| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALARA | As Low As Reasonably Achievable |
| BTS | British Toxicology Society |
| RNRA | Resonant Nuclear Reaction Analysis |
| APIOS | Acid Precipitation In Ontario Study |
| ARISS | Angle Resolved Ion Scattering Spectroscopy |
| EBT | Extended Brillouin Theorem |
| OTS | Office Of Toxic Substances (USEPA) |
| NMAM | NIOSH Manual Of Analytical Methods |
| E-2PH-TDA | Extended Two-particle-hole Tamm-Dancoff Approxn. (green-function Method For Ionization-energy Calcns.) |
| CCW | Constituent Concentrations In Waste |