AMS

Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation

ANO

Arkansas Nuclear One

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

APD

amplitude probability density

AR

autoregressive (refers to autoregressive modeling)

ASTM

American Society for Testing and Materials

B&W

Babcock and Wilcox

BTP-13

Branch Technical Position 13

BWR

Boiling Water Reactor

C

capacitance

CANDU

Canadian deuterium reactor (Canadian heavy water reactor)

CEA

Commissariat l'Energie Atomique

CF

correction factor

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CRBR

Clinch River Breeder Reactor

CRDM

control rod drive mechanism

DBE

design basis event

DOD

U.S. Department of Defense

DOE

U.S. Department of Energy

DPU

differential pressure unit

EdF

Electricit de France

EMF

electromotive force

EMI/RFI

electromagnetic/radio frequency interference

EPRI

Electric Power Research Institute

FFT

fast Fourier transform

HELB

high-energy line break

HFIR

high flux isotope reactor

HRP

Halden Reactor Project

HTGR

high-temperature gas-cooled reactor

I&C

instrumentation and control

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

INPO

Institute of Nuclear Power Operations

IR

insulation resistance

ISA

Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society (formerly Instrument Society of America)

L

inductance

LCR

inductance, capacitance, and resistance

LCSR

loop current step response (refers to the method for in-situ response time testing of RTDs and thermocouples)

LER

licensee event report

LMFBR

liquid metal fast breeder reactor

LOCA

loss-of-coolant accident

LPRM

local power range monitor

mA

Milliampere

mW

Milliwatt

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NBS

National Bureau of Standards (now National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST)

NI

neutron instrumentation

NII

Nuclear Installation Inspectorate (UK)

NIST

National...