15–17 May 2018
Spallation Neutron Source
US/Eastern timezone

Acronyms

Acronyms

Acronym Meaning
   
6D Six-dimensional
ACTS Assessment & Commitment Tracking System
ADC Analog to Digital Converter
AIP Accelerator Improvement Project
Al  Aluminium
ALARA As low as reasonably achieveable
AOFS Acousto-Optic Frequency Shifter 
AP Accelerator Physics
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ATAC Accelerator Technical Advisory Committee
AT-HVCM  Alternate Topology High Voltage Converter Modulator
ATS Automatic Transfer Switches
BCM Beam Current Monitor
BI Beam Instrumentation
BIET Beam Instrumentation and Experimental Technology
BL Beam Line
BLM Beam Loss Monitor
BPM Beam Position Monitor
BSM Beam Shape Monitor
BTF Beam Test Facility
BW Bandwidth
CCL Coupled Cavity Linac
Cd Cadmium
CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics
CHL Central Helium Liquifier
CM cryomodule
CMS cryogenic moderator system
CNMS Center for Nanophase Material Science
COTS Commercial Off The Shelf
Cs Cesium
CUB Central Utility Building
CVI core vessel insert
D2O Deuterium or Heavy Water
DAQ Data Acquisition
DC Direct Current
DCN Design Change Notice
DES design exploration studies
DGA  Dissolved Gas Analysis
DR Dynamic Range
DTL Drift Tube Linac
E_Dump Extraction Dump
EB Electron Beam
ESS European Spallation Source
FE  Front End 
FEOM front end only mode
Fermilab Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
FFT Fast Furrier Transformation
FOA Funding Opportunity Announcement
FODO focus-drift-defocus-drift
FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
FTS foil test stand or First Target Station
FWHM Full Width at Half Maximum
FWO field work proposals
FY Fiscal Year
Gd Gadolinium
GI3 Gas Injection Initial Implementation
GLS gas liquid separator
GPP General Plan Project
GTAW Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
GUI Graphical User Interface
GV gate valve
HEBT High Energy Beam Transport
HFIR High Flux Isotope Reactor
HPRF High Power Radio Frequency
HRPD High Resolution Powder Diffractometer
HTA horizontal test apparatus
HVCM High Voltage Converter Modulator
ICFA International Committee for Future Accelerators
ICS Integrated Control System
IGBT  Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
IGPP Institutional General Plant Project
INL Idaho National Laboratory
IOB Inlet Orifice Bubbler
IRP Inner Reflector Plug
JLab Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
JNM Journal of Nuclear Materials
J-PARC Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex
L_Dump  Linac Dump
LBNF / DUNE Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility / Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment 
LCLS-II Linac Coherent Light Source
LDRD Laboratory Director Research and Development fund
LEBT Low Energy Beam Transport
LI/IE Line Item Construction
LINAC Linear Accelerator
LLLW Low Level Liquid Waste
LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LLP Long Lead Procurement
LLRF Low Level Radio Frequency
LOLA Laboratory Operation Leadership Academy
LW Laser Wire
LWS Light Water System
M&S Material and Supplies
MCP Micro Channel Plate
MDF Moderator Demonstration Facility
MEBT Medium Energy Beam Transport
MPO Memorandum Purchase Order
MPS Machine Protection System
muSR muon spin resonance
MUTS Mock Up Test Stand
NCL Normal Conducting Linac
NDE Non-destructive Examination
NEMS Nano Electromechanical Systems
NESL Neutron Electrostatic Levitator
NI National Instruments
NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NScD Neutron Sciences Directorate
NSF National Science Foundation
NSF National Science Foundation
NTD Neutron Technologies Division
OE Operations Envelope
OIP Operational Improvement Project
OM&S Operations, Maintenance, and Services
ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ORP Outer Reflector Plug
PALS Payroll, Absence, and Labor System
PAS Personnel Access System
PBW Proton Beam Window
PCB printed circuit board
PD program development
PFD Process Flow Diagram
PI Principal Investigator
PIC Particle In Cell codes
PID Piping and Instrument Diagram
PIE Post Irradiation Examination
PIP-II Proton Improvement Plan II 
PLC programmable logic controller
PNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PPS Personnel Protection System
PPU  Proton Power Upgrade
QSL Quantum Spin Liquid
Quad Quadrupole
R&D research and development
RAD Research Accelerator Division
RF Radio Frequency    
RFQ Radio Frequency Quadrupole
RFTF radio frequency test facility
RMS Root Mean Square
RPM Revolutions per minute
RRR Residual Resistivity Ratio
RSB Ring Service Building
RTBT Ring-to-Target Beam Transport
SB Swirl Bubbler
SBMS Standards Based Management System
SCL Superconducting Linac
SCR Silicon Controlled Rectifier
SDE Source Development and Engineering
SDER Shutter Drive Equipment Room
SLAC SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford
SNS Spallation Neutron Source
SOSE Site Operations Support Engineering
SPI Schedule Performance Index 
SRF Superconducting Radio Frequency
SS Stainless Steal
STS Second Target Station
TIG Tungsten Inert Gas 
TMP Target Management Plan
TMRS Target Modulator Reflector System
TPO Technical Project Officer
TPS Target Protection System
TTF Target Test Facility
TVA Tennessee Valley Authority
TZM Titanium Zirconium Molybdenum
UPS unterruptible power supply
USIE Unreviewed Safety Issue Evaluations
VFD Variable Frequency Drive
VSP Volunteer Separation Program
VV Vacuum Vessel
WCS water cooled shroud
WG waveguide
WS Wire Scanner