Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy Volume 1, Number 2, Fall/Winter 2020 | Page 69

How Nuclear Power Can Transform Electric Grid and Critical Infrastructure Resilience 65 Abbreviations and Acronyms AC Alternating Current ARPA-E Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy BES Bulk Energy System BPS Bulk Power System CI Critical Infrastructure COL Combined License DC Direct Current DCA Design Certification Application DOE U . S . Department of Energy DOD U . S . Department of Defense EMP Electromagnetic Pulse ERCOT Electric Reliability Council of Texas FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FR Functional Requirement GMD Geomagnetic Disturbance GT & D Generation , Transmission , and Distribution GWe Gigawatt Electric IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISO Independent System Operators LWR Light Water Reactor MMR Micro Modular Reactor MW Megawatt MWe Megawatt Electric MWt Megawatt Thermal NAERM North American Energy Resilience Model NPM NuScale Power Module NPP Nuclear Power Plant NRC U . S . Nuclear Regulatory Commission PPD Presidential Policy Directive PURPA Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act PWR Pressurized Water Reactor RAIR NuScale Redundant Array of Independent Reactors rCII resilient Critical Infrastructure Island rNPP resilient Nuclear Power Plant RTO Regional Transmission Organizations SASC Strategic Asset Supply Chain SCADA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition SMR Small Modular Reactor SRC System Resilience Curve TRISO TRi-structural-ISOtropic TVA Tennessee Valley Authority UCO Uranium Oxycarbide VFT Variable Frequency Transformer