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Chemical & Nuclear Clean Up A-Z of the Santa Susana Research Facility
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| Glossary |
| AEC |
Atomic Energy Commission |
| AI |
Atomics International |
| ALARA |
As Low as Reasonably Achievable |
| ARAR |
Applicable or Relevant& Appropriate Requirement |
| BBI |
Brandeis-Bardin Institute |
| CalEPA |
California Environmental Protection Agency |
| CDPH |
California Department of Public Health |
| CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation & Liability Act |
| CMS |
Corrective Measures Studies |
| COC |
Contaminant of Concern |
| COPC |
Contaminant of Potential Concern |
| CSM |
Conceptual Site Model |
| D&D |
Decontamination & Decommissioning |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DOJ |
Department of Justice |
| DOL |
Department of Labor |
| DTSC |
Department of Toxic Substances Control |
| EA |
Environmental Assessment |
| EH |
US DOE Office of Environment Safety and Health |
| EEOICPA |
Energy Employee Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000 |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement
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| ENTS |
Engineered Natural Treatment Systems |
| EPA |
US Environmental Protection Agency |
| ESL |
Ecological Screening Level |
| ESU |
Evolutionary Significant Unity
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| ETEC |
Energy Technology Engineering Center |
| EU |
Exposure Unit |
| FONSI |
Finding of No Significant Impact |
| FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
| FSDF |
Former Sodium Disposal Facility |
| GWS |
Gamma Walkover Survey |
| ICRP |
International Commission on Radiological Protection |
| LARWQCB |
Los Angeles Regional Water
Quality Control Board |
| LLD |
Lower Limit of Detection |
| LMEC |
Liquid Metal Engineering Center |
| LLW |
Low-level radioactive waste |
| MTU |
Metric tons of uranium |
| MCL |
Maximum Contaminant Level |
| MDL |
Method Detection Limit |
| mg/kg |
Milligrams per Kilogram |
| NAA |
North American Aviation |
| NCRP |
National Council on Radiation
Protection & Measurements |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
| NESHAP |
National Emission Standard for
Hazardous Air Pollutants
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| NIOSH |
National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health |
| NPDES |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| NRC |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NSGW |
Near Surface Groundwater |
| NTS |
Nevada Test Site |
| OEHHA |
Office of Environmental Health
Hazard Assessment |
| OSHA |
US Occupational Safety& Health Administration |
| OU |
Operable Unit
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| PAH |
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon |
| PARCC |
Precision, Accuracy, Representativeness,
Comparability and Completeness |
| PCB |
Polychlorinated Biphenyl |
| PEIS |
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement |
| PEL |
Permissible Exposure Level
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| PM |
Particulate Matter
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| PNA |
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon |
| ppm/ppb |
Parts per million/Parts per billion |
| Pu |
Plutonium |
| QA/QC |
Quality Assurance/Quality Control |
| R |
Roentgen
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| RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| R&D |
Research & Development
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| RAD |
Radionuclide |
| RADTRAN |
Radioactive Transportation Risk Analysis |
| RAGS |
Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund
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| RAIS |
Risk Assessment Information System |
| RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RCT |
Radiological control technician
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| REL |
Reference Exposure Level |
| RFI |
RCRA Facility Investigation |
| RIHL |
Rockwell International Hot Laboratory |
| RMDF |
Radioactive Material Disposal Facility |
| RMHF |
Radioactive Material Handling Facility
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| ROD |
Record of Decision |
| SA |
Safety Analysis |
| SAIC |
Science Applications International Corporation
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| SAP |
Sampling and Analysis Plan |
| SB |
Senate Bill |
| SEIS |
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement |
| SO2 |
Sulfur dioxide
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| SRAM |
Standardized Risk Assessment Methodology |
| SRC |
Site Related Contaminant |
| SRE |
Sodium Reactor Experiment |
| SSFL |
Santa Susana Field Laboratory |
| SSL |
Soil-to-Groundwater Screening Level |
| STP |
Sewage Treatment Plan |
| SU |
Survey Unit |
| SVOC |
Semi Volatile Organic Compound |
| SWMU |
Solid Waste Management Unit |
| TIC |
Tentatively Identified Compound |
| TOC |
Total Organic Carbon |
| TRU |
Transuranic |
| TRV |
Toxicity Reference Value |
| TSD |
Treatment, storage, and/or disposal |
| TSP |
Total suspended particulates |
| TSU |
Santa Susana Formation
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| UO |
Unusual Occurrence |
| VOC |
Volatile Organic Compound |
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