| Acronym | Meaning |
| UCG | Underground Coal Gasification |
| CSF | Colony-stimulating Factor |
| CEPA | Canadian Environmental Protection Act |
| EMPPL | Effluent Monitoring Priority Pollutants List |
| NWQMC | National Water Quality Monitoring Council |
| TAP | Temporal Anal. Of Products |
| LCGTO-MCP-LS | Linear Combination Of Gaussian-type Orbitals-model Core Potential-local Spin Density |
| VAR | Vacuum Arc Remelting |
| NSERC | Natural Sciences And Engineering Research Council (Canada) |
| CEEM | Center For Energy And Environmental Management |