| Acronym | Meaning |
| U.S.C. | United States Code |
| APELL | Awareness And Preparedness For Emergencies At Local Level |
| SNFC | Sulfonated Naphthalene-formaldehyde Condensates |
| ECMRA | European Chemical Market Research Association |
| MICROTAS | Micro-Total Analysis Systems |
| RIGS | Radioimmunoguided Surgery |
| LIFS | Laser Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| HIRIS | High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
| AUSM | Advanced Utility Simulation Model |
| TDPAC | Time Differential Perturbed Angular Correlation |