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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Volume 1 Acronyms and Abbreviations

A/D
assembly/disassembly
AEC
Atomic Energy Commission
AHF
Advanced Hydrotest Facility
AQCR
Air Quality Control Region
ARS
Advanced Radiation Source
BEBA
beyond evaluation basis accident
BEEF
Big Explosives Experimental Facility
BEIR
biological effects of ionizing radiation
CAA
Clean Air Act
CEQ
Council on Environmental Quality
CERCLA
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CFF
Contained Firing Facility
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
Complex
Nuclear Weapons Complex
CTBT
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
CWA
Clean Water Act
DARHT
Dual Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test (Facility)
D&D
decontamination and decommissioning
DOD
Department of Defense
DOE
Department of Energy
DOT
Department of Transportation
DP
DOE Office of the Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs
EA
environmental assessment
EBA
evaluation basis accident
EIS
environmental impact statement
EM
DOE Office of the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
ES&H
environment, safety, and health
FONSI
Finding of No Significant Impact
FXR
Flash X-Ray (Facility)
HAP
hazardous air pollutants
HE
high explosives
HEPA
high efficiency particulate air (filter)
HEPPF
High Explosive Pulsed Power Facility
HEU
highly enriched uranium
HI
hazard index
HLW
high-level waste
HQ
hazard quotient
ICRP
International Commission on Radiological Protection
INEL
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
IP
implementation plan
ISCST
Industrial Source Complex Short-Term (model)
K-25
K-25 site, Oak Ridge Reservation
KCP
Kansas City Plant
LANL
Los Alamos National Laboratory
LLNL
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LLW
low-level waste
NAAQS
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NEPA
National Environmental Policy Act
NESHAP
National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
NIF
National Ignition Facility
NLVF
North Las Vegas Facility
NOI
Notice of Intent
NPDES
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPL
National Priorities List
NPR
Nuclear Posture Review
NPT
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRHP
National Register of Historic Places
NTS
Nevada Test Site
NWSM
Nuclear Weapon Stockpile Memorandum
NWSP
Nuclear Weapon Stockpile Plan
ORNL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ORR
Oak Ridge Reservation
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Pantex
Pantex Plant
PBFA II
Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator
PDD
Presidential Decision Directive
PEIS
programmatic environmental impact statement
PHERMEX
Pulsed High Energy Radiation Machine Emitting X-Rays (Facility)
PL
Public Law
R&D
research and development
RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RD&T
research, development, and testing
RIMS
Regional Input-Output Modeling System
ROD
Record of Decision
ROI
region of influence
SAR
Safety Analysis Report
SARA
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
SDWA
Safe Drinking Water Act
SHPO
State Historic Preservation Officer
SNL
Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico
SRS
Savannah River Site
START
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
TA
technical area
TLV-TWA
threshold limit value-time weighted average
TRU
transuranic
TSCA
Toxic Substances Control Act
TSP
total suspended particulates
USFWS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
VOCs
volatile organic compounds
Y-12
Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge Reservation
WIPP
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant



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