Nuclear energy and radiation terminology · MLC-0119

Nuclear energy and radiation acronyms (74)

Table 1. Acronyms and abbreviations
Acronym	Expansion
ALI	Annual limit on intake
APLGHR	Average planar linear heat generation rate
ASR	Alkali silica reaction
ATWS	Anticipated transient without scram
Bq	Becquerel
Btu	British thermal unit
BWR	Boiling-water reactor
CDE	Committed dose equivalent
CEDE	Committed effective dose equivalent
Ci	Curie
COL	Combined license
D2O	Heavy water
DAC	Derived air concentration
DAC-hour	Derived Air Concentration-Hour
DBT	Design-basis threat
DDE	Deep-Dose Equivalent
DHS	U.S. Department of Homeland Security
DNB	Departure from nucleate boiling
DNBR	Departure from nucleate boiling ratio
DOE	U.S. Department of Energy
ECCS	Emergency core cooling systems
EIA	Energy Information Administration
EP	Emergency preparedness
EPA	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ESBWR	Economic Simplified Boiling-Water Reactor
ESP	Early site permit
FEMA	Federal Emergency Management Agency
FERC	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FOIA	Freedom of Information Act
FTE	Full-time equivalent
FY	Fiscal year
GW	Gigawatt
GWh	Gigawatthour
Gy	Gray
HLW	High-level radioactive waste
IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency
INRA	International Nuclear Regulators Association
IPE	Individual plant examination
IPEEE	Individual plant examination for external events
IR	Incident response
ISFSI	Independent spent fuel storage installation
ISR	In situ recovery
KW	Kilowatt
LCF	Latent cancer fatality
LD	Lethal dose
LLW	Low-level radioactive waste
LOCA	Loss of coolant accident
LPZ	Low population zone
mR	Milliroentgen
MW	Megawatt
MWh	Megawatt-hour
NA	Not Applicable
NEA	Nuclear Energy Agency
NEPA	National Environmental Policy Act
NMMSS	Nuclear Material Management and Safeguards System
NR	Not Reported
NSTS	National Source Tracking System
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PN	Preliminary Notification
PRA	Probabilistic risk assessment
Pu	Plutonium
PWR	Pressurized-water reactor
PWSCC	Primary water stress-corrosion cracking
R	Roentgen
Ra	Radium
Rn	Radon
ROP	Reactor Oversight Process
SDE	Shallow-Dose Equivalent
SGI	Safeguards information
SUNSI	Sensitive unclassified nonsafeguards information
Sv	Sievert
TEDE	Total Effective Dose Equivalent
TG	Turbine generator
WT	Weighting factor

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