List of Nuclear Waste-related Acronyms:
AFCI - Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative
DOE - Department of Energy
DOT - Department of Transportation
EA - Environmental Assessment
EIS - Environmental Impact Statement
EM - Office of Environmental Management (DOE)
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
ER - emergency response
FRR - Foreign Research Reactor
GNEP - Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
HLW - high-level radioactive waste
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
LA - license application (for Yucca Mountain)
LLW - low-level radioactive waste
NAS - National Academy of Sciences
NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act
NNPP - Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program
NRC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NWF - Nuclear Waste Fund
NWPA - Nuclear Waste Policy Act
OCRWM - Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (DOE)
PSC - passive, secure cells
RW - radioactive waste
SNF - spent nuclear fuel
SRGs - State-Regional Groups
TAD - Transportation, Aging, and Disposal (type of cask)
TEC - Transportation External Coordination Working Group
TRU - transuranic waste
TSPA - Total System Performance Assessments
WIPP - Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
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