| Acronym | Meaning |
| AFSB | Anaerobic Fluidized Sludge Blanket |
| IBA | Ion Beam Analysis |
| ECID | Electron Capture Induced Decomposition |
| SOM | Scanning Optical Microscope |
| PRP | Potentially Responsible Party (Superfund) |
| APSGF | Antisymmetrical Product Of Strongly Orthogonal Group Functions (a Wave Function) |
| DIBS | Dual Ion Beam Sputtering |
| NES | National Energy Strategy |
| FACE | Free Air Controlled Enrichment Program |
| MCSCRF | Multiconfigurational Self-consistent Reaction Field |