List of Abbreviations

AKEnd

Workgroup for the selection of repository sites

ALG

repository at Gorleben

ANDRA

National radioactive waste management agency in France

AtG

Atomic Energy Act

AVK

Monitoring system for the flow of waste and product

BAM

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing

BfS

Federal Office for Radiation Protection

BGR

Federal Office for Geological Science and Raw Materials

BLG

Fuel element repository Gorleben Ltd.

BMU

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

BZA

Intermediate Storage of Fuel Elements Ahaus Ltd.

CASTOR®

Cask for storage and transport of radioactive waste

CEA

Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique

CEG

Contact Expert Group

DBE

German Society for the Erection and Operation of Repositories Ltd.

DOE

Department of Energy

DWR

pressurised water reactor

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ERAM

Repository for radioactive waste at Morsleben

EVU

utility companies

FZK

Research Centre Karlsruhe

FZJ

Research Centre Jülic

GAA

Trade Supervisory Office

GGG

Cast iron with nodular graphite

GGVE

Dangerous goods regulation for rail transport - German equivalent to the European RID - Reglement concernant le transport international ferroviaire de marchandises dangereuses

GGVS

Dangerous goods regulation for road transport - German equivalent to the European ADR - Accord européen relatif au transport international des marchandises dangereuses par Route

GNS/GNB

Company for nuclear services

GRS

Society for Safety of Technical Plants and Reactors Ltd.

HAW

High active waste

HFR

High-flux reactor

HWZ

half-time

IAEO

International Atomic Energy Agency - IAEA

IEG

International Expert Group

KKW

nuclear power plant

KTA

Nuclear Safety Standards Commission

LSSt

state collection centre for radioactive waste

LWR

light water reactor

MTR

material test reactors

Nagra

national cooperative society for the disposal of radioactive waste

NLÖ

Ministry for Ecology of the state Lower Saxony

NMU

Environment Ministry of the state Lower Saxony

PKA

pilot conditioning plant

PTB

national metrology institute providing scientific and technical services

RBMK

Russian boiling water reactor

RFR

research reactor at Rossendorf

SNL

Sandia National Laboratories

StrlSchV

Radiation Protection Ordinance

SWR

boiling water reactor

TBL-A

Storage of transport containers at Ahaus

TBL-G

Storage of transport containers at Gorleben

THTR/AVR

thorium high-temperatur reactor / test reactor

TSPA

Total Systems Performance Assistant

EndlagerVlV

Repository Advance Performance Ordinance

VKTA

Nuclear Engineering and Analytics Rossendorf Inc.

WIPP

Waste Isolation Pilot Planet USA

WWER

Russian pressurised water reactor