| Acronym | Meaning |
| HLW | High-Level Waste |
| ALAP | As Low As Possible |
| CNIDR | Clearinghouse For Networked Information Discovery And Retrieval |
| RTD | Residence Time Distribution |
| DWBE | Distorted-wave Born (approxn. With) Exchange |
| CNTD | Chemical Nucleated Thermal Deposition |
| CRF | Chromatographic Response Function |
| SRIM | Selected Research In Microfiche |
| DIAL | Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing) |
| NIEL | Non-ionizing Energy Loss |