| Acronym | Meaning |
| PAZ | Partial Annealing Zone (fission-track) |
| OUST | Office Of Underground Storage Tanks |
| IDMS | Integrated DWPF Melter System |
| CDE | Collective Dose Equivalent |
| MDCK | Madin-Darby Canine Kidney |
| ITPOT | Improved Two-parameter Omega Technique |
| RTPM | Real-time Polarization Modulation |
| EHLS | Environmental Health Laboratory Sciences |
| IRSID | French Research Institute Of Siderurgy |
| ESMSV | Exponential-spline Morse-spline Van Der Waals (interat.potential) |