| Acronym | Meaning |
| ADTT | Accelerator Driven Transmutation Technology |
| QLUC | Quasimolecular Large Unit Cell (model For Electronic-structure Calcns. On Solids) |
| CANDU | Canadian Deuterium-Uranium Reactor |
| CBC | Circulating Bed Combustor (or Incinerator) |
| CRC | Combined Residual Chlorine |
| COP | Crystal Originated Particle |
| BAM | Brewster Angle Microscopy |
| FEM | Finite Element Method |
| ECBM | Enhanced Coalbed Methane (recovery) |
| TMMC | Tetramethylammonium Manganese Trichloride |