| Acronym | Meaning |
| GDOES | Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry |
| ISFSI | Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation |
| SPQC | Series Piezoelectric Quartz Crystal |
| CEM | Corrected Effective Medium (for Atomic Interactions) |
| URV | Unit Risk Value |
| APD | Azimuthal Photoelectron Diffraction |
| MOST | Metal Oxide Semiconductor Transistor |
| LCTF | Liquid Crystal Tunable Filter |
| SCD | Sulfur Chemiluminescence Detector |
| CHIRP | Core-hole Initiated Relaxation Process (in Ionic Crystals) |