acronyms and abbreviations
alpha LLMW |
alpha-contaminated low-level mixed waste |
AAC |
acceptable ambient concentrations |
AACC |
acceptable ambient concentration for a carcinogen |
AC |
alternating current |
ACGIH |
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists |
ACHP |
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation |
ACMM |
Analytical Chemistry Methods Manual |
AEA |
Atomic Energy Act |
AEC |
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission |
ALARA |
as low as reasonably achievable |
amwtp |
Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project |
ANL-E |
Argonne National LaboratoryEast |
ANL-W |
Argonne National LaboratoryWest |
APCS |
air pollution control system |
ARF |
airborne release fraction |
AWFC |
automatic waste feed cutoff |
BACT |
Best Available Control Technology |
BLEVE |
boiling liquid, expanding vapor explosion |
BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
BLR |
Big Lost River |
CAA |
Clean Air Act |
C&S |
Certified and Segregated |
CEDE |
Committed effective dose equivalent |
CEM |
continuous emissions monitor |
CEQ |
Council on Environmental Quality |
CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
CFA |
Central Facilities Area |
CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
CH |
Contact handled |
CRD |
Comment Response Document |
D&D |
decontamination and decommissioning |
dBA |
Decibel A-weighted |
DMS |
data management system |
DOE |
U.S. Department of Energy |
DOE-ID |
U.S. Department of Energy - Idaho Operations Office |
DOE INEL EIS |
Programmatic Spent Nuclear Fuel Management and Idaho National Engineering Laboratory Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Programs Final Environmental Impact Statement |
DOT |
Department of Transportation |
DR |
damage ratio |
EA |
Environmental Assessment |
EBR-I |
Experimental Breeder Reactor - I |
EDE |
effective dose equivalent |
EDF |
Engineering Design File |
EEGL |
emergency exposure guidance level |
EIS |
environmental impact statement |
EM |
Environmental Management |
EMT |
Emergency medical technician |
EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
EPCRA |
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act |
ER |
Environmental Restoration |
ERPG |
Emergency response planning guides |
ES&H |
Environment, Safety and Health |
FDM |
Fugitive Dust Model |
FFCA |
Federal Facility Compliance Act |
FONSI |
Finding of No Significant Impact |
FR |
Federal Register |
GFE |
government furnished equipment |
HCL |
hydrochloric acid |
HEC |
Hydrologic Engineering Center |
HEPA |
high-efficiency particulate air (filter) |
HVAC |
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning |
HWMA |
Hazardous Waste Management Act |
HWN |
hazardous waste number |
ICPP |
Idaho Chemical Processing Plant (now known as INTEC) |
ICRP |
International Commission on Radiological Protection |
IDAPA |
Idaho Administrative Procedures Act |
IDC |
item description code |
IDHW |
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare |
IDLH |
immediately dangerous to life or health |
ILTSF |
Intermediate-Level Transuranic Storage Facility |
INEL |
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory |
INEEL INTEC |
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (formerly known as ICPP) |
ISC-3 |
Industrial Source Complex Version 3 |
IWPF |
Idaho Waste Processing Facility |
LANL |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
LDR |
Land Disposal Restrictions |
LESAT |
Lockheed Environmental Systems and Technologies Company |
LITCO |
Lockheed Idaho Technologies Company |
LLMW |
low-level mixed waste |
LMITCO |
Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company |
LPF |
leak path fraction |
M&O |
Management and Operating |
MACT |
maximum allowable control technology |
MAR |
material at risk |
MCL |
maximum contaminant level |
MEI |
maximally exposed individual |
MOU |
memorandum of understanding |
MOX |
mixed oxide |
MSDS |
material safety data sheet |
MTS |
material transfer system |
NAAQS |
National Ambient Air Quality Standard |
NAGPRA |
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act |
NDIR |
non-dispensive infrared |
NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
NESHAP |
National Emissions Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants |
NHPA |
National Historic Preservation Act |
NOI |
Notice of Intent |
NON |
Notice of Non-Compliance |
NPDES |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
NPS |
National Park Service |
NRC |
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
NRF |
Naval Reactors Facility |
NRHP |
National Register of Historic Places |
NSPS |
New Source Performance Standards |
NWCF |
New Waste Calcining Facility |
OD |
organic debris |
OHS |
organic homogeneous solids |
OPC |
ordinary Portland cement |
OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
PBF |
Power Burst Facility |
PCB |
polychlorinated biphenyls |
PCC |
primary combustion chamber |
PEIS |
programmatic environmental impact statement |
PEL |
permissable exposure limit |
PES |
programmable electronic system |
PFA |
pulverized fuel ash |
ppb |
parts per billion |
ppm |
parts per million |
PREPP |
Process Experimental Pilot Plant |
PSAR |
Preliminary Safety Analysis Report |
PSD |
Prevention of Significant Deterioration |
RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
RF |
respirable fraction |
RFP |
Request for Proposal |
RGW |
research generated waste |
RH |
remote handled |
ROD |
Record of Decision |
ROI |
region of influence |
RSAC-5 |
Radiological Safety Analysis Computer Program Version 5 |
RTR |
real-time radiography |
RWMC |
Radioactive Waste Management Complex |
SAR |
Safety Analysis Report |
SCC |
secondary combustion chamber |
SCW |
special case waste |
SDA |
Subsurface Disposal Area |
SEIS-I or II |
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Disposal Phase Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement-I or II |
SHPO |
State Historic Preservation Officer (Idaho) |
SPD EIS |
Surplus Plutonium Disposition Draft Environmental Impact Statement |
SRS |
Savannah River Site |
ST |
source term |
STEL |
short term exposure limit |
STP |
Site Treatment Plan |
SWEPP |
Stored Waste Examination Pilot Plant |
TAN |
Test Area North |
TEDE |
total effective dose equivalent |
TLV |
threshold limit value |
TPA |
TRUPACT payload assemblage |
TRU |
transuranic waste |
TRUPACT |
Transuranic Package Transporter |
TRUPACT-II |
Transuranic Package Transporter, Model 2 |
TSA |
Transuranic Storage Area |
TSA EA |
Environmental Assessment: Retrieval and Re-Storage of Transuranic Storage Area Waste at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory |
TSA-RE |
Transuranic Storage Area Retrieval Enclosure |
TSCA |
Toxic Substances Control Act |
TWA |
time-weighted average |
USGS |
U.S. Geologic Survey |
VOC |
volatile organic compound |
VRZ |
volcanic rift zone |
WAC |
waste acceptance criteria |
WC |
waste category |
WCF |
Waste Characterization Facility |
WERF |
Waste Experimental Reduction Facility |
WESP |
wet electrostatic precipitator |
WIPP |
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant |
WIPP SEIS-I or II |
See SEIS-I or II |
WM |
waste management |
WM PEIS |
Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement |
WMF |
Waste Management Facility |
WSF |
Waste Storage Facility |
WTS |
waste tracking system |
XRF |
X-ray fluorescence |