| Acronym | Meaning |
| EMD | Electrochemically (manufd.) Manganese Dioxide |
| CAN | Cellulose Acetate Nitrate |
| PRA | Probabilistic Risk Assessment |
| DLVO | Derjaguin, Landau, Verwey, And Overbeek Theory |
| EBO | Equivalent Bond Orbital |
| ZPP | Zn Protoporphyrin (lead Poisoning Indicator) |
| SCEMR1 | Soil Chemical Exchange And Migration Of Radionuclides Model |
| ANMO | Average-natural Molecular Orbital |
| BMV | Berthier-Millie-Veillard Method (semiempirical MO-SCF) |
| AFSB | Anaerobic Fluidized Sludge Blanket |