| Acronym | Meaning |
| PAA | Photon Activation Analysis |
| IDEAL | International Digital Electronic Access Library |
| LPLC | Lift Plus Lift Cruise |
| USACE | US Army Corp Of Engineers |
| HDR | Hot Dry Rock (geothermal Reservoir) |
| NRC | National Response Center |
| NRD | Natural Resource Damage |
| CORDIS | Community Research And Development Information Service |
| DPD | Diethyl-p-phenylenediamine (test For Chlorine In Water) [93-05-0] |
| SSRL | Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory |