| Acronym | Meaning |
| DEIS | Draft Environmental Impact Statement |
| MEP | Molecular Electrostatic Potential |
| PERALS | Photon-Electron Rejecting Alpha Liquid Scintillation |
| CD ROM | Compact Disk Read Only Memory |
| DZ | Double Zeta (basis Set) |
| VNS | Vicarious Nucleophilic Substitution |
| TIROS | Television And IR Observation Satellite |
| OPTS | Office Of Pesticides And Toxic Substances (USEPA) |
| GAMETAG | Global Atmospheric Measurements Experiment Of Tropospheric Aerosols And Gases |
| LMIS | Liquid Metal Ion Source |