| Acronym | Meaning |
| UMTRCA | Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act |
| STEP | Soil Treatment Evaluation Program |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| GHO | Generalized Hybrid Orbital (ao) |
| SPEAR | Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring |
| BHC | Benzene Hexachloride |
| MIM | Metal Injection Molding |
| HOLZ | Higher Order Laue Zone |
| EHAP | Extremely Hazardous Air Pollutant |
| MOSS | Multilayer Optical Scanning Spectrometer |