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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 1
10/20/2011
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LCA
 Definition
Life Cycle Analysis
Term
WCED
 Definition
World Commission on Environment and Development
Term
CAA
 Definition
Clean Air Act
Term
EPA
 Definition
Environmental Protection Agency
Term
NAAQS
 Definition
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Term
VOCs
 Definition
Volatile Organic Compounds
Term
HAPs
 Definition
Hazardous Air Pollutants
Term
MACT
 Definition
Maximum Available Control Technology
Term
TRI
 Definition
Toxic Release Inventory
Term
CFCs
 Definition
Clorofluorocarbons
Term
PFC
 Definition
Perfloruocarbons
Term
GWP
 Definition
Global Warming Potential
Term
SWDA
 Definition
Safe Water Drinking Act
Term
MCL
 Definition
Maximum Contaminants Level
Term
MCLG
 Definition
Maximum contaminant Level Goals
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FWPCA
 Definition
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Term
NSPS
 Definition
New Source Performance Standards
Term
NPDES
 Definition
National Pollutant Discharge and Elimination System
Term
LUST
 Definition
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
Term
RCRA
 Definition
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Term
TCLP
 Definition
Toxic Characteristic Leaching Procedure
Term
CERCLA
 Definition
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
Term
MSW
 Definition
Municipal Solid Wastes
Term
AEC
 Definition
Atomic Energy Comission
Term
NRC
 Definition
Nuclear Regulatory Comission
Term
NWPA
 Definition
Nuclear Waste Policy Act
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DOE
 Definition
Department of Energy
Term
TRU
 Definition
Transuranic
Term
WIPP
 Definition
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
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LLW
 Definition
Low Level Waste
Term
NEPA
 Definition
National Environmental Policy Act
Term
IPCC
 Definition
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Term
WMO
 Definition
World Meteorological Organization
Term
UNEP
 Definition
United Nations Environmental Program
Term
GHGs
 Definition
GreenHouse Gases
Term
GCMs
 Definition
General Circulation Models
Term
HHV
 Definition
High Heating Value
Term
LHV
 Definition
Low Heating Value
Term
HRSG
 Definition
Heat Recovery Steam Generator
Term
ESP
 Definition
Electrostatic Percipitator
Term
FGD
 Definition
Flue Gas Desulphurization
Term
SCR
 Definition
Selective Catalyst Reduction
Term
SNCR
 Definition
Selective Non Catalytic Reduction
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CHP
 Definition
Combined Heat and Power
Term
IGCC
 Definition
Integrated Gasification combined Cycle
Term
IGTFC
 Definition
Integrated Gas Turbine Fuel Cell
Term
PWR
 Definition
Pressurized Water Reactor
Term
BWR
 Definition
Boiling Water Reactor
Term
RDF
 Definition
Refuse Derived Fuel
Term
EIADOE
 Definition
Energy Information Administration of the US
Term
NRC
 Definition
National Research Council
Term
CDI
 Definition
Chronic Daily Intake
Term
PF
 Definition
Potency Factor
Term
NOAEL
 Definition
Non Observable Adverse Effects Level
Term
RfD
 Definition
Refernce Dose
Term
UF
 Definition
Uncertainty Factor
Term
MF
 Definition
Modifying Factor
Term
HQ
 Definition
Hazard Quotient
Term
ADD
 Definition
Average Daily Dose
Term
CDI
 Definition
Chronic Daily Intake
Term
HI
 Definition
Hazard Intake
Term
ASTM
 Definition
American Society for Testing and Materials
Term
EV
 Definition
Expected Value
Term
NEMS
 Definition
National Energy Modeling System
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