List of Abbreviations
| AKEnd |
Workgroup for the selection of repository sites |
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ALG |
repository at Gorleben |
| ANDRA |
National radioactive waste management agency in France |
| AtG |
Atomic Energy Act |
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AVK |
Monitoring system for the flow of waste and product |
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BAM |
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing |
| BfS |
Federal Office for Radiation Protection |
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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. |
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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 |
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DWR |
pressurised water reactor |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERAM |
Repository for radioactive waste at Morsleben |
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EVU |
utility companies |
| FZK |
Research Centre Karlsruhe |
| FZJ |
Research Centre Jülic |
| GAA |
Trade Supervisory Office |
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GGG |
Cast iron with nodular graphite |
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GGVE |
Dangerous goods regulation for rail transport - German equivalent to the European RID - Reglement concernant le transport international ferroviaire de marchandises dangereuses |
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GGVS |
Dangerous goods regulation for road transport - German equivalent to the European ADR - Accord européen relatif au transport international des marchandises dangereuses par Route |
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GNS/GNB |
Company for nuclear services |
| GRS |
Society for Safety of Technical Plants and Reactors Ltd. |
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HAW |
High active waste |
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HFR |
High-flux reactor |
| HWZ |
half-time |
| IAEO |
International Atomic Energy Agency - IAEA |
| IEG |
International Expert Group |
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KKW |
nuclear power plant |
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KTA |
Nuclear Safety Standards Commission |
| LSSt |
state collection centre for radioactive waste |
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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 |
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PKA |
pilot conditioning plant |
| PTB |
national metrology institute providing scientific and technical services |
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RBMK |
Russian boiling water reactor |
| RFR |
research reactor at Rossendorf |
| SNL |
Sandia National Laboratories |
| StrlSchV |
Radiation Protection Ordinance |
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SWR |
boiling water reactor |
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TBL-A |
Storage of transport containers at Ahaus |
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TBL-G |
Storage of transport containers at Gorleben |
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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 |
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WWER |
Russian pressurised water reactor |