Nomenclature a/o
atom percent
ABR
Actinide Burner Reactor
ADS
Accelerator Driven System
AFCI
Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative
ALMR
Advanced Liquid Metal-cooled Reactor
ALWR
Advanced Light Water Reactor
An
actinides
APA
Advanced Plutonium Assembly
ATW
Accelerator Transmutation of Waste
BOC
Beginning of Cycle
BOL
Beginning of Life
BOP
Balance of Plant
BP
Burnable Poison
BW
boron reactivity worth
BWR
Boiling Water Reactor
CANDU
Canada Deutrium Uranium reactor
CERCER
ceramic fuel particle dispersed in a ceramic matrix
CERMET
ceramic fuel particle dispersed in a metallic matrix
CF
Capacity Factor
CHF
Critical Heat Flux
CMS
Core Management System
COE
Cost of Electricity
CONFU
Combined Non-Fertile and UO2 assembly
CR
Conversion Ratio
CZP
Cold Zero Power
D&D
Decommissioning and Decontamination
DDC
Distributed Doppler Coefficient
DNBR
Departure from Nucleate Boiling Ratio
EFPD
Effective Full Power Day
EFPY
Effective Full Power Year
EOC
End of Cycle
EOL
End of Life
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