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WM2016 Comprehensive List of Acronyms Acronyms are US unless noted otherwise A ACRS Advisory Committee on Reactor Safety ADA Americans with Disabilities Act AEA Atomic Energy Agency or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 AECL Atomic Energy of Canada Limited AFCEE Airforce Center for Engineering and the Environment AFR Away-From-Reactor Storage ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable ANDRA Agence nationale pour la gestion des dchets radioactifs French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency ANL Argonne National Laboratory ANS American Nuclear Society ANSTO Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation ARM Accelerator-Produced Radioactive Material ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing Materials B BfS Bundesamt fr Strahlenschutz German Federal Office of Radiation Protection BNL Brookhaven National Laboratory BRC Below Regulatory Concern or Blue Ribbon Commission on Americas Nuclear Future BTP NRC Branch Technical Position BWR Boiling Water Reactor C CET Public Communication Participation Education Training CEA Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique French Atomic Energy Commission CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act CFR Code of Federal Regulations CH-TRU Contact-Handled Transuranic Radioactive Waste CNL Canadian Nuclear Laboratories CNSC Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission COVRA Dutch Nuclear Waste Storage Facility CPP Crosscutting Policies Programs D DAS Deputy Assistant Secretary DAW Dry Activated Waste DBE DBE TECHNOLOGY GmbH DCS Dry Container Storage DD Decontamination Decommissioning DNFSB Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board DOD US Department of Defense DOE US Department of Energy DOT US Department of Transportation DU Depleted Uranium DWPF Defense Waste Processing Facility E EC European Commission EDF Electricite de France France Nuclear Utility EDRAM International Association for Environmentally Safe Disposal of Radioactive Materials EFCOG Energy Facilities Contractors Group EIA U.S. Energy Information Administration EIS Environmental Impact Statement EM Environmental Management ENEA National Agency for New Technologies Energy and Environment Italy ENRESA Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radiactivos Spain EPA US Environmental Protection Agency EPRI Electric Power Research Institute EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Center ER Environmental Remediation EU European Union ESH Environment Safety Health FG FUSRAP Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program GAO United States Government Accountability Office GIS Geographical Information System GNEP Global Nuclear Energy Partnership GTCC Greater Than Class C Low-Level Radioactive Waste H HS Health and Safety HEPA High Efficiency Particulate Air HEU Highly Enriched Uranium HLW High-Level Radioactive Waste I IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency Austria ICRP International Commission on Radiological Protection IFNEC International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation ILW Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste INL Idaho National Laboratory IPAC International Program Advisory Committee IPSN Institute de Protection et de Surete Institute for Protection and Nuclear Safety - France ISFSI Independent spent fuel storage installation ITRC Interstate Technology Roundtable Commission JK JAEA Japan Atomic Energy Agency KAERI Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute 42