| Acronym | Meaning |
| NRT | National Response Team |
| SCADA | Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition |
| PPKTP | Periodically Poled KTiOPO4 |
| CLSA | Closed Loop Stripping Analysis |
| MHIDAS | Major Hazardous Incident Data Service (from UK Atomic Energy Authority) |
| EFM | Electric Force Microscopy |
| WALTZ | Wonderful Alternating Phase Technique For Zero Residual Splittings |
| SCFD | Supercritical Fluid Drying |
| NCAP | Noncriteria Air Pollutants |
| DMS | Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor |