There are many abbreviations you may encounter in connection with the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program. To assist you in understanding the decisions and letters that you receive, as well to facilitate your use of the many tools developed by the agencies involved with this program, the Office of the Ombudsman developed this list of some of the commonly used abbreviations. We hope that you find this list helpful.

Alettered abbreviations

  • AAW – Average Annual Wage
  • ABRWH – Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
  • AEC – Atomic Energy Commission
  • ALCOA – Aluminum Company of America
  • AMA Guides – American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th Edition
  • ANLE or ANL-E – Argonne National Laboratory-East
  • ANLW or ANL-W – Argonne National Laboratory-West
  • AWE – Atomic Weapons Employer

Blettered abbreviations

  • BAS – Branch of Automated Systems
  • BE or Be – Beryllium
  • BOTA – Branch of Outreach and Technical Assistance
  • BP – Branch of Policy
  • BPA – Bill Processing Agent

Clettered abbreviations

  • CANEL – Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory
  • CATI – Computer Assisted Telephone Interview
  • CBD – Chronic Beryllium Disease
  • CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • CE – Claims Examiner
  • CFR – Code of Federal Regulations
  • CHP – Certified Health Physicist
  • CIS – Carcinoma in situ
  • CLL – Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
  • CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training, formerly known as the Center to Protect Workers' Rights
  • CV – Curriculum Vitae

Dlettered abbreviations

  • DAR – Document Acquisition Request
  • DCAS – Division of Compensation Analysis and Support - formerly known as the Office of Compensation Analysis and Support (OCAS)
  • DD – District Director
  • DEEOIC – Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
  • DHHS – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • DMC – District Medical Consultant
  • DO – District Office
  • DOB – Date of Birth
  • DOE – U.S. Department of Energy
  • DOJ – U.S. Department of Justice
  • DOL – U.S. Department of Labor
  • DR – Dose Reconstruction
  • DRGs – Diagnostic-Related Groups

Elettered abbreviations

  • ECMS – Energy Case Management System
  • EE-1 – Employee's Claim Form
  • EE-2 – Survivor's Claim Form
  • EE-3 – Employment History Form
  • EEOICPA – Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act
  • ETEC – Energy Technology Engineering Center, now known as Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory

Flettered abbreviations

  • FAB – Final Adjudication Branch
  • FD – Final Decision
  • FAQs – Frequently Asked Questions
  • FECA – Federal Employees' Compensation Act
  • FMPC – Feed Materials Production Center, formally known as Fernald
  • FOIA – Freedom of Information Act
  • FUSRAP – Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program
  • FY – Fiscal Year

Glettered abbreviations

  • GAO – Government Accountability Office
  • GE – General Electric
  • GSI – General Steel Industries

Hlettered abbreviations

  • HHS – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • HP – Health Physicist

Ilettered abbreviations

  • ICD-9 – International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 9th Edition
  • IH – Industrial Hygienist
  • IMBA – Integrated Modules for Bioassay Analysis
  • INEEL – Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
  • INL – Idaho National Laboratory
  • IOP – Idaho Ordnance Plant
  • IREP – Interactive RadioEpidemiological Program

Klettered abbreviations

  • K-25 – Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant

Llettered abbreviations

  • LANL – Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • LBNL – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • LLNL – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • LOOW – Lake Ontario Ordnance Works
  • LPT – Beryllium Lymphocyte Proliferation Test
  • LTT – Lymphocyte Transformation Test

Mlettered abbreviations

  • MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • MMI – Maximum Medical Improvement

Nlettered abbreviations

  • NARA – National Archives and Records Administration
  • NCI – National Cancer Institute
  • NIOSH – National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • NO – National Office
  • NRC – Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • NTS – Nevada Test Site
  • NUMEC – Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation

Olettered abbreviations

  • OCAS – Office of Compensation Analysis and Support, now known as the Division of Compensation Analysis and Support (DCAS)
  • ORAU – Oak Ridge Associated Universities
  • ORISE – Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
  • ORNL – Oak Ridge National Laboratory, also known as X-10
  • OWCP – Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

Plettered abbreviations

  • PC/PoC – Probability of Causation
  • PDF – Portable Document Format
  • PEP – Program Evaluation Plan
  • PER – Program Evaluation Report
  • PHA – Public Health Advisor
  • PII – Personally Identifiable Information
  • PM – Procedure Manual
  • PNNL – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • POA – Power of Attorney
  • PoC/PC – Probability of Causation

Rlettered abbreviations

  • RC – Resource Center
  • RCC – Revenue Center Code
  • RD – Recommended Decision
  • RECA – Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
  • REFs – Radiation Effectiveness Factors

Slettered abbreviations

  • SEC – Special Exposure Cohort
  • SEM – Site Exposure Matrix
  • SLAPS – St. Louis Airport Storage Site
  • SOAF – Statement of Accepted Facts
  • SOL – Office of the Solicitor (U.S. Department of Labor)
  • SSA – Social Security Administration
  • SWC – State Workers' Compensation

Tlettered abbreviations

  • TBD – Technical Basis Document
  • The Act – The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act
  • TIB – Technical Information Bulletin
  • TX – Toxicologist

Ulettered abbreviations

  • USPHS – U.S. Public Health Service

Vlettered abbreviations

  • VA – Veterans Affairs

Wlettered abbreviations

  • WLM – Working Level Month

Xlettered abbreviations

  • X-10 – Oak Ridge National Laboratory; also known as ORNL

Ylettered abbreviations

  • Y-12 – Y-12 National Security Complex