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RF
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SEI
SEM
TEM
TIG
XRD
Advanced Space Transportation Program
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
Chemical Vapor Deposition
Design Reference Mission
Energy Dispersion Spectroscopy
Evaluated Nuclear Data File
Effluent Treatment System
Fission products
Gas Core Nuclear Thermal Rocket
Geosynchronous Earth Orbit
Ground Test Facility
Specific Impulse
In-Situ Resource Utilization
LOX-augmented NTR
Low Earth Orbit
Liquid Oxygen
Lunar Oxygen
Magnetohydrodynamic
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nuclear Electric Propulsion
Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
Nuclear Thermal Rocket
Radio Frequency
Strategic Defense Initiative
Space Exploration Initiative
Scanning Electron Microscope (microscopy)
Transmission Electron Microscope
Tungsten Inert Gas
X-ray diffraction
Organizations/Facilities/Professional Societies
AEC
AIAA
AICHE
AIP
ANL
ANL-W
ANS
ASME
BNFL
BNL
DOD
DOE
ERDA
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HPS
HTML
ICONE
IECEC
IEEE
INEEL
INEL
INSPI
IRPS
ISNPS
JCPDS
LANL
MAIC
NBS
NBSM
NES
NIST
NRC
NRE
NRTS
NSRDS
ORNL
SAE
UF
Atomic Energy Commission
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Institute of Physics
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory - West
American Nuclear Society
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
British Nuclear Fuels Ltd.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Energy Research & Development Authority (now DOE)
Facility for the Analysis of Chemical Thermodynamics
Health Physics Society
High Temperature Materials Laboratory (at ORNL)
International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ASME)
International Engineering Conference on Energy Conversion
Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (now INEEL)
Innovative Nuclear Space Power and Propulsion Institute (at UF)
International Radiation Physics Society
Institute of Space Nuclear Power Studies (at UNM)
Joint Community of Pattern Diffraction Standards
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Major Analytical Instrumentation Center (at UF)
National Bureau of Standards (now NIST)
National Bureau of Standards and Measurements (now NIST)
Nuclear Engineering Sciences (at UF, now NRE)
National Institute of Standard and Technology
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear and Radiological Engineering (at UF)
National Reactor Test Site
National Standard Reference Data System
Oak Ridge National Lab
Society of Automotive Engineers
University of Florida
Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Related
ALARA
APC
ARMS
ARV
BCS
BOP
BPV’s
CIV’s
CRDM
CST
DBA
DEMIN
DRMS
ECCS
EOF
EHC
ESF
ETS
FPCC
FPC
HP
HPCS
HPU
HVAC
HX
IAS
IV’s
ISV’s
LOCA
LOSP
LP
LPCI
LPCS
LPRM
MS, MSS
MSIV
MSR’s
MSRV
MWS
MTH
NSSSS
OTS
RBS
RCIC
RHR
RPCCW
RPV
RWCU
SAS
SBLC
TPCCW
TSV
SGTS
SJAE
SSW
SWS
TCV’s
VPS
WTS
As Low As Reasonably Achieve
Annulus Pressure Control
Area Radiation Monitoring System
Air Release Valve
Bearing Cooling System
Balance of Plant
Bypass Valves
Combined Intermediate Valves
Control Rod Drive Mechanism
Condensate Storage Tank
Design Basis Accident
Demineralized Water/Demineralizer
Digital Radiation monitoring Systems
Emergency Core Cooling System
Emergency Operating Facility
Electric-Hydraulic Control System
Engineered Safety Feature
Emergency Trip System
Fuel Pool Cooling Cleanup
Fuel Pool Cooling (RHR System)
High Pressure (Turbine)High Pressure Core Spray
Hydraulic Power Unit (EHC)
Heat Ventilation and Air Conditioning System
Heat Exchanger
Instrument Air System
Intercept ValvesIntermediate Stop Valves
Loss of Cooling Accident
Loss of Offsite Power
Low Pressure
Low Pressure Coolant Injection
Low Pressure Core Spray
Local Power Range Monitor
Main Stream (System)
Main Stream Isolation Valve
Moisture Separator Reheaters
Main Stream Relief Valves
Makeup Water System
Manual Trip Handle
Nuclear Steam Supply Shutoff System
Overspeed Trip Device
River Bend Station
Reactor Core Isolation Cooling
Residual Heat Removal System
Reactor Plant Component Cooling Water (CCW)
Reactor Pressure Vessel
Reactor Water Cleanup System
Service Air System
Standby Liquid Control System (SLC)Turbine Plant Component Cooling Water
Turbine Stop Valves
Standby Gas Treatment System
Steam Jet Air Ejector
Standby Service Water System
Service Water System (SWP)Turbine Control Valves
Vacuum Priming System
Water Treatment System
A
AB
ABFP
ABGTS
Abs
ABT
AC
ACC
ACCEL
ACM
ACR
ACRO
ACRS
ACS
ADS
ADV
AE
AEC
AEOG
AEPS
AEPSC
AFC
AFD
AFL
AFO
AFPT
AFS
AFST
AGAF
AGZ
AHU
AIF
AIT
ALARA
ALT
Amp
AMS
AMU
AN
A/N
ANPRM
ANSI
AO
AOG
AOGCCW
AOGV
AP
APD
APDMS
API
APIL
APLHGR
APM
APR
APRD
APRM
APRM
APS
APSR
ARI
ARM
ARO
ARS
ART
ASA
ASE
ASI
ASLB
ASM
ASME
ASTM
AT. No.
ATC
ATOG
ATWOS
AUTO
Aux
AVC
AVG.
AVLIS
Ampere area, Atomic Mass
Automatic Blowdown
Auxiliary Boiler Feed Pump
Auxiliary Building Gas Treatment System
Absolute
Automatic Bus Transfer
Alternating Current/Air Conditioning
Accumulator/ Air Cooled Condenser
Accelerate
Alternate Cooling Method
Audible Count Rate
Auxiliary Control Room Operator
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
Auxiliary Cooling System
Automatic Depressurization System
AdvancedAir Ejector/ Architect Engineer
Atomic Energy Commission
Air Ejection Off Gas
Auxiliary Electric Power System
Atomic Energy Plant Safety Committee
Automatic Flow Control
Axial Flux Difference Alarm
Active Fuel Level
Axial Flux Offset
Auxiliary Feed Pump Turbine
Auxiliary Feedwater Supply
Auxiliary Feedwater Storage Tank
Automatic Gain Adjustment Factor
Actual Ground Zero
Air Handling Unit
Atomic Industrial Forum
Air Intake Tunnel
As Low As Reasonably Achievable
AlternateAmphere
Acoustic Monitor System/Atmosphere Monitor System
Atomic Mass Unit
Analyzer
As Needed
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making
American National Standards Institute
Auxiliary Operator/Abnormal Occurrence
Advanced Off-Gas System/Augmented Off-Gas
Advanced Off-Gas Closed Cooling Water System
Advanced Off-Gas Valve
Administrative Procedure/Associated Press
Air Particulate Detector
Axial Power Distribution Monitor System/or Signal
Absolute Position Indicator
Axial Power Imbalance Limit
Average Planar Linear Heat Generation Rate
Average Power Monitor/Air Particulate Monitor
Automatic Pressure ReliefAtmosphere Particulate Radioactivity Detector
Average Power Range MonitorAutomatic Position Reference Monitor
Accident Prone System
Axial Power Shaping Rod
Alternate Rod Insertion
Area Radiation Monitor/Atmosphere Radiation Monitor
All Rods Out
Amplified Response Spectrum
Anticipated Reactor Trip
American Standards Association
Assistant Shift Engineer
Axial Shape Index
Atomic Safety Licensing Board
American Society of Metals
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Society For Testing Materials
Atomic Number
Air Temperature Control
Abnormal Transients Operating Guidelines
Anticipated Transient Without Scram
Automatic
Auxiliary
Automatic Valve Control/Automatic Vent Control
Average
Advanced Vapor Laser Isotope Separation
B
BAMT
BAST
BATP
BATT.
