ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
Acronyms
AIRFA American Indian Religious Freedom Act
ALARA as low as reasonably achievable
Am americium
CAA Clean Air Act
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
Cm curium
CWA Clean Water Act
DBA design-basis accident
D&D decontamination and decommissioning
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
DOT U.S. Department of Transportation
DWPF Defense Waste Processing Facility
eis environmental impact statement
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FFA Federal Facility Agreement
FFCA Federal Facilities Compliance Agreement
FWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
HEPA high-efficiency particulate air (filter)
HNUS Halliburton NUS Corporation
IAea International Atomic Energy Agency
ICRP International Commission on Radiological Protection
IMNM Interim Management of Nuclear Materials
lcf latent cancer fatality
mrem millirem (1/1000 rem)
NCRP National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
PSD Prevention of Significant Deterioration
Pu plutonium
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
rem roentgen equivalent man
ROI region of influence
SAR Safety Analysis Report
SCDHEC South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
SRS Savannah River Site
TRU transuranic
UNH uranyl nitrate hexahydrate
WSRC Westinghouse Savannah River Company
Abbreviations for measurements
cfm cubic feet per minute
cfs cubic feet per second
g acceleration due to gravity (seismology)
g/L grams per liter
gpm gallons per minute
L liter
lb pound
mg milligram
u micron
uCi microcurie
ug microgram
C degrees Celsius
F degrees Fahrenheit
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