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A

AAPD— Analysis Automation Performance Demonstration

ACPP —Advanced Coal Plant Portfolio

ACRS— Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

AE— Architect Engineer

ALARA— As Low As Reasonably Achievable

ANI— American Nuclear Insurers

ALWR— Advanced Light Water Reactor

ANL— Argonne National Laboratory

ANNSTLF —Advanced Neural Network Short Term Load Forecaster

ANPS— Advanced Nuclear Plants Systems

AOA— Axial Offset Anomalies

AP— Action Plan

APWG— Action Plan Working Group

APR— Annual Program Review

AQ —Air Quality

ARC— Alternate Repair Criteria

ARIES —Aerosol Research and Inhalation Epidemiology Study

ASME— American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ATWS— Anticipated Transient Without Scram

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B

BER/HELB— Break Exclusion/High Energy Line Break

BMI— Bottom Mounted Instrumentation

BOD— Board of Directors

BOP— Balance of Plant

BWR —Boiling Water Reactor

BWROG— Boiling Water Reactor Owners Group

BWRVIA— Boiling Water Reactor Vessel and Internals Application

BWRVIP— Boiling Water Reactor Vessel and Internals Project

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C

CAA— Clean Air Act

CAC —Customer Assistance Center

CAL— Confirmatory Action Letter

CANDU— Canadian Deuterium Uranium Reactor

CAP EX— Capitol Expenditures

CAPS —Concentrated Ambient Particle Study

CASS— Cast Austenitic Stainless Steel

CBT— Computer Based Training

CC —Combined-Cycle

CDR —Client Deliverables Report

CEA— Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique

CEUS— Central and Eastern United States

CFR— Code of Federal Regulations

CGOC— Center of Gravity over Corner

CGR— Crack Growth Rate

CHUG —CHECWORKS User Group

CHECWORKS —the computer program developed by EPRI for integrated corrosion control

ChemWorks —a series of software tools that utility personnel can use to develop an optimized chemistry control program

CIR— Cooperative IASCC Research

CNO— Chief Nuclear Officer

COG— CANDU Owners Group

COL— Combined Operating License

COP— Community of Practice

CR— Client Relations

CRDM— Control Rod Drive Mechanism

CRM— Client Relations Manager

CSI —Client Statistical Information

CSIP— Customer Service Improvement Program

CT —Combustion Turbine

CWA— Clean Water Act

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D

DAW— Dry Active Wastes

DB— Design Basis

DC— Design Certification

DFDX— Decontamination for Disposal (ion eXchange)

DID— Defense In Depth

DOE— Department of Energy

DRGR —Distributed and Renewable Generation Resources

DRP— Distribution Reliability & Performance

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EA— Emissions Allowance

EAC— Environmentally Assisted Cracking

EBAP— Environmental Benefits Action Plan

EC— Executive Committee

ECP— Electro-chemical Potential

ECTN —EPRI Cable Testing Network

EDE— Effective Dose Equivalent

EEI— Edison Electric Institute

E-EPIC— Energy-Environment Policy Integration and Coordination

EI— Emerging Issues

EIS— Environmental Impact Study

ELF— Extra Low Frequency

EMC —Electromagnetic Compatibility

EMF —Electromagnetic Frequencies

EMI— Electromagnetic Interference

EMFRFS —EMF Health Assessment and RF Safety

EMPUG— EPRI MOV Prediction Methodology User Group

ENVCTL —Environmental Controls

EPA —Environmental Protection Agency

EPR— Evolutionary Pressurized Reactor

EPRI —Electric Power Research Institute

EPSC— European Process Safety Centre

EQMS— Equipment Qualification Management System

ER —Equipment Reliability

ESBWR —Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor

ESI— EPRI Solutions, Inc.

ESP— Early Site Permit

ETEU —Electric Transportation and Energy Utilization

ETSS— Examination Technique Specification Sheet

ETTM— Engineering Technical Training Modules

EWI —Enterprise Wide Initiatives

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F

FAC— Flow Accelerated Corrosion

FALCON— Fuel Analysis and Licensing Code

FIFRA— Federal Insecticide Fungicide Rodenticide Act

FIV— Flow Induced Vibration

FMAC —Fossil Maintenance Application Center

FRED— Fuel Reliability Database

FRP —Fuel Reliability Program

FSAR— Final Safety Analysis Report

FTD —Fast Track Delivery

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G

GALL— Generic Aging Lessons Learned

GCC —Global Climate Change

GLCP— Generic License Change Package

GNEP— Global Nuclear Energy Partnership

GNF— Global Nuclear Fuel

GPEF —Generation Planning: Economics and Fuels

GRA— Generation Risk Assessment

GRAY BOOK— EPRI Nuclear Program's 3-Year Technical Research Plan

GWD/T —Gigawatt – Days per Metric Ton of Uranium

Gwe— Gigawatt Electric

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H

HAZ— Heat Affected Zone

HEXAN— Heat Stress Analysis

HFE— Human Factors Engineering

HLW— High Level Waste

HMIT— Human-Machine Interface Technology

HPAP— Human Performance Assistance Package

HPT— Human Performance Technology

HRA —Human Reliability Analysis

HRSG —Heat Recovery Steam Generator

HTGR— High Temperature Gas Reactor

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I

I&C— Instrumentation and Control

IAEA— International Atomic Energy Agency

IASCC— Irradiation Assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking

ICRP— International Commission on Radiation Protection

IGA— Intergranular Attack

IGCC —Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle

IGCCC— Intergovernmental Convention on Climate Change

IGSCC— Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking

IHSI— Induction Heating Stress Improvement

IIG— Integration and Implementation Group

ILRT— Integrated Leak Rate Test

INL— Idaho National Laboratory

INPO— Institute of Nuclear Power Operations

IP— Issue Program

IP— Intellectual Property

ISFSI— Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

ISI— In-service Inspection

IST— In-service Testing

ITAAC— Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria

ITG— Issue Task Group

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K

KFL— Knowledge Feedback Loop

KTI— Key Technical Issue

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L

L&G —Land and Groundwater

LA— License Application

LAMDA— Long-term Asset Management Database

LARK-TRIPP —a chemical release estimation tool

LAS— Low Alloy Steel

LB— Licensing Basis

LBB— Leak Before Break

LCM— Life Cycle Management

LLNL— Lawrence Livermore National Lab

LLW —Low Level Waste Management

LOCA— Loss of Coolant Accident

LOOP— Loss of Offsite Power

LSN— Licensing Support Network

LTCP— Low Temperature Crack Propagation

LTR— Licensing Topical Report

LWR— Light Water Reactor

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M

MARCOM— Marketing Communications

MEOG— Materials Executive Oversight Group

METAALICUS —Mercury Experiment to Assess Atmospheric Loading in Canada and the United States

METT —Managers of EPRI Transfer Technology

MCR —Major Component Reliability

MGP —Manufactured Gas Plant

MOU— Memorandum of Understanding

MOV— Motor Operated Valve

MOW —Maintenance Operations and Workforce

MPE —Maintenance Proficiency Evaluation

MRP —Materials Reliability Program

MRS— Member Requested Support

MRUG —Maintenance Rule User Group

MSIP— Mechanical Stress Improvement Process

MSPI— Mitigating Systems Performance Index

MTAG— Materials Technical Advisory Group

Mw(e)— Megawatt Electric

Mw-hr— Megawatt Hours

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N

NAAQS —National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NAM —Nuclear Asset Risk Management

NCR— Nonconformance Report

NDE —Nondestructive Evaluation

NDEC —Nondestructive Evaluation Center

NEG— Non-Emitting Generation

NEI— Nuclear Energy Institute

NEPO— Nuclear Energy Plant Optimization

NERAC— Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee

NERI— Nuclear Energy Research Institute

NETL— National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE)

NGNP— Next Generation Nuclear Plant

NGO— Non-governmental Organization

NMAC —Nuclear Maintenance Applications Center

NMC— Nuclear Management Company

NMCA— Noble Metal Chemical Addition

NNPDP— New Nuclear Plant Deployment Plan

NNSA— National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE)

NP— Nuclear Program

NPC— Nuclear Power Council

NPD —Nuclear

NPDSU— New Project Development Startup

NPS— Nuclear Product Sector

NPT— Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NRC— Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NSIAC— Nuclear Strategic Issues Advisory Committee (NEI)

NSP— Nuclear Strategic Plan

NSSS— Nuclear Strategic Plan

NSTI —Nuclear Steam Turbine Generator Initiative

NUMARC— Nuclear Management and Resources Council

NUP— Nuclear Utility Procurement

NUPIC— Nuclear Procurement Issues Committee

NWTRB— Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

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O&M— Operations and Maintenance

O&MDEV —Technology for Equipment Assessment and Maintenance (formerly TEAM)