BB
bbl
BCMS
BE
BEAR
BEIR
BeV
BF3
BIN
BIT
BKR
Bkrs
BLDG
BLTC
BMH
BNL
BOC
BOL
BOP
B/P
B & PV
BPRA
BPWS
BR
BRG
BRTT
BSAR
BTP
BTU
BVPS
BWR
BWST
BYP
Hydrogen Burning
Boric Acid Mixing Tank
Boric Acid Storing Tank
Boric Acid Transfer Pump
Battery
Bulk Burning
barrel
Boron Concentration Measurement System
Boston Edison
Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation
Advisory Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
Billion Electron Volts
Boron Triflouride (BF3)
Binary Information Center
Boric Acid Injection Tank
Breaker
Brakers
Building
Bottom Loading Transfer Cask
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Beginning of Cycle
Beginning of Life
Balance of Plant
Blueprint
Boiler & Pressure Vessel
Burnable Poison Rod Array
Banked Positon Wighdrawal Sequence
Breeder Reactor
Bearing
Boroon Recovery Test Tank
Babcock & Wilcox Safety Analysis
Branch Technical Position
British Thermal Unit
Beaver Valley Power Station
Boiling Water Reactor
Borated Water Storage Tank
By pass
Ci
C
cc, cm3
C/A
C&HP
CAC
CADS
CAM
CAMAC
CAPM
CAR
CARDOX
CAS
CAT
CB
CBAST
CCTL
CCW
CDA
CBD
CBDI
CCGCS
CCHX
CCM
CCP
CDS
CEA
CEA
CEAC
CEDM
CEO
CEQ
CEP
CESAR
CFA
CFCU
CFIA
CFM
CFR
CFT
CGRM
CH
CHF
CHG
CHGP
CHRS
CI
CILRT
CIS
CIV
CL
CLC
CLCS
CLD
CLIRA
CLG
CLR
CLS
CLSD
CLSHI
CMF
CMFCP
CMFLPD
CMI
CMI
CMPF
CMS
CMWT
COB
C
CNDS
COLSS
COMPR
CONTMT
CONT
COO
CO2
COUP
CP
CPAL
CPC
CPHS
CPIS
CPL
CPM/CPS
CPP
CPR
CPU
CR
CRBR
CRD
CRDA
CRDM
CRDRL
CREOASS
CREVS
CRHS
CRM
CRO
CRS
CRSA
CRT
CRW
CS
CSAS
CSCS
CDS
CSE
CSIS
CSRS
CST
CTMT
CTP
CTS
CTSHX
CUS
CV
CVCIS
CVCS
CVP
CVPS
CW
CWD
CWIP
CTSP
CWST
Curie
Conductivity/Centingrade/Celsius
Cubic Centimeter’ (cc cm3 )
Corrective Action
Chemistry & Health Physics
Containment Atmosphere Control
Containment Atmosphere Dilution System
Continuous Air Monitor/Containment Atmosphere Monitor
Computer Auto Measurement and Control System
Containment Atmosphere Particulate Monitor
Containment Air Removal
Carbon Dioxide Fire Suppression System
Central Alarm Station
Chemical Addition Tank
Circuit Breaker/ Containment Building
Concentrate Boric Acid Storage Tank
Control Bank D/Critical Boron Solution
Control Rod Bank Demand Indicator
Containment Combustion Gas Control System
Component Cooling Heat Exchanger
Core Cooling Monitor
Centrifugal Charging Pump/Cooling Charging Pump
Casing Cooling Tank Level
Counterclockwise/Condensate Cooling Water
Containment Depressurization Alarm or Activation
Conceptual Design Study
Committee for Energy AwarenessControl Core Element Assembly
Control Element Assembly Computer
Control Element Drive Monitor
Chief Executive Officer
Council on Environmental Quality
Containment Equalization Pressure
Combustion Engineering Safety Analysis Report
Core Flood Alarm
Containment Fan Coil Unit
Core Flood Isolation Valve Assembly
Cubic Feet Per Minute
Code of Federal Regulation
Core Flood TankContainment Gaseous Radiation Monitor
Channel
Critical Heat Flux
Changer
Charging Pump
Containment Heat Removal System
Cognizant Individual/Cast Iron/Curies
Containment Integrated Leak Rate Test
Containment Isolation System or Signal
Containment Isolation Valve
Closed Loop
Containment Leakage Control
Consequence Limiting Control System
Chloride Leak Detector
Closed Loop In-Reactor Assembly
Cooling
Clean Liquid Radiated Water
Containment Leakage System
Closed
Consequences Limiting Signal High
Common Mode FailureCore Maximum Fraction Critical Power
Core Maximum Fraction of Limiting Power Density
Core Maximum InhibitControl Monitor & Instrument Assembly
Core Maximum Power Fraction
Containment Margins System
