| Acronym | Meaning |
| AA | Activation Analysis |
| OVB | Orthogonalized Valence Bond Method |
| INEEL | Idaho National Engineering And Environmental Laboratory |
| CEPT | Cholesterol Ester Transfer Protein |
| ADS | Accelerator Driven System |
| EPXMA | Electron Probe X-ray Microanalysis |
| GFAA | Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption |
| TBW | Total Body Water |
| LIP | Laser-induced Plasma |
| CLU-IN | Clean-Up Information Bulletin Board System (formerly OSWER-BBS) |