS |
Minimum Additive Waste Stabilization |
| MC&A |
Materials Control and Accountability |
| MCC |
Motor Control Center |
| MCi |
Magacuries |
| MCL |
Maximum Contaminant Level |
| MCLG |
Maximum Contaminate Level Goal |
| MCO |
Multi-Canister Overpack |
| MCP |
Miamisburg
Closure Project |
| MCS |
Monitoring Control System |
| MCU |
Modular CSSX Unit |
| MCW |
Maywood Chemical Works |
| MDA |
Minimum Detectable Activity |
| MDC |
Minimum Detectable Concentration |
| MDNR |
Missouri Department of Natural Resources |
| MDOC |
Missouri Department of Conservation |
| MDSA |
Master Document Safety Analysis |
| MED |
Manhattan Engineer District |
| MEDLAR |
National Library of Medicine Database |
| MEF |
Material Evaluation Form |
| MEK |
Melton Branch Kilometer |
| METC |
Morgantown Energy Technology Center |
| MEWS |
Mixed Energy Waste Study |
| MFKY |
Maxey Flats, Kentucky (commercial waste
site) |
| MFRP |
Midwest Fuel Recovery Plant, Morris
Illinois (commercial spent fuel storage site) |
| MFT |
Memorandum to File |
| mg |
Milligram |
| MG |
Motor Generator |
| mg/kg |
milligram
per kilogram |
| mg/l |
Milligrams Per Liter |
| Mgd |
Million Gallons Per Day |
| MGPF |
Multiprogram General Purpose Facilities |
| MHTC |
Missouri Highway Transportation
Commission |
| MI |
Minority Institution |
| MIE |
Major Item of Expense |
| MIK |
Mitchell Branch Kilometer |
| MIMS |
Manifest Information Management System |
| MIN |
Materials in Inventory |
| MIP |
Maintenance Implementation Plan |
| MIS |
Management Information System |
| MIS |
Materials
Identification & Surveillance Program |
| MK-F |
MK-Ferguson of Oak Ridge Company |
| MLC |
Military Liaison Committee |
| MLIS |
Molecular Laser Isotope Separation |
| MLLW |
Mixed Low-Level Waste |
| MLLWDF |
Mixed Low-Level Waste Disposal Facility |
| MMEC |
Materials Management Executive Committee |
| MMES |
Martin Marietta Energy Systems |
| MMP |
Materials Management Plan |
| MND |
Mound Plant |
| MNS |
Master Nuclear Schedule |
| MOA |
Memorandum of Agreement |
| MOE |
Ministry of Environment (Ontario) |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| Mound |
Miamisburg Environmental Management
Project |
| MP |
Major Project |
| MPC |
Matrix Parameter Category |
| MPC |
Multi-Purpose Canister |
| MPPF |
Multi-Purpose Processing Facility |
| MPRSA |
The Marine Protection, Research and
Sanctuaries Act |
| MPS |
Meters Per Second |
| mrem/yr |
Millirems per Year |
| MRF |
Metal Recovery Facility |
| MRM |
Miscellaneous Radioactive Material |
| MSA |
Major Systems Acquisition |
| MSA |
Material Staging Area |
| MSA |
Metropolitan Statistical Areas |
| MSAD |
Mechanical Safe and Arm Detonator |
| MSCA |
Multi-Site Cooperative Agreement |
| MSCC |
Material Segregation and
Containerization Criteria (form) |
| MSDSs |
Materials Safety Data Sheets |
| MSHA |
Mine Safety and Health Administration |
| MSL |
Management Systems Laboratory |
| MSL |
Mean Sea Level |
| MSR |
Molten Salt Reactor (at ORNL) |
| MSRE |
Molten Salt Reactor Experiment |
| MSRE |
Molten Salt Reactor Experiment |
| MSSA |
Master Safeguard and Security Agreement |
| mSv |
Millisievert |
| MT |
Metric Tons |
| MTHM |
Metric Tons Heavy Metal |
| MTIHM |
Metric
Tons Initial Heavy Metal |
| MTL |
Material Tracking Location |
| MTR |
Materials and Test Reactor |
| MTR |
Minimum Technology Requirement |
| MTRUM |
Mixed Transuranic Waste |
| MTU |
Metric Tons Uranium |
| MURR |
Missouri (University of) Research
Reactor, Columbia Missouri |
| MVTWTP |
Melton Valley Transuranic Waste Treatment Plant |
| MVWPF |
Melton Valley Transuranic Waste Processing Facility |
| MVWTP |
Melton Valley Waste Treatment Plant |
| MW |
Megawatt |
| MW |
Mixed Waste |
| MWe |
Megawatt Electric |
| MWIR |
Mixed Waste Inventory Report |
| MWMF |
Mixed Waste Management Facility |
| MWt |
Megawatt Thermal |
| MWTF |
Multi-Function Waste Tank Facility |
| N/A |
Not
Applicable |
| NA |
Not Applicable |
| NAA |
"Nonattainment" Area |
| NAAG |
National Association of Attorneys
General |
| NAAQS |
National Ambient Air Quality Standards |
| NAE |
National Academy of Engineers |
| NaI |
Sodium Iodide |
| NARA |
National Archives and Record Administration |
| NARAC |
National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center |
| NARM |
Naturally-Occurring or Accelerator-Produced Radioactive Material |
| NAS |
National Academy of Sciences |
| NAWQC |
National Ambient Water Quality Criteria |
| NB |
New Brunswick Laboratory |
| NB |
Nitrobenzene |
| NBL-NJ |
New Brunswick Laboratory - New Jersey |
| NBSR |
National Bureau of Standards Reactor,
Gaithersburg, Maryland |
| NCAPS |
National Corrective Action
Prioritization System |
| NCAW |
Neutralized Current Acid Waste |
| NCP |
National Contingency Plan |
| NCP+ |
National Oil and Hazardous Substances
Contingency Plan (National Contingency Plan) |
| NCRP |
National Council on Radiation Protection
and Measurements |
| NCRW |
Neutralized Cladding Removal Waste |
| NCSP |
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program |
| NDA |
Nondestructive Assay/NRC Licensed
Disposal Area |
| NDE |
Nondestructive Evaluation |
| NDE/NDA |
Non-Destructive
Examination/Non-Destructive Assay |
| NDT |
Nondestructive Testing |
| NE |
Office
of Nuclear Energy |
| NEC |
National Electric Code |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act (1969) |
| NERL-LV |
National Exposure Research Laboratory at
Las Vegas |
| NES |
Nonradiological Environmental Surveillance Program |
| NES |
Nuclear Explosive Safety Process |
| NESE |
Nuclear Explosion Safety Evaluation |
| NESS |
Nuclear Explosive Safety Study |
| NESHAPs |
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants |
| NETL |
National
Energy Technology Laboratory |
| NETO |
National Environmental Training Office |
| NEUTR |
Neutralization |
| NFCS |
Nationwide Food Consumption Survey |
| NFPA |
National Fire Protection Agency |
| NFS |
Nuclear Fuels Services |
| NFSP |
Nuclear and Facility Safety Programs |
| NFSS |
Niagara Falls Storage Site |
| ng |
Nanograms |
| NGA |
National
Governor's Association |
| NHF |
New Hydrofracture Facility |
| NHP |
New Hope Pond |
| NHPA |
National Historic Preservation Act |
| NIEHS |
National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences |
| NIOSH |
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NJDEP |
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection |
| NLF |
Navy Landfill |
| NLO |
NLO, Inc. |
| NLOP |
North Load-Out Pit (Hanford) |
| NM |
New Mexico |
| NM |
Nuclear Materials |
| NMD |
No-Migration Determination |
| NMD |
No-Migration Determination |
| NMED |
New Mexico Environment Department |
| NMEID |
New Mexico Environmental Improvement Division |
| NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service |
| NMGF |
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish |
| NMIMT |
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology |
| NMIS |
Nuclear Materials Inspection and Storage |
| NMMD |
Nuclear Material Management Division |
| NMMSS |
Nuclear Materials Management and
Safeguards System |
| NMP |
Office of Nuclear Materials Production |
| NMV |
No-Migration Variance |
| NMWQCCR |
New Mexico Water Quality Control
Commission Regulations |
| NNSA |
National Nuclear Security
Administration |
| NOA |
Notice of Availability |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration |
| NOAEL |
No-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level |
| NOD |
Notice of Decision |
| OBOE |
Subcritical Experiments at Nevada Test
Site |
| NOD |
Notice of Deficiency |
| NOEC |
no-observed-effect concentration |
| NOEL |
no-observed-effect level |
| NOI |
Notice of Intent |
| NOMAD |
trade name; not an acronym |
| NON |
Notice of Noncompliance |
| NORM |
Naturally
Occurring Radioactive Material |
| NOV |
Notice of Violation |
| NOx |
Nitrogen Oxides |
| NOx |
Nitrous Oxide |
| Np |
Neptunium |
| NPDES |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System |
| NPDWR |
National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations |
| NPL+ |
National Priorities List |
| NPR |
New Production Reactor |
| NPRM |
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| NPS |
National Park Service |
| NPV |
Net Present Value |
| NQA |
National Quality Assurance |
| NR |
Natural Resource |
| NR |
Naval Reactors |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
| NRC |
National Response Center |
| NRC |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NRD |
Natural Resource Damage |
| NRDA |
Natural Resource Damage Assessment |
| NRDC |
Natural Resource Defense Council |
| NREL |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| NRF |
Naval Reactor Facility |
| NRT |
National Response Team |
| NRTC |
Natural Resource Trustee Council |
| NRWTF |
Nonradiological Wastewater Treatment
Facility |
| NSC |
National Security Council |
| NSDWP |
National Secondary Drinking Water
Regulations |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| NSF |
National Strike Force |
| NSO |
Nevada
Site Office |
| NSPS |
New Source Performance Standards |
| NTIS |
National Technical Information Service,
Springfield, Virginia |
| NTPO |
National Transuranic Waste Program
Office |
| NTS |
Nevada Test Site |
| NTSB |
National Transportation Safety Board |
| NTU |
Nephelometric Turbidity Unit |
| NUMEC |
Nuclear Uranium Materials and Equipment
Corporation |
| NUREG |
NRC Acronym used for Regulatory Guidance
Documents |
| NUS |
NUS Corporation, Gaithersburg, Maryland |
| NV |
Nevada Field Office |
| NV |
Nevada Operations Office |
| NVLAP |
National Voluntary Laboratory
Accreditation Program |
| NW 2 |
Northwest 2 |
| NWCF |
New Waste Calcining Facility |
| NWHWRC |
Pacific Northwest Hazardous Waste,
Research, Development and Demonstration Center |
| NWPA |
Nuclear Waste Policy Act (1982) |
| NWPAA |
NWP Amendments Act of 1987 |
| NWSM |
Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Memorandums |
| NYSDEC |
New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation |
| NYSERDA |
New York State Energy Research and
Development Administration |
| O&EC |
Operating
and Engineering Contractor |
| O&M |
Operation and Maintenance |
| O&MM |
Operations and Maintenance Manual |
| O/O |
Owner/Operator |
| OA |
Office of Independence Oversight and
Performance Assurance |
| OAC |
Ohio Administration Code |
| OAK |
Oakland Operations Office |
| OBE |
Overtaken by Events |
| OCB |
Operations Control Building |
| OCF |
Oxide Conversion Facility |
| OCRWM |
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste
Management |
| ODS |
Ozone-Depleting Substance |
| OE |
Operating Expense |
| OECM |
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Division |
| OEMP |
Operational Environmental Monitoring
Plan |
| OEPA |
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency |
| OER |
Office of Energy Research |
| OER |
Office of Environmental Restoration |
| OERR |
Office of Emergency and Remedial
Response |
| OFFE |
Office of Federal Facilities Enforcement |
| OH |
Ohio Field Office |
| OHF |
Old Hydrofracture Facility |
| OHM |
Office of Hazardous Materials |
| OHMTADS |
Oil and Hazardous Material Technical
Assistance Data System |
| OMA |
Office of Military Application |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| ONS |
Office of Nuclear Safety, ASPE |
| ONWI |
Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation |
| OO |
Operations Office |
| OPM |
Office of Personnel Management |
| OPM |
Office of Program Management |
| OPTRAN |
Operational Transit |
| OR |
Oak Ridge Field Office |
| OR |
Oak Ridge Operations Office |
| OR |
Oak Ridge Complex: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, East Tennessee Technology Park and Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee |
| ORAU |
Oak Ridge Associated University |
| OREIS |
Oak Ridge Environmental Information
System |
| ORGDP |
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25
Site) |
| ORIGEN |
Oak Ridge Isotope Generator |
| ORIGEN2 |
Oak Ridge Isotope Generation and
Depletion Code (version 2) |
| ORISE |
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and
Education |
| ORM |
Other Regulated Material |
| ORNL |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| ORO |
Oak Ridge Operations Office |
| ORP |
Office of River Protection |
| ORR |
Oak Ridge Reservation |
| ORR |
Operational Readiness Review |
| ORREMP |
Oak Ridge Reservation Environmental Monitoring Program |
| ORREMSSAB |
Oak Ridge Reservation Environmental Management Site Specific Advisory Board |
| ORR-PCB-FFCA |
Oak Ridge Reservation Polychlorinated Biphenyl Federal Facilities Compliance Act |
| OSC+ |
On-Scene Coordinator |
| OSDF |
On-site Disposal Facility |
| OSH |
Occupational Safety and Health |
| OSH Act |
Occupational Safety and Health Act |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| OSO |
Office of Science and Technology Policy Operational Services - Other |
| OSR |
Operational Safety Requirement |
| OSTI |
Office of Scientific and Technical Information |
| OSW |
Office of Solid Waste |
| OSWER |
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response |
| OTA |
Office of Technology Assessment |
| OTD |
Office of Technology Development |
| OU |
Operable Unit |
| OWP |
Office of Weapon Production |
| OWPE |
Office of Waste Programs Enforcement |
| OWST |
Organic Waste Storage Tank |
| P&D |
Production and Development |
| P&PD |
Production and Planning Directive |
| P.L. |
Public Law |
| PA |
Project Authorization |
| PA/ES&H |
Production Assurance/Environment, Safety
and Health |
| PA/SI |
Preliminary Assessment/Site Inspection |
| PA/SI |
Preliminary Assessment/Site Investigation |
| PA/ST |
Preliminary Assessment/Site Inspection |
| PA+ |
Preliminary Assessment |
| PAAA |
Price-Anderson Amendments Act |
| PACE |
Plant and Capital Equipment |
| PAD |
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant,
Paducah, Kentucky |
| PAF |
Plasma Arc Furnace |
| PAH |
Polycyclicpoly-nuclear Atomic
Hydrocarbons |
| PAM |
Perimeter Air Monitoring (station) |
| Panel |
Federal Technical Capability Panel |
| PANT |
Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas |
| PAO |
Department of Energy Public Affairs Office |
| PAO |
Princeton Group |
| PAP |
Personnel Assurance Program |
| PAP |
Project Acquisition Plan |
| PARM |
Program Analysis and Resource
Management, OMA |
| PATRAM |
Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials |
| PBF |
Power Burst Facility |
| PBS |
Project Baseline Summary |
| PC |
Personal Computer |
| PC |
Poplar Creek |
| PCE |
Perchloroethene |
| pCi |
Picocurie |
| pCi/G |
Picocries per gram |
| PCK |
Poplar Creek Kilometer |
| PCM |
Phase Contrast Microscopy |
| PCM |
Poplar Creek Mile |
| PCPs |
Polycholrinated Biphenyl |
| PCS |
Primary Coolant System |
| PCT |
Production Consistency Testing |
| PDC |
Performance Development Corporation |
| PDCF |
Pit Disassembly and Conversion Facility |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format |
| PDQ-7 |
Group Diffusion Reactor Computation Code |
| PDR |
Performance Dry Run |
| PDS |
Project Data System |
| PDSA |
Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis |
| PE&D |
Plant Engineering and Design |
| PEG |
Program Execution Guidance |
| PEIS |
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement |
| PEP |
Program Execution Plan |
| PER |
(special) Power Excursion Reactor (test)
(at INEEL) |
| PERT |
Performance Evaluation Review Technique |
| PETC |
Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center |
| PEW |
Process Equipment Waste |
| PFM |
Process Facility Modification |
| PFP |
Plutonium Finishing Plant |
| PGDP |
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant
(Paducah) |
| pH |
Hydrogen-Ion Activity of a System |
| PHEA |
Public Health and Ecological Assessment |
| PHSO |
Philadelphia Regional Support Office |
| PI |
Pinellas Area Office |
| PI |
Principal Investigator |
| PIAT |
Public Information Assistance Team |
| PICS |
Project Information Control System |
| PIDAS |
Perimeter Intrusion Detection Assessment
System |
| Pinellas |
Pinellas Plant, Largo, Florida |
| PIP |
Program Implementation Plan |
| PIP |
Public Involvement Program |
| PISCES |
Plant Instrumentation Surveillance
Calibration & Evaluation System |
| PJM |
Pulse
Jet Mixer |
| PLE |
Product Limit Estimate |
| PM |
Prevention Maintenance |
| PM |
Program Manager |
| PM |
Project Manager |
| PM-10 |
Particulate Matter less than 10 Microns
in Diameter |
| PMA |
Power Marketing Administration |
| PMC |
Project Management Contractor |
| PMIP |
Project Management and Integration Plan |
| PMP |
Project Management Plan |
| PMPR |
Program Manager's Progress Report |
| PMS |
Project Management System |
| PNL |
Pacific Northwest Laboratory |
| PNNL |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
Richland, Washington |
| PNPF |
Piqua Nuclear Power Facility |
| PNRO |
Pittsburgh Naval Reactors Office |
| PNWL |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| PO |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Policy and International Affairs |
| POC |
Point of Contact |
| POL |
Project Objective Letter |
| POLREPS |
Pollution Reports |
| POM |
Packaging Operations Management |
| PORT |
Portsmouth Site Office |
| PORTS |
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant |
| POTW |
Publicly Owned Treatment Works |
| PP |
Pantex Plant |
| PP |
Plutonium Processing |
| PP |
Project Plan |
| PP |
Proposed Plan for Remedial Action and
the Chemical Plant Area of the Weldon Springs |
| PPA |
Pollution Prevention Act |
| PPB/PPM |
Parts per Billion/Parts per Million |
| PPBS |
Federal Planning, Programming and
Budgeting System |
| PPE |
Personal Protective Equipment |
| PPL |
Program Planning Level |
| PPM |
Parts per Million |
| PPM/PPB |
Parts per Million/Parts per Billion |
| PPOA |
Pollution Prevention Opportunity
Assessment |
| PPPL |
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory |
| PPPO |
Portsmouth/Paducah
Project Office |
| PPS |
Plant Protection System |
| PRA |
Probabilistic Risk Assessment |
| PRAC |
Programs Risk Advisory Committee |
| PRAP |
Proposed Remedial Action Plan |
| PRD |
Project Requirements Document |
| PRDA |
Program Research and Development Announcement |
| PRECP |
Chemical Precipitation |
| PREPP |
Processing Experimental Pilot Plant |
| PRF |
Plutonium Reclamation Facility |
| PRP |
Potentially Responsible Party |
| PRP |
Productivity Retention Program |
| PRS |
Project Record Services |
| PRSC+ |
Post-Removal Site Control |
| PRTR |
Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor |
| PSAR |
Preliminary Safety Analysis Report |
| PSC |
Public Service of Colorado |
| PSCM |
Pilot Scale Ceramic Melter |
| PSCS |
Preliminary Site Characterization
Summary |
| PSD |
Prevention of Significant Deterioration |
| PSG |
Planning Support Group |
| PSO |
Program Secretarial Office |
| PSO |
Program Senior Official |
| PSP |
Plasma Separation Process |
| PSP |
Post Solidification Plan |
| PSP |
Project-Specific Plan |
| PSTP |
Proposed Site Treatment Plan |
| PSWBS |
Program/Project Summary WBS |
| PTI |
Project Training and Improvement |
| PTS |
Project Tracking System |
| PTSO |
Project Technical Support Office |
| Pu |
Plutonium |
| Pu/Ti |
Plutonium/Titanium |
| PuCL |
Plutonium Chloride |
| PuE |
Plutonium Equivalent |
| PuSPS |
Plutonium Stabilization and Packaging System |
| PUREX |
Plutonium Uranium Extraction |
| PVC |
Polyvinyl Chloride |
| PWID |
Project Waste Identification and
Disposition (form) |
| PWMP |
Pond Waste Management Project |
| PWR |
Pressurized-Water Reactor |
| PWSF |
Production Waste Treatment and Disposal Facility |
| PWTDF |
Production Waste Treatment and Disposal
Facility |
| PWTF |
Production Waste Treatment Facility |
| PY |
Prior Year |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| RA |
Readiness Assessment |
| RA |
Removal Action |
| RA |
Risk Assessment |
| RA+ |
Remedial Action |
| RAC |
Response Action Contractor |
| RACT |
Reasonably Achievable Control Technology |
| RAD |
Radiation Absorbed Dose |
| RAD |
Radioactivity |
| RAD-NESHAP |
Radionuclide National Emission Standards
for Hazardous Air Pollutions |
| RAL |
Remote Analytical Laboratory |
| RAM |
Remote Area Monitor |
| RANT |
Radioassay and Nondestructive Testing |
| RAO |
Remedial Action Objectives |
| RAP |
Remedial Action Program |
| RAR |
Remedial Action Report |
| RASB |
Radioactive Asbestos |
| RAWP |
Remedial Action Work Plan |
| RBE |
Relative Biological Effectiveness |
| RBOF |
Savannah River Site’s Receiving Basin
for Offsite Fuels |
| RBP |
Radiological Baseline Program |
| RC |
Regional Coordinator |
| RC |
Remedial Construction |
| RCA |
Radiological Control Area |
| RCB |
Retrieval Containment Building |
| RCD |
Reference Conceptual Design |
| RCF |
RCRA Facility Assessment |
| RCG |
Radioactivity Concentration Guide |
| RCM |
Radiological
Control Manual |
| RCMS |
Removal Cost Management System |
| RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(1976) |
| RCSB |
Rackable Can Storage Box |
| RCW |
Recirculating Cooling Water |
| RD&D |
Research, Development, and Demonstration |
| RD/RA |
Remedial Design/Remedial Action |
| RD+ |
Remedial Design |
| RDDT&E |
Research Development Demonstration Test
and Evaluation |
| RDR |
Remedial Design Report |
| RDS |
Risk Data Sheet |
| REA |
Radiological Engineering Assessment |
| REDAC |
Remote Detection and Controls |
| REDC |
Radionuclide engineering Development
Center |
| REECo |
Reynolds Electrical and Engineering
Company, Inc. |
| REM |
Remedial Planning |
| REM |
Roentgen Equivalent Man |
| RER |
Remediation Effectiveness Report |
| RES |
Radiological Environmental Surveillance |
| RESL |
Radiological and Environmental Sciences
Laboratory |
| RESRAD |
Residual Radiation |
| RF |
Rocky Flats Field Office |
| RFA |
RCRA Facility Assessment |
| RfC |
Reference Concentration |
| RfD |
Reference Dose |
| RFETS |
Rocky Flats Environmental Technology
Site |
| RFFO |
Rocky Flats Field Office |
| RFI |
RCRA Facility Investigation |
| RFI
Plans |
RCRA Facility Investigation Plans |
| RFI/CMS |
RFI/Corrective Measure Study |
| RFP |
Request
for Proposal |
| RFPO |
Rocky Flats Project Office |
| RGO |
Remedial Goal Option |
| RGP |
Rare Gas Plant |
| RH |
Remote-Handled |
| RHF |
Reactor a-Haut Flux |
| RHO |
Rockwell Hanford Operations |
| RH-TRU |
Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste |
| RI |
Rockwell International Corporation,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| RI/FS |
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study |
| RI/FS-EIS |
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility
Study-Environmental Impact Statement |
| RI+ |
Remedial Investigation |
| RIA |
Reactivity Initiated Accident |
| RIA |
Regulatory Impact Analysis |
| RICH |
Richland, Washington (commercial waste
site) |
| RIF |
Recoverable Irradiated Fuel |
| RIR |
Remedial Investigation Report |
| RL |
Radio luminescent (light) |
| RL |
Richland Field Office |
| RL |
Richland Operations Office |
| RM |
Responsible Manager |
| RMD |
Resource Management Division |
| RMDF |
Radioactive Materials Disposal Facility |
| RME |
Reasonable Maximum Exposure |
| RMI |
Reactive Metals, Incorporated Titanium
Company Extrusion Plant, Ashtabula, Ohio |
| RMP |
Radiological Monitoring Plan |
| RMPE |
Reduction of Mercury in Plan Effluent |
| RMW |
Radioactive Mixed Waste |
| RMX |
Radioactive Mixed Waste |
| ROA |
Research Opportunity Announcement |
| ROD |
Record of Decision |
| ROG |
Radioactive Organic Gases |
| ROI |
Return on Investment |
| ROV |
Report of Violation |
| RP+ |
Responsible Party |
| RPCB |
Radioactive Polychlorinated Biphenyl |
| RPM |
Remedial Project Manager |
| RQ+ |
Reportable Quantity |
| RRB |
Readiness Review Board |
| RRC |
Regional Response Center |
| RRT |
Regional Response Team |
| RSCRC |
Regional Superfund Community Relations
Coordinator |
| RSM |
Radioactively
Contaminated Scrap Metal |
| RSO |
Responsible
Supervisory Official |
| RSPA |
Research and Special Programs
Administration |
| RSR |
Remote Size Reduction |
| RSWF |
Radioactive Scrap & Waste Facility |
| RSWMS |
Radioactive Scrap and Waste Management
Site |
| RTG |
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator |
| RTR |
Real Time Radiography |
| RTS |
Removal Tracking System |
| RW |
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste
Management |
| RWG |
Reduced Waste Generation |
| RWMC |
Radioactive Waste Management Complex |
| RWMIS |
Radioactive Waste Management Information
System |
| RWMS |
Radioactive Waste Management Site |
| RWP |
Radiation Work Permit |
| RWQCB |
Regional Water Quality Control Board |
| S&A |
Sampling and Analysis |
| S&M |
Surveillance and Maintenance |
| S&S |
Safeguards and Security |
| s.c. |
Subcutaneous |
| S/RIDs |
Standards/ Requirements Identification
Documents |
| S-1 |
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary of
Energy |
| SAB |
Environmental Protection Agency’s
Science Advisory Board |
| SAC |
Senate Appropriations Committee |
| SAC |
Support Agency Coordinator |
| SACA |
Support Agency Cooperative Agreement |
| SAD |
Safety Analysis Document |
| SAF |
Secure Automated Fabrication |
| SAFER |
Streamlined Approach for Environmental
Restoration |
| SAIC |
Science Application International
Corporation |
| SAN |
San Francisco Field Office |
| SAN |
San Francisco Operations Office |
| SAP |
Sampling and Analysis Plan |
| SAR |
Safety Analysis Report |
| SARA+ |
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act |
| SARP |
Safety Analysis Report for Packaging |
| SARS |
Safety Analysis and Review System |
| SAS |
Special Analytical Services |
| SASC |
Senate Armed Services Committee |
| SASSI |
System for Analysis of Soil-Structure Interaction |
| SAV |
Secondary Acute Value |
| SBIR |
Small Business Innovation Research |
| SBS |
Safety Basis Strategy |
| SBW |
Sodium-Bearing Waste |
| SCAP |
Superfund Consolidated Accomplishments
Plan |
| SCDHEC |
South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control |
| SCEM |
Site Conceptual Exposure Model |
| SCO |
State Cleanup Order |
| SCQ |
Site wide CERCLA Quality Assurance
Project Plan |
| SCS |
Soil Conservation Service |
| SCTI |
Sodium Components Test Installation |
| SCV |
Secondary Chronic Value |
| SCW |
Special Case Waste |
| SDA |
State-licensed Disposal Area |
| SDA |
Subsurface Disposal Area |
| SDF |
Slurry Dewatering Facility |
| SDG |
San Diego (Pacific Ocean off San Diego,
California) |
| SDI |
Strategic Defense Initiative |
| SDOR |
Saltless Direct Oxide Reduction |
| SDS |
Submerged Demineralizer System |
| SDWA |
Safe Drinking Water Act |
| SE&EA |
Safety, Environment, and Emergency
Actions |
| SE-1 |
Southeast 1 |
| SE-2 |
Southeast 2 |
| SEA |
Site Evaluation Accomplished |
| SEB |
Source
Evaluation Board |
| Secretary |
Secretary of Energy |
| SED |
Site wide Environmental Database |
| SEG |
Scientific Ecology Group, Inc., Oak
Ridge, Tennessee |
| SEIS |
State Environmental Impact Statement |
| SEIS |
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement |
| SEMP |
Systems Engineering Management Plan |
| SEN |
Secretary of Energy Notice |
| SEP |
Safety Enhancement Program |
| SEP |
Site wide Excavation Plan |
| SER |
Site Environmental Report |
| SERA |
Superfund Emergency Response Actions |
| SERCs |
State Emergency Response Commissions |
| SERDP |
Strategic Environmental Research
Development Program |
| SETF |
Systems Evaluation and Test Facilities |
| SEU |
Slightly Enriched Uranium |
| SF |
San Francisco Operations Office |
| SF |
Slope Factor |
| SF+ |
Superfund |
| SFD |
Severe Fuel Damage |
| SIMS |
Safety
Issues Management System |
| SIRR |
Single Internal Readiness Review |
| SFE |
Supercritical Fluid Extraction |
| SFMP |
Surplus Facilities Management Program |
| SFO |
San Francisco Operations Office |
| SHEF |
Sheffield, Illinois (commercial waste
site) |
| SHPO |
State Historic Preservation Officer |
| SI |
International System of Units (metric
system) |
| SI |
Saturation Indexes |
| SI |
Sensitivity Index |
| SI+ |
Site Inspection |
| SIA |
Strategic Issues and Analysis |
| SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification |
| SIC |
Standard Industrial Code |
| SICAPCD |
San Joaquin County Air Pollution Control
District |
| SIF |
Systems Integration Plans |
| SIMS |
Safety Issues Management System |
| SIP |
State Implementation Plans |
| SIS |
Special Isotope Separation |
| SITE |
Superfund Innovative Technology
Evaluation |
| SLAC |
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
| SLB |
Shallow
Land Burial |
| SLSF |
Sodium Loop Safety Facility |
| SM |
Special Metallurgical |
| SM |
Stationary Media |
| SMAC |
Shipment Mobility and Accountability |
| SMB |
Special Metallurgical Building |
| SMC |
Special Manufacturing Capability |
| SMCL |
Secondary Maximum Contaminant Level |
| SMCRA |
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation
Act |
| SME |
Subject
Matter Expert |
| SMO |
Sample Management Office |
| SMOA+ |
Superfund Memorandum of Agreement |
| SMP |
Site Management Plan |
| SMPC |
Senior Management Planning Council |
| SMS |
Sludge Mobilization System |
| SMT |
Safety Management Team |
| SNAP |
Significant New Alternatives Policy |
| SNF |
Spent Nuclear Fuel |
| SNFP |
Spent Nuclear Fuel Program |
| SNL |
Sandia National Laboratories |
| SNL/CA |
Sandia National Laboratories/California,
Livermore, California |
| SNL/NM |
Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico,
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| SNLA |
Sandia National Laboratories -
Albuquerque |
| SNLL |
Sandia National Laboratories - Livermore |
| SNLNM |
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
and California |
| SNM |
Special Nuclear Material |
| SNRO |
Schenectady Naval Reactors Office |
| SNRS |
Stationary Neutron Radiography System,
Sacramento, California |
| SO |
System Operational |
| SOP |
System/Standard Operating
Procedures/Practice |
| SOW |
Statement of Work |
| SP |
Standard Practice |
| SPCC |
Spill Prevention Control and
Countermeasure |
| SPDES |
State Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System |
| SPDV |
Site and Preliminary Design Validation |
| SPEERA |
Secretarial Panel for the Evaluation of
Epidemiologic Research Activities |
| SPF |
Sodium Process Facility |
| SPF |
Spontaneous Fission |
| SPMD |
Semipermeabel membrane Device |
| SPMS |
Strategic Planning and Management System |
| SPP |
Standard Practice Procedure |
| SPR |
Single-Pass Reactor (Hanford) |
| SPRO |
Strategic
Petroleum Reserves Office |
| SQA |
Safety and Quality Assurance |
| SQA |
Software Quality Assurance |
| SQAG |
Sediment Quality Assessment Guideline |
| SQAIP |
Software Quality Assurance Improvement Plan |
| SQAS |
Software Quality Assurance Subcommittee |
| SQC |
Sediment Quality Criteria |
| SR |
Savannah River
Operations Office |
| SREL |
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory |
| SRF |
Size Reduction Facility |
| SRG |
Safety Resource Group |
| SRIIC |
Standards
and Requirements Identification Improvement Council |
| SRL |
Savannah River Laboratory |
| SRNL |
Savannah
River National Laboratory |
| SRO |
Savannah River Operations Office |
| SRP |
Savannah River Plant |
| SRRT |
Start-up Readiness Review Team |
| SRS |
Savannah River Site |
| SRSO |
Savannah River Site Office |
| SRSO |
Seattle Regional Support Office |
| SRTC |
Savannah River Technical Center (at SRS) |
| SS |
Stainless Steel |
| SS-21 |
Seamless Safety for the 21st Century |
| SSAB |
Site-Specific Advisory Board |
| SSAP |
Site Sampling and Analysis Plan |
| SSC |
Scientific Support Contractor |
| SSC+ |
Superfund State Contract |
| SSE |
Safe Shutdown Earthquake |
| SSFL |
Santa Susana Field Laboratory, Canoga
Park, California [also referred to as the Energy Technology Engineering
Center (ETEC)] |
| SSI |
Site Screening Investigation |
| SSI |
Soil-Structure Interaction |
| SSNAEL |
Site-Specific No Apparent Effects Level |
| SSO |
Sandia Site
Office |
| SSP |
Site-Specific Plan |
| SSR |
Summary Structural Report |
| SSSR |
Site Specific Standard Request |
| SST |
Single-Shell Tanks |
| ST |
Strong-Tight |
| START |
Steps to Achieve Required Training |
| STD |
Standard |
| STEL |
Stay Time Exposure Level |
| STEP |
State Training and Emergency Preparation
(and response) |
| STGWG |
State and Tribal Working Group |
| STP |
Sewage Treatment Plant |
| STP |
Sludge Treatment Project |
| STPs |
Site Treatment Plans |
| STS |
Supernatant Treatment System |
| SURF |
Sandia Underground Reactor Facility |
| SV |
Schedule Variance |
| Sv |
Sievert |
| SW |
Sanitary Waste |
| SWAT |
Solid Waste Assessment Test |
| SWATS |
Site Wide Audit Tracking System |
| SWDA |
Solid Waste Disposal Act |
| SWDA-7 |
Solid Waste Disposal Area-7 |
| SWDF |
Solid Waste Disposal Facility |
| SWEPP |
Stored Waste Examination Pilot Plant |
| SWHISS |
Surface Water Hydrological Information
Support System |
| SWIFTS |
Site wide Waste Information Forecasting
and Tracking System |
| SWIMS |
Solid Waste information Management
System |
| SWM |
Solid
Waste Management |
| SWMU |
Solid Waste Management Unit |
| SWPF |
