Acronyms used at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (DCPP)

The following alphabetical listing contains abbreviations, acronyms, compound words, technical symbols, and spelling preferred for licensing and other regulatory correspondence.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J,K | L | M | N | O | P,Q | R | S | T | U,V | W,X,Y,Z


UHSultimate heat sink
UHFultrahigh frequency
UDRPSultrasonic data recording and processing system
UTultrasonic testing
uvultraviolet
underfrequency
undersized
undervoltage
ULUnderwriters Laboratory
UBCUniform Building Code
UFCUniform Fire Code
UPCUniform Plumbing Code
UPSuninterruptible power system
URIunresolved item
USIunresolved safety issue
UEQunreviewed environmental question
USQunreviewed safety question
upender
Uuranium
USCGSU.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
USCEAU.S. Council for Energy Awareness
USGSU.S. Geological Survey
VBSvehicle barrier systems
vvelocity
VHFvery high frequency
VLFvery low frequency
VLPMvibration and loose parts monitor
viz.videlicet (namely)
V-notch (hardness test)
Vvolt
VARvolt amps reactive
V/mvolt per meter
VAvolt-ampere
Vacvolts, alternating current
Vdcvolts, direct current
volvolume
VCTvolume control tank
vpmvolume parts per million
vol % or v/ovolume percent
v/vvolume per volume

For more information about DCISC contact:

Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee
Office of the Legal Counsel
857 Cass Street, Suite D, Monterey, California 93940
Telephone: in Califonia call 800-439-4688; outside of California call 831-647-1044
Send E-mail to: dcsafety@dcisc.org