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A list of acronyms, in LaTeX Glossaries package format, that Katy Huff uses in her papers and writings as a nuclear engineer.
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\newacronym[longplural={metric tons of heavy metal}]{MTHM}{MTHM}{metric ton of heavy metal}
\newacronym{ABM}{ABM}{agent-based modeling}
\newacronym{AHTR}{AHTR}{Advanced High Temperature Reactor}
\newacronym{ANDRA}{ANDRA}{Agence Nationale pour la gestion des D\'echets RAdioactifs, the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management}
\newacronym{ANL}{ANL}{Argonne National Laboratory}
\newacronym{API}{API}{application programming interface}
\newacronym{ASME}{ASME}{American Society of Mechanical Engineers}
\newacronym{ATWS}{ATWS}{Anticipated Transient Without Scram}
\newacronym{BDBE}{BDBE}{Beyond Design Basis Event}
\newacronym{BIDS}{BIDS}{Berkeley Institute for Data Science}
\newacronym{CAFCA}{CAFCA}{ Code for Advanced Fuel Cycles Assessment }
\newacronym{CEA}{CEA}{Commissariat \`a l'\'Energie Atomique et aux \'Energies Alternatives}
\newacronym{CI}{CI}{continuous integration}
\newacronym{CNERG}{CNERG}{Computational Nuclear Engineering Research Group}
\newacronym{COSI}{COSI}{Commelini-Sicard}
\newacronym{COTS}{COTS}{commercial, off-the-shelf}
\newacronym{CSNF}{CSNF}{commercial spent nuclear fuel}
\newacronym{CTAH}{CTAHs}{Coiled Tube Air Heaters}
\newacronym{CUBIT}{CUBIT}{CUBIT Geometry and Mesh Generation Toolkit}
\newacronym{DAG}{DAG}{directed acyclic graph}
\newacronym{DANESS}{DANESS}{Dynamic Analysis of Nuclear Energy System Strategies}
\newacronym{DBE}{DBE}{Design Basis Event}
\newacronym{DESAE}{DESAE}{Dynamic Analysis of Nuclear Energy Systems Strategies}
\newacronym{DHS}{DHS}{Department of Homeland Security}
\newacronym{DOE}{DOE}{Department of Energy}
\newacronym{DRACS}{DRACS}{Direct Reactor Auxiliary Cooling System}
\newacronym{DRE}{DRE}{dynamic resource exchange}
\newacronym{DSNF}{DSNF}{DOE spent nuclear fuel}
\newacronym{DYMOND}{DYMOND}{Dynamic Model of Nuclear Development }
\newacronym{EBS}{EBS}{Engineered Barrier System}
\newacronym{EDZ}{EDZ}{Excavation Disturbed Zone}
\newacronym{EPA}{EPA}{Environmental Protection Agency}
\newacronym{EP}{EP}{Engineering Physics}
\newacronym{FCO}{FCO}{Fuel Cycle Options}
\newacronym{FCT}{FCT}{Fuel Cycle Technology}
\newacronym{FEHM}{FEHM}{Finite Element Heat and Mass Transfer}
\newacronym{FEPs}{FEPs}{Features, Events, and Processes}
\newacronym{FHR}{FHR}{Fluoride-Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor}
\newacronym{FLiBe}{FLiBe}{Fluoride-Lithium-Beryllium}
\newacronym{GDSE}{GDSE}{Generic Disposal System Environment}
\newacronym{GDSM}{GDSM}{Generic Disposal System Model}
\newacronym{GENIUSv1}{GENIUSv1}{Global Evaluation of Nuclear Infrastructure Utilization Scenarios, Version 1}
\newacronym{GENIUSv2}{GENIUSv2}{Global Evaluation of Nuclear Infrastructure Utilization Scenarios, Version 2}
\newacronym{GENIUS}{GENIUS}{Global Evaluation of Nuclear Infrastructure Utilization Scenarios}
\newacronym{GPAM}{GPAM}{Generic Performance Assessment Model}
\newacronym{GRSAC}{GRSAC}{Graphite Reactor Severe Accident Code}
\newacronym{GUI}{GUI}{graphical user interface}
\newacronym{HLW}{HLW}{high level waste}
\newacronym{HPC}{HPC}{high-performance computing}
\newacronym{HTC}{HTC}{high-throughput computing}
\newacronym{HTGR}{HTGR}{High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor}
\newacronym{IAEA}{IAEA}{International Atomic Energy Agency}
\newacronym{INL}{INL}{Idaho National Laboratory}
\newacronym{JFNK}{JFNK}{Jacobian-Free Newton Krylov}
\newacronym{LANL}{LANL}{Los Alamos National Laboratory}
\newacronym{LBNL}{LBNL}{Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory}
\newacronym{LCOE}{LCOE}{levelized cost of electricity}
\newacronym{LDRD}{LDRD}{laboratory directed research and development}
