Wet-Steam Turbines for Nuclear Power Plants

Appendix: List of Abbreviations and Symbols

Abbreviations of Institutions in the Power Industry

ABB

Asea Brown Boveri, Germany/Switzerland/Sweden (currently merged with ALSTOM)

AEG

Allgemeine Electricit ts-Gesellschaft, Germany (merged with Siemens)

AEP

American Electric Power, United States

ANSI

American National Standards Institute, United States

ASME

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, United States

BBC

Brown Boveri Company (later ABB), Germany/Switzerland (currently merged with ALSTOM)

BHEL

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., India

CEM

Compagnie Electro-Mecanique, France (became part of GEC Alsthom; currently merged with ALSTOM)

EdF

Electricit de France, France

EIA

Energy Information Administration, United States (part of the U.S. Department of Energy)

EPRI

Electric Power Research Institute, United States

GE

General Electric, United States

GEC

The General Electric Company, United Kingdom (became part of GEC Alsthom; currently merged with ALSTOM)

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

INPO

Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, United States

KhTGZ

Kharkov Turbine Works, Soviet Union (currently Turboatom, Ukraine)

KWU

Kraftwerke Union AG, Germany (currently Siemens Power Generation)

LMZ

Leningrad Metallic Works, Russia

MAN

Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-N rnberg, Germany (became part of GEC Alsthom; currently merged with ALSTOM)

MEI

Moscow Power Engineering Institute, Russia

MHI

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan

NRC

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, United States

SONGS

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, United States

SWPC

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation, United States (U.S. subsidiary of Siemens Power Generation)

VNIIAM

All-Russian (formerly All-Union) Research, Planning and Design Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering, Russia

VTI

All-Russian (formerly...

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