| Acronym | Meaning |
| CRREL | US Army Cold Regions Research And Engineering Laboratory |
| CIIT | Chemical Industry Institute Of Toxicology |
| FCC | Face Centered Cubic |
| HLW | High-Level Waste |
| RTA | Rapid Thermal Annealing |
| GPHS | General Purpose Heat Source |
| GEMMA | Gas-phase Electrophoretic Mobility Molecular Analysis |
| SIR-C | Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C |
| RBR | Reductive Burning Recovery |
| CMBR | Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation |