Please note: This is not a complete or official list of abbreviations and/or acronyms used at PPPL.
AC Alternating Current ACM Asbestos Containing Materials ACWP Actual Cost of Work Performed ACWS Actual Cost of Work Scheduled ACX Alpha Charge Exchange ALAP As Low As Practical ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable ANS Advanced Neutron Source ANSI American National Standards Institute AP&T Advanced Physics and Technology (DOE-Office of Energy Research) APS American Physical Society APS Advanced Photon Source AS Antenna System ASC Area Safety Coordinator ATF Advanced Toroidal Facility BCWP Budgeted Cost of Work Performed BCWS Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled BES Beam Emission Spectroscopy BHRC Budget & Human Resources Committee CAS Cognizant Area Supervisor CASL Calibration Service Laboratory CCWS Component Cooling Water System CDA Conceptual Design Activity CDR Conceptual Design Review CEBAF Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility CEMC Continental Electronics Manufacturing Company CEQ Council on Environmental Quality CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensaton and Liability Act CFFTP Canadian Fusion Fuels Techology Project CFR Code of Federal Regulations CH Chicago Operations - DOE CHERS Charge Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy CHWS Chilled Water System CI Cost Index CICADA Central Instrumentation Control and Data Acquisition COE Chief Operating Engineer CPI Cost Performance Index CPR Cost Performance Report CR Control Room CRADA Cooperative Research and Development Agreement CRF Combusion Research Facility CRPP Centre de recherches en physique des plasmas (Swiss) CS Confinement Systems CWD Cable Wiring Diagram CY Calendar Year D&T Development and Technology DARM Data Acquisition Room DDC Disruptive Discharge Cleaning DMSB Disposable Molecular Sieve Beds DOE Department of Energy DPI Deuterium Pellet Injector DSO Deputy Safety Officer DT Deuterium-Tritium DWS Demineralized Water System EA Environmental Assessment ECN Engineering Change Notice ECR Engineering Change Request ECR Electron Cyclotron Response ECRA Environmental Cleanup Responsibility Act ECS Energy Conversion System EDA Engineering Design Activities ELD Electron Landau Damping EEED Electronic & Electrical Engineering Division EOC Emergency Operations Center EMT Emergency Medical Technician EOI Expressions of Interest EPA Environmental Protection Agency EPD Emergency Preparedness Division EPP Emergency Preparedness Plan ER/STA (Office of) Energy Research/Science and Technology Advisor ERB Engineering Review Board ERTCS Emergency Recirculation and Tritium Cleanup System ES&H Environment, Safety & Health ESB Executive Safety Board ESO (U) Emergency Services Officer (Unit) EVES Emergency Voice Evacuation System EZB Exclusion Zone Boundary FCPC Field Coil Power Conversion FDR Final Design Review FES Final Environmental Statement FMES Failure Modes Effects and Analysis FONSI Finding of No Significant Impact FR Failure Report FSAR Final Safety Analysis Report FTP Field Task Proposal FWP Field Work Proposal FY Fiscal Year G&SA Goods and Service Allowance GDC Glow Discharge Cleaning GHT Gas Holding Tank GPP General Plant Projects GRD General Requirements Document HA Hazard Analysis HFSD Heating and Fueling Systems Division HGS Hydrogenous Gas Delivery System HP Health Physics HPA High Power Amplifier HPM Holdup Process(ing) Mode HSD Health and Safety Directive HVAC Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning I&D International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor and Technology Division (DOE-Office of Energy Research) I/O Input/Output ICD Interface Control Document ICFAC Inertial Confinement Fusion Advisory Committee ICRF Ion Cyclotron Radio Frequency IPA Intermediate Power Amplifier IPFR Institute on Plasma and Fusion Research ISTP Integrated Systems Test Procedure ITER International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor JAERI Japanese Atomic Energy Research Institute JCT (ITER) Joint Central Team JET Joint European Torus JFPCC Joint Fusion Power Coordination Committee KBM Kinetic Ballooning Modes LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory LCO Limiting Conditions for Operation LCS Limiting Control Setting LECS Liquid Effluent Collection System LECT Liquid Effluent Collection Tanks LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LOB Lab Office Building LPDA Laboratory Program Development Activities LPI Lithium Pellet Injector LRE Latest Revised Estimate M&IE Meals & Incidental Expenses MACWS Machine Area Cooling Water System MAGPIE Mega Ampere Generator for Plasma Implosion Experiments MC Materiel control MCC Motor Control Center MCPPM Materiel Control Policies and Procedure Manual MER Mechanical Equipment Room MG Motor Generator MIE Most Intense Earthquake MIRI Multichannel Infra Red Interferometer MIT Most Intense Tornado MOP Maximum Operating Pressure MPC Maximum Permissible Concentration MPE Most Probable Earthquake MR Management Reserve MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet MSE Motional Stark Effect MTF Materials Test Facility NASA National Aeronautics and Space Agnecy NB Neutral Beam NBIS Neutral Beam Injection System NBL Neutral Beam Line NBPC Neutral Beam Power Conversion NBVS Neutral Beam Vacuum System NCR Nonconformance Report NES National Energy Strategy NET Next European Torus NHGS Non-Hydrogenous Gas Delivery System NIF National Ignition Facility NSPS(R) New Source Performance Standard (Review) NSTX National Spherical Tokamak Experiment NTGDS Non-Tritium Gas Delivery System OC&T Office of Certification and Training OMO Occupational Medicine Office OP Operating Procedure OPEX Operating Expenses OR Occurrence Report OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSR Operations Safety Requirement P&T Packaging and Transportation PBX-M Princeton Beta Experiment Modified PC Printed Circuit PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl PDC Pulse Discharge Cleaning PDQ Position Description Questionnaire PDR Preliminary Design Review PDX Poloidal Divertor Experiment PEP Plasma Exhaust Process PEPGB Plasma Exhaust Pumping Glove Box PLC Programmable Logic Controller PM Preventive Maintenance PM&C(E) Plant Maintenance and Construction (Engineering) PMB Performance Management Baseline PMS Performance Management System POD Project Organization Demographic PPE Personnel Protection Equipment PP Plasma Processing PPPL Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory PS Physics Specification PTP Preoperational Test Procedure PTS Plasma Technology Section QA/R Quality Assurance /Reliability QAA/P Quality Assurance Assessment and Plan QC Quality Control RCG Radiation Concentration Guide REML Radiological Environmental Monitoring Laboratory RF Radio Frequency RF Russian Federation RFP Request for Proposals RFQ Requisition For Quote RFTF Radio Frequency Test Facility RGA Residual Gas Analysis RMS Radiation Monitoring System RSAW Resistive Shear Alfven Wave SAD Safety Assessment Document SAID Safety Action Item Database SAR Safety Analysis Report SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act SBIR Small Business Innovative Research SCBA Self Contained Breathing Apparatus SCR Schedule Change Request SDS Safety Disconnect Switch SF6 Sulphur Hexaflouride SGX Spacecraft Glow Experiment SIS Safety Interlock System SL Safety Limit SOP Standard Operating Procedure SPI Schedule Performance Index SR Safety Requirements SR Surveillance Requirement SRC Safety Review Committee SSC Superconducting Super Collider STVNS Spherical Tokamak Volume Neutron Source TAE Toroidal Alfven Eigenmodes TAS Tritium Analysis System TBD To Be Determined TC Test Cell TCB Test Cell Basement TCS Torus Cleanup System TCS Toroidal Confinement Systems TCV Tokamak with Variable Configuration TFTR Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor TIV Torus Interface Valve TLD Thermoluminescent Dosimeter TMP Turbomolecular Pump TOP Technical Operations Procedure TPEG Technical Planning and Evaluation Group TPI Tritium Pellet Injector TPS Tritium Purification System TPX Tokamak Physics Experiment TRAGB Tritium Receiving and Analytical Glove Box TRECAMS Tritium Remote Control and Monitoring System TRS Tritium Receiving System TSD Treatment, Storage or Disposal TSDCS Tritium Storage and Delivery Cleanup System TSDGB Tritium Storage and Delivery System Glove Box TSDS Tritium Storage and Delivery System TSR Technical (Training) Safety Requirements TSS Tritium Shift Supervisor TSS TFTR Shift Supervisor TSTA Tritium Systems Test Assembly TTMP Transit Time Magnetic Pumping TVCS Tritium Vault Cleanup System TVPS Torus Vacuum Pumping System UOR Unusual Occurrence Report UPS Uninterruptible Power System UST Underground Storage Tank WAF Work Approval Form WBS Work Breakdown Structure WFO Work for Others WHA Waste Handling Area WHA/FH Waste Handling Area Fume Hood XRL X-Ray Laser