| Acronym | Meaning |
| INEEL | Idaho National Engineering And Environmental Laboratory |
| GIXAS | Grazing Incidence X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy |
| NRDA | Natural Resource Damage Assessment |
| CSGE | Conformation Sensitive Gel Electrophoresis |
| SNFC | Sulfonated Naphthalene-formaldehyde Condensates |
| EMIS | Environmental Management Information System |
| YSGG | Yttrium Scandium Gallium Garnet |
| NRPS | Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase |
| TCDW | Target Continuum Distorted-wave (in At.-collision Calcns.) |
| EGM | Electron Gas Model |