ODSCC— Outside Diameter Stress Corrosion Cracking

OECD— Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development

OEM— Original Equipment Manufacturer

OG— Owner's Group

OH —Occupational Health

OLM— On-Line Monitoring

OMF— Outage and On-line Maintenance Management Forum

ORAM— Outage Risk Assessment and Management

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P

PDI —Performance Demonstration Initiative

PDM —Power Delivery and Markets

PDM— Predictive Maintenance

PSAPO— Power Systems Assets Planning and Operations

PID —Products in Development

PIIE— Plant Information Integration & Evaluation

PISCES —Plant Multimedia Toxics Characterization

PLC— Programmable Logic Circuit

PPE— Personnel Performance Evaluation

PPE— Personnel Protection Equipment

PSE —Plant Support Engineering

PM —Particulate Matter

PM— Preventive Maintenance

PMIR— Preventive Maintenance Information Repository

PMMP— SGMP Executive Oversight Committee

PMR —Power Markets & Risk

POD— Probability of Detection

PPA— Personnel Performance Assessment

PQ —Power Quality

PRA— Probabilistic Risk Assessment

PSE— Plant Support Engineering

PTS— Pressurized Thermal Shock

PWR— Pressurized Water Reactor

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R

R&D— Research & Development

RAC —Research Advisory Committee

RBMK— Reacktor Boshoi Molchnastie Kipiachie

RCM— Reliability Centered Maintenance

RCP— Reactor Coolant Pump

RCRA— Resource Conservation Recovery Act

REM— Radiation Exposure Management

RF —Radio Frequencies

RFI— Radio Frequency Interface

RG— Regulatory Guide

RI— Risk Informed

RIA— Reactivity Insertion Accident

RISC— Risk Informed Structures and Components

RITS— Risk-Informed Technical Specifications

RM —Radiation Management

RM— Regional Managers

ROCET— Readiness for Organizational Change Evaluation Tool

RPV— Reactor Pressure Vessel

RRAC —Repair and Replacement Applications Center

RSM— Risk Safety Management

RT— Radiographic Test

RTNDT— Reference Temperature Nil Ductility Temperature

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S&TD— Science & Technology Development

SACAP— Self-Assessment Corrective Action Program

SAR— Safety Analysis Report

SCC— Stress Corrosion Cracking

SCOPE —Sources and Composition of Particulate Exposures

SCRAM —Safety Control Rod Axe Man

SDF— Self Directed Funding

SEC —Security

SEQUAL— Seismic Experience Based Qualification

SER— Safety Evaluation Report

SFC— Single Failure Criterion

SGDD— Steam Generator Degradation Database

SGMP —Steam Generator Management Project

SI —Strategic Initiatives

SITF— Seismic Issues Task Force

SMART— System Performance Monitoring, Reporting and Trending Tool

SMART ChemWorks —is a real-time plant water chemistry monitoring and advisory system

SoW— Statement of Work

SPCC—Spill Prevention Contingency Counter Measure

SQUG— Seismic Qualification User Group

SQURTS— Seismic Qualification Reporting and Test Standardization

SRA— Subscriber Requested Assistance

SS— Stainless Steel

SS&T— Strategic Science & Technology

SSC— Systems, Structures and Components

SSE— Safe Shutdown Earthquake

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T&D —Transmission and Distribution

TAC —Technical Advisory Committee

TAG —Technology-Based Business Planning Information and Services

TAG —Technical Advisory Group

TEAM —Technology for Equipment Assessment and Maintenance (now O&MDEV)

TERESA —Toxicological Evaluation of Realistic Emissions of Source Aerosols

TFM —Transfer Function Model

TI-A —Technology Innovation (Long-term R&D)

TIP —Technical Interest Profile

TMC —Technology Management Committee

TOXECON —Technology for control of power plant mercury emissions

TPE —Task Proficiency Evaluation

TRACG —Transient Reactor Analysis Code, GE Version

TRB— Technical Review Board

TRI —Toxics Release Inventory

TRP —Transmission Reliability and Performance

TSP —Tube Support Plate

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U

UBWRVIP —Boiler Water Reactor Vessel and Internals Project

UC —Underlying Committee

UFM— Ultrasonic Flow Meter

UFRP —Fuel Reliability Program

UG— User Group

UMRP —Materials Reliability Program

UNDE —Nondestructive Evaluation

UNMAC —Nuclear Maintenance Applications Center

UNSTI —Nuclear Steam Turbine Generator Initiative

UPSE —Plant Support Engineering

URD— Utility Requirement Document

URRAC —Repair and Replacement Applications Center

USE— Upper Shelf Energy

USGMP —Steam Generator Management Program

UT— Ultrasonic Testing

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VCD —Vacuum Carbon Deoxidation

VEMAP —Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project

VFM— Value for the Money

VHTR— Very High Temperature Reactor

VTT— Finish Research Center

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W

W&E —Water and Ecosystems

WCC— Water Chemistry Control

WOG— Westinghouse Owners Group

WOW— Who Ordered What

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