| Acronym | Meaning |
| CVM-CI | Constrained Variational Method-CI |
| EXES | Electron-induced X-ray Emission Spectrometry |
| IVO | Improved Virtual Orbital |
| CC | Combined Cycle |
| PERALS | Photon-Electron Rejecting Alpha Liquid Scintillation |
| DDE | Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene |
| HSBOW | Helical Spin Bond-order Wave |
| FSR | Fixed Salt Recovery (in Regeneration Of Blowdown From HCN Scrubber) |
| MBESHO | Maximum Bond-energy Symmetry Hybrid Orbital |
| HTPB | Hydroxy-terminated Polybutadiene |