| Acronym | Meaning |
| HMAC | Hazardous Materials Advisory Council |
| LEAR | Low Energy Antiproton Ring |
| CIESE | Combined Ion Exchange-solvent Extraction |
| MRE | Mining Research Establishment |
| STD | Safely Tolerated Dose |
| AA | Activation Analysis |
| ICRP | International Commission On Radiological Protection |
| DPA | Differential Pulse Amperometry |
| ASPG | Antisymmetrized Product Of Separated Geminals Approxn. |
| SS | Split-shell (gaussian Basis Set) |