Salt Waste Processing Facility |
| SWPP |
Storm Water Pollution Prevention |
| SWPPP |
Storm Waster Pollution Prevention Plan |
| SWR |
Special Waste Reactor |
| SWRB |
Storm Water Retention Basin |
| SWSA |
Solid Waste Storage Area |
| SWTP |
Site Water Treatment Plant |
| SWU |
Separative Work Unit |
| SWU |
Southern Waste Unit(s) |
| WAC |
Waste
Acceptance Criteria |
| WACC |
Waste Acceptance Criteria Committee |
| WACCC |
Waste Acceptance Criteria Certification
Committee |
| WAESD |
Westinghouse Advanced Energy Systems
Division |
| WAG |
Waste Area Group |
| WAO |
Waste Acceptance Operations |
| WAP |
Waste Analysis Plan |
| WAPS |
Waste Acceptance Preliminary Specifications |
| WAS |
Waste Acceptance Specifications |
| WBR |
Watts Bar Reservoir |
| WBS |
Work Breakdown Structure |
| WCCF |
Waste Characterization and Certification Facility |
| WCD |
Waste Form and Canister Description |
| WCF |
Waste Calcining Facility |
| WCF |
Waste Characterization Facility |
| WCK |
White Oak Creek Kilometer |
| WDOE |
Washington Department of Ecology |
| WEAF |
Waste Examination Assay Facility |
| WEC |
Westinghouse Electric Corporation,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| WED |
Waste Engineering Development |
| WEFF |
Waste Encapsulation and Fractionating
Facility |
| WELD |
Weldon Spring Site Office |
| WERF |
Waste Experimental Reduction Facility |
| WESF |
Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility |
| West Valley |
West Valley Demonstration Project |
| Weston |
Roy F. Weston, Inc. |
| WETF |
West End Treatment Facility |
| WETO |
Western Energy Technology Office |
| WFPC |
West Fork Poplar Creek |
| WFQ |
Waste Form Qualification |
| WGA |
Western Form Qualification |
| WGI |
Washington Group International |
| WGWA |
Working Group for Waste Acceptance |
| WHC |
Westinghouse Hanford Company |
| WHPP |
(Transuranic) Waste Handling and
Packaging Plant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| WHPP |
Waste Handling Pilot Plant |
| WIPP |
Waste
Isolation Pilot Plant |
| WIN |
Waste Information Network |
| WINCO |
Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear Company |
| WIND |
Windsor Site (at KAPL) |
| WIPP |
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant |
| WITS |
Waste Inventory Tracking System |
| WITS |
Waste Isolation Tracking System |
| WKWMA |
West Kentucky Wildlife Management Area |
| WL |
Working Level |
| WLM |
Working Level Monitor |
| WLM |
Working Level Month |
| WM |
Waste Management |
| WMCO |
Westinghouse Materials Company of Ohio |
| WMFU |
Waste Minimization Facility Upgrade |
| WMIN |
Waste Minimization |
| Wmin/P2 |
Waste Minimization/Pollution Prevention |
| WMIS |
Waste Management Information Systems |
| WMO |
Waste Management Operations Program |
| WMP |
Waste Management Plan |
| WMPP |
Waste Management Project Plan |
| WNYNSC |
Western New York Nuclear Service Center |
| WO |
Waste Operations |
| WOC |
White Oak Creek |
| WOCC |
Waste Operations Control Center |
| WOD |
White Oak Dam |
| WOL |
White Oak Lake |
| WPAB |
Work Package Authorization System |
| WPC |
Water Pollution Control |
| WPIO |
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Project
Integration Office, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| WPPSS |
Washington Public Power Supply System |
| WPRAP |
Waste Pits Remedial Action Project |
| WPSO |
WIPP Project Site Office |
| WQA |
Water Quality Act o |
| WQC |
Water Quality Criteria |
| WQS |
Water Quality Standard |
| WQSP |
Water Quality Sampling Program |
| WR708 |
War Reserve 708 Weapons Development Course |
| WRAP |
Waste Receiving and Processing Facility |
| WSB |
Waste Storage Building |
| WSCP |
Weldon Spring Chemical Plant |
| WSQ |
Weldon Springs Quarry |
| WSRA |
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act |
| WSRC |
Waste Reduction Steering Committee |
| WSRC |
Westinghouse Savannah River Company |
| WSRP |
Weldon Spring Riffinate Pits |
| WSS |
Weldon Springs Site |
| WSS |
Work Smart Standards |
| WSSRAP |
Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action
Project |
| WSUFMP |
Weldon Spring Uranium Feed Materials
Plant |
| WTAC |
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Technical
Assistance Contractor |
| WTP |
Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant |
| WTSF |
Waste Treatment and Storage Facility |
| WTWBIR |
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Transuranic
Waste Baseline Inventory Report |
| WVAO |
West Valley Area Office |
| WVDP |
West Valley Demonstration Project |
| WVNS |
West Valley Nuclear Services Company |
| WVNY |
West Valley, New York (commercial waste site from 1963-1981) |
| WVP |
Waste Vitrification Projects |
| WVPO |
West Valley Project Office |