\newacronym{LFR}{LFR}{Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor}
\newacronym{LLNL}{LLNL}{Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory}
\newacronym{LOFC}{LOFC}{Loss of Forced Cooling}
\newacronym{LOHS}{LOHS}{Loss of Heat Sink}
\newacronym{LOLA}{LOLA}{Loss of Large Area}
\newacronym{LP}{LP}{linear program}
\newacronym{MA}{MA}{minor actinide}
\newacronym{MCNP}{MCNP}{Monte Carlo N-Particle code}
\newacronym{MILP}{MILP}{mixed-integer linear program}
\newacronym{MIT}{MIT}{the Massachusetts Institute of Technology}
\newacronym{MOAB}{MOAB}{Mesh-Oriented datABase}
\newacronym{MOOSE}{MOOSE}{Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment}
\newacronym{MOX}{MOX}{mixed oxide}
\newacronym{MSR}{MSR}{Molten Salt Reactor}
\newacronym{NAGRA}{NAGRA}{National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste}
\newacronym{NEAMS}{NEAMS}{Nuclear Engineering Advanced Modeling and Simulation}
\newacronym{NEUP}{NEUP}{Nuclear Energy University Programs}
\newacronym{NFCSim}{NFCSim}{Nuclear Fuel Cycle Simulator}
\newacronym{NGNP}{NGNP}{Next Generation Nuclear Plant}
\newacronym{NNSA}{NNSA}{National Nuclear Security Administration}
\newacronym{NQA1}{NQA-1}{Nuclear Quality Assurance - 1}
\newacronym{NRC}{NRC}{Nuclear Regulatory Commission}
\newacronym{NSF}{NSF}{National Science Foundation}
\newacronym{NSSC}{NSSC}{Nuclear Science and Security Consortium}
\newacronym{NUWASTE}{NUWASTE}{Nuclear Waste Assessment System for Technical Evaluation}
\newacronym{NWTRB}{NWTRB}{Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board}
\newacronym{OCRWM}{OCRWM}{Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management}
\newacronym{ORION}{ORION}{ORION}
\newacronym{PARCS}{PARCS}{Purdue Advanced Reactor Core Simulator}
\newacronym{PBAHTR}{PB-AHTR}{Pebble Bed Advanced High Temperature Reactor}
\newacronym{PBFHR}{PB-FHR}{Pebble-Bed Fluoride-Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor}
\newacronym{PEI}{PEI}{Peak Environmental Impact}
\newacronym{PH}{PRONGHORN}{PRONGHORN}
\newacronym{PRKE}{PRKE}{Point Reactor Kinetics Equations}
\newacronym{PSPG}{PSPG}{Pressure-Stabilizing/Petrov-Galerkin}
\newacronym{PyNE}{PyNE}{Python toolkit for Nuclear Engineering}
\newacronym{PyRK}{PyRK}{Python for Reactor Kinetics}
\newacronym{QA}{QA}{quality assurance}
\newacronym{RDD}{RD\&D}{Research Development and Demonstration}
\newacronym{RD}{R\&D}{Research and Development}
\newacronym{RELAP}{RELAP}{Reactor Excursion and Leak Analysis Program}
\newacronym{RIA}{RIA}{Reactivity Insertion Accident}
\newacronym{RIF}{RIF}{Region-Institution-Facility}
\newacronym{SFR}{SFR}{Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor}
\newacronym{SINDAG}{SINDA{\textbackslash}G}{Systems Improved Numerical Differencing Analyzer $\backslash$ Gaski}
\newacronym{SKB}{SKB}{Svensk K\"{a}rnbr\"{a}nslehantering AB}
\newacronym{SNF}{SNF}{spent nuclear fuel}
\newacronym{SNL}{SNL}{Sandia National Laboratory}
\newacronym{STC}{STC}{specific temperature change}
\newacronym{SUPG}{SUPG}{Streamline-Upwind/Petrov-Galerkin}
\newacronym{SWF}{SWF}{Separations and Waste Forms}
\newacronym{SWU}{SWU}{Separative Work Unit}
\newacronym{TRISO}{TRISO}{Tristructural Isotropic}
\newacronym{TSM}{TSM}{Total System Model}
\newacronym{TSPA}{TSPA}{Total System Performance Assessment for the Yucca Mountain License Application}
\newacronym{ThOX}{ThOX}{thorium oxide}
\newacronym{UFD}{UFD}{Used Fuel Disposition}
\newacronym{UML}{UML}{Unified Modeling Language}
\newacronym{UOX}{UOX}{uranium oxide}
\newacronym{UQ}{UQ}{uncertainty quantification}
\newacronym{US}{US}{United States}
\newacronym{UW}{UW}{University of Wisconsin}
\newacronym{VISION}{VISION}{the Verifiable Fuel Cycle Simulation Model}
\newacronym{VV}{V\&V}{verification and validation}
\newacronym{WIPP}{WIPP}{Waste Isolation Pilot Plant}
\newacronym{YMR}{YMR}{Yucca Mountain Repository Site}
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