| Acronym | Meaning |
| NWPA | Nuclear Waste Policy Act |
| PIRAS | Polarized Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy |
| EQCIS | Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Impedance System |
| MAGIC | Model Of Acidification Of Groundwater In Catchments |
| MDCB | Methods And Data Comparability Board |
| CERPIES | Collision Energy Resolved Penning Ionization Electron Spectra |
| CSDW | Centrifugal Sudden (or Coupled States) Distorted Wave (methodfor Reactive Mol. Collisions) |
| TSNIGRI | Research Center Of The Institute For Geol. Exploration Of Base And Precious Metals (Russia) |
| ASM | Advanced Scavenging Model (for Air Pollution) |
| ODP | Ocean Drilling Program |