AEC: Atomic Energy Commission
BRWM: Board on Radioactive Waste Management
DOE: Department of Energy
EnPA: Energy Policy Act
EPA: Environment Protection Agency
ERDA: Energy Research and Development Agency, predecessor to the DOE
HLW: high-level nuclear waste
NAS: National Academy of Sciences
NRC: National Research Council, part of NAS
NWPA: Nuclear Waste Policy Act
NWTRB: Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
NWTS: National Waste Terminal Storage program
SNF: spent nuclear fuel
TSPA: Total System Performance Assessment
USNRC: United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
WIPP: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
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