Acronym Glossary for POGO's report,

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex:
Homeland Security Opportunities


BWXT – BWX Technologies, Inc. Current contractor at Y-12 facility

CAT I – Category I Site

DAF – Device Assembly Facility at the Nevada Test Site

DBT – Design Basis Threat

DOD – Department of Defense

DOE – Department of Energy

ESE – Energy Department’s Office of Energy, Science and Environment

GAO – Government Accountability Office

HEUMF – Highly-Enriched Uranium Materials Facility

HEU – Highly-Enriched Uranium

IAEA – United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency

IND – Improvised Nuclear Device

INEEL – Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory

MOX – Mixed-Oxide Fuel

MT – Metric Tons

NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NFS – Nuclear Fuel Services

NTS – Nevada Test Site

NNSA – National Nuclear Security Administration

NRC – Nuclear Regulatory Commission

OA – Energy Department’s Office of Safety and Security Performance Assurance

ORNL – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

PIDAS – Perimeter Intrusion Detection Assessment System

PU – Plutonium

SNM – Special Nuclear Material

TA – Technical Area





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