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Acronyms
AEC Atomic Energy Commission, USA (the predecessor of NRC)
a.k.a. also known as
AMD acid mine drainage
ANL Argonne National Laboratory
ANS American Nuclear Society
ARGONAUT ARGOnne Nuclear Assembly for University Training, a model of
research reactor
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
AZ Arizona, USA
BRAC Base Realignment and Closure Commission
BWR boiling water reactor
CA California, USA
CO Colorado, USA
CSA Canadian Standards Association
CX Chapelcross NPP, UK
CY Connecticut Yankee NPP, USA
D&ER decommissioning & environmental remediation
DfD design for decommissioning
DFR Dounreay Fast Reactor
DOE US Department of Energy
DRR design to remodel or reuse
EC European Commission
ECCS emergency core cooling system
EPA US Environmental Protection Agency
ER environmental remediation
ETTP East Tennessee Technology Park
FL Florida, USA
FRM Research Reactor Munich (in German)
GA Georgia, USA
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Ha hectare (10 m , 0.01km )
HLW high-level (radioactive) waste
HVAC heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
HWR heavy water reactor
ICOMOS International Council on Monuments and Sites
ICRP International Commission on Radiological Protection
IES Interim End State (a UK phrase)