Core Megawatts Thermal
Close of Business
Condensate (for valves)
(for all other applications)
Core Operating Limits Supervisory System
Compressor
Containment
Control
Chief Operating Office
Carbon Dioxide (CO2 )
Coupling
Condensate Polisher/Construction Permit
Containment Personnel Air Lock
Core Protection Calculator
Containment Pressure High SignalContainment Purge Isolation System
Core Performance Log
Counts per Minute/Second
Containment Purge Protection
Critical Power Ratio/Cardio Pulmonary Recesusitation
Central Processing Unit
Control Rod/Control Room/Containment Rupture
Clinch River Breeder Reactor
Control Rod Drive
Control Rod Drive Assembly
Control Rod Drive Motor/Mechanism/Module
Control Rod Drive Return Line
Control Room Emergency Outside Air Supply System
Control Room Emergency Ventilation System
Containment Radiation High Signal
Containment Radiation Monitor/Count Rate Meter
Control Room Operator
Containment Rupture Signal
Control Rod Scram Acculator
Cathode Ray TubeClean Radwaste
Containment Spray/Core Spray
Core Standby Actuation Signal
Core Standby Cooling System/Containment Spray Cooling System
Cold Shutdown
Containment Steam Explosion
Critical Spray Injection System
Containment Spray Re-circulation System
Condensate Storage Tank
Containment
Chemical Treatment Pond/Core Thermal Power
Counts
Containment Spray Heat Exchanger
Cleanup System
Control Valve
Chemical Volume Control Isolation Signal
Chemical Volume Control System
Containment Vacuum Pump
Central Vermont Public Service Corp.
Clean Water/Circulating Water/Cooling Water
Control Wire Drawing
Construction Work In-Progress
Containment Spray Pump
Chemical Waste Sampling Tank
D
DAS
DASS
dB
DBA
DBE
DC
DCO
DCP
DCR
DDAFP
DDPS
DE
Deg.
Delta 1
DEMIN
DEQ
DFP
DG (D/G)
DGP
DH
DH & HS
DHCC
DHP
DHR
DHX
DI
DISCH
DM/DPM
DNB
DNCMR
DOD
DOE
DOP
DOR
DOSEQ
DOT
DP
dP
DPIS
DR
DRN
DRPI
DRW
DSR
DSS
DST
DT
DV
DW
DWED
DWFD
DWL
DWN
DWST
DYWL
Dose
Disturbance Analysis System/Data Acquisition System
Diesel Air Start System
Decibel
Design Basis Accident
Design Basis Event or Earthquake
Direct Current
Duty & Call Officer
Design Change Package
Design Change Request
Diesel Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump
Digital Data Processing System
Dose Equivalent
Degrees
Axial Power Distribution
Demineralized Water/Demineralizer
Dose #Equivalent
Diesel Fire Pump
Diesel Generator
Data Gathering Panel
Decay Heat
Department of Health and Human Services
Decay Heat Closed Cooling
Decay Heat Pump
Decay Heat Removal System
Dump Heat Exchanger
Department of Instruction/ De-Ionized
Discharge
Disintegration Per Minute
Departure From Nuclear Boiling Ratio
Downcomer
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Di-Octal Phthalate
Division of Operating Reactors
Dose Equivalent
Department of Transportation
Delta Pressure
Differential Pressure Indicator
Differential Pressure Isolation Switch
Drive
Drain
Digital Rod Position Indicator
Dirty Radwaste
Daily Surveillance or Status Report
Division of Safety Studies
Deminerlized Water Storage Tank
Differential Temperature
Dump Valve
Drywell
Drywell Equipment Drain
Drywell Floor Drain
Drywell
Down
Demineralized Water Storage Tank
Drywell
E
E/P
EBFS
EBS
EC
ECC
ECCS
ECF
ECI
ECN
ECNE
ECO
ECR
ECST
ECT
ED
EDCR
EDFP
EDG
EDO
EECW
EEI
EF
EFAS
EFBD
EFCV
EFF
EFPD/H
EGM
EGR
EGTS
EHC
ELEM
ELS
EM
EMERG
EMF
EMRV
EO
EOC
EOF
EOL
EP
EPA
EPG
EPR
EPRI
EPSL
EPT
EPZ
EQMT
ERCW
ERDA
ERS
ERV
ES
EDS
ESDS
ESFAS
ESS
ESSA
ESW
ESWS
ETR
ETS
EVS
EWST
EX
EXH
Energy/East
Electric/Pneumatic
Enclosure Building Filtration System
