| Acronym | Meaning |
| NER | Nucleotide Excision Repair |
| USTR | US Transuranium Registry |
| BPC | N-butylpyridinium Chloride |
| OLCAO | Orthogonalized Linear Combination Of Atomic Orbitals |
| CMO | Complex Molecular Orbital Method |
| GIRM | Generalized Internal Reference Method |
| RBE | Relative Biological Effectiveness |
| TOVS | TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |
| SWIFT | Stored Wave-form Inverse Fourier Transform |
| BALF | Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid |