ABR................................................................................................................................ Advanced Burner Reactor ACTOF..................................................................................................................accident tolerant fuels for LWRs AECL................................................................................................................................Atomic Energy of Canada AES.............................................................................................................................Auger electron spectroscopy AFC.................................................................................................................................Advanced Fuels Campaign AFM................................................................................................................................ Atomic Force Microscopy AGR...................................................................................................................................... Advanced Gas Reactor ALD....................................................................................................................................atomic layer deposition AmBB........................................................................................................................ americium-bearing blankets ANDE...........................................................................................................Advanced non-destructive evaluation ANL..........................................................................................................................Argonne National Laboratory APS.................................................................................................................................. Advanced Photon Source APT................................................................................................................................... atom probe tomography ASTRID................................................ Advanced SodiumTechnological Reactor for Industrial Demonstration ATF....................................................................................................................................... accident-tolerant fuel ATLAS..............................................................................................................ArgonneTandem Linac Accelerator ATR.......................................................................................................................................AdvancedTest Reactor ATRC.......................................................................................................................AdvancedTest Reactor Critical ATWS........................................................................................................ anticipated transients without SCRAM BARC....................................................................................................................Bhabha Atomic Research Centre BNL.................................................................................................................... Brookhaven National Laboratory BU................................................................................................................................................................burnup BWR......................................................................................................................................boiling-water reactor CAES...............................................................................................................Center for Advanced Energy Studies CA-PVD..................................................................................................... cathodic arc physical vapor deposition CEA................................................................................................. Commissariat à l’ Énergie Atomique (France) CHF................................................................................................................................................critical heat flux CINR........................................................................................................Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Limited CNMS......................................................................................................Center for Nanophase Materials Science 17-50439-R5