| Acronym | Meaning |
| ICRP | International Commission On Radiological Protection |
| NCB | National Coal Board |
| DELFIA | Dissociation-enhanced Lanthanide Fluoroimmunoassay |
| QRM | Quadratic Rubinow Method (variational Method For Scattering) |
| IASC | International Arctic Science Committee |
| SRAPW | Scalar Relativistic Augmented Plane Wave |
| GDAAS | Glow Discharge Atomic Absorption Spectrometry |
| MA | Maleic Anhydride |
| MSEL | Materials Science And Engineering Laboratory |
| HSF | Heat Shock Factors |