Emergency Borating System/Emergency Broadcast System
Emergency Coordinator
Emergency Control Center
Emergency Core Cooling System
Emergency Cooling Functionability
Emergency Cooling Injection
Engineering Change Notice
Electric Council of New England
Emergency Control Officer
Emergency Cooling Recirculation
Emergency Condensate Storage Tank
Eddy Current Testing
Equipment Drain
Engineering Design Change Request
Engine Driven Fire Pump
Emergency Diesel Generator
Executive Director of Operations
Emergency Exchange Cooling WaterEdison Electric Institute
Error Factor
Emergency Feedwater Activation Signal
Emergency Feed Boron Detector
Excess Flow Check Valve
Efficiency Feedwater Pump
Effective Full Power Days/Hours
Electronic Governor Module
Electronic Governor Regulator
Emergency Gas Treatment System
Electro Information Center
Element
Error Likely Situations
Emission Pump
Emergency
Emergency Monitoring Features
Electro Magnetic Relief Valve
Executive Order
End of CycleEmergency Operations Facility/Emergency Operating Facility
End of Life
Electric Power
Environmental Protection Agency
Emergency Procedure Guidelines
Electric Pressure Regulator
Electric Power Research Institute
Emergency Power Switching Logic
Exciter Power Logic
Emergency Planning Zone
Equipment
Essential Raw Cooling Water
Energy Research & Development Authority
Engine Starting Relay
Electro Magnetic Relief Valve
Engineered Safeguards
Engineering Support Department
Event Sequence Diagrams
Engineered Safety Factor Actuation Signal
Engineering Support Supervisor/Emergency Safety System
Emergency Safeguards Activation System
Essential Service Water
Emergency Service Water System
Engineering Test Reactor
Environmental Test Specification
Emergency Ventilation System
Elevated Water Storage Tank
Exchanger
Exhauster
F
F(Q)
F(Z)
FA
FAI
FAP
FASMP
FB
FBFT
FBI
FBR
FC
FCN
FCR
FD/FF
FDZ
FEFP
FEFPL
FEMA
FERC
FFSP
FFTF
FFV
FHB
FI
Fig.
FIU
FLG
FLO
FLPD
FO
FOTA
FPC
FPCC
FPCS
FPD
FPL
FPRR
FPWT
FR
FRCT
FRFA
FRP
FRT
FRV
Fs/Fd
Fs/Fw
FSAR
FSR
FSV
FSWS
FT
FTC
FTO
FTP
FTR
FW
FWD
FWPCA
FWS
FXYT
Flow
Peaking Factor
See APDMS
Fuel Assembly
Fail As Is
Field Application Panel
Fire Alarm Monitoring Panel
Film Badge
Flow Bias Functional Test
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fast Breeder Reactor
Fails Closed or Fuel Cycle
Field Change Notice
Facility Change Request
Flux Delta/Flux Flow/Floor Drain
Fire Detection Zone
Fuel Element Failure Propagation
Fuel Element Failure Propagation Loop
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionFossil Fired Steam Plant
Fat Flux Test Facility
Field Failure Voltage
Fuel Handling Building
Flow Indicator
Figure
Fire Indicating Unit
Flange
Flow
Fractional Limit Power Density
Fails Open
Fuels Open Test Assembly
Fire Pump Control
Fuel Pool Cooling & Cleanup
Fuel Pool Cooling System
Full Power Days
Fire Protection Log/Failure Propagation Loop
Fire Protection Review Report
Fire Protection Water TankFederal Registry
Fraction of Core Thermal Power
Federal Regulator Flexibility Account
Fractional Rated Power
Total Integrated Radial Peaking Factor
Feedwater Regulation Valve
System Flux/Flux Data
Steam Flow/Water Flow
Final Safety Analysis Report
Filling Storage and Remelt
Fire Service Valve
Fire Supression Water System
Flow Transmitter
Functional Test & Calibration
Failed to Open
Fuel Transfer Port
Fast Test Reactor
Feedwater
Forward
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Fire Water System
Total Radiation Planar Peaking Factor
g
gal
GCFBR
GDC
GDT
GE
GEMAC
GEN
GESAR
GFI
GHH
GI
GIDEP
GM
GMP
GOV
GPM
GR
GRWMS
GSEP