AB

A or B (with respect to train, or piece of equipment)

A-E

Architect-engineer

ALARA

As low as reasonably achievable

ANI

American Nuclear Insurers

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

ARCM

Applied reliability centered maintenance

ASCE

American Society of Civil Engineers

ASME

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASQC

American Society for Quality Control

B/C

Benefit/cost

BFP

Boiler feed pump

BPV

Boiler and pressure vessel

B&W

Babcock and Wilcox

BWR

Boiling water reactor

Cal.

Calibration

CBM

Condition-based maintenance

CC

Channel checks

CCF

Common cause failure

CDM

Condition-directed maintenance

CDM (FF)

Condition-directed maintenance (failure finding)

CE

Combustion Engineering

CEM

Continuous emissions monitor

CFR

Code of federal regulations

CIC

Component identification codes

CM

Corrective maintenance

CNMM

Condition-monitoring (based) maintenance

CMMS (Legacy)

Computerized maintenance management systems

CNM

Condition monitoring

CO

Conditional overhaul

CRT

Cathode ray tube

CT

Combustion turbine

CWP

Circulating water pump

CWT

Circulating water tower

DC

Design change

DCS

Distributed-control system

DOE

Department of Energy

DOT

Department of Transportation

DP

Differential pressure

E

Emergency

EEI

Edison Electric Institute

EFOR

Equivalent forced outage rate

EC

Equipment group

"E" MWR

Emergency maintenance work request

EO

Equipment operator

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

EPRI

Electric Power Research Institute

EQ

Environmentally qualified

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FAI

Failed as is

FC

Fails closed

FD

Forced draft

FERC

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FF

Functional failure

FMEA

Failure modes and effects analysis

FMECA

Failure modes and effects criticality analysis

FO

Fails open

FOR

Forced outage rate

FT

Functional tests

FTA

Fault tree analysis

FTM

Fixed-time maintenance

GADS

Generation availability data...