| Acronym | Meaning |
| FOM | Figure Of Merit |
| GEIA | Global Emissions Inventory Assessment |
| LAAS | Laser Atomic Absorption Spectrometry |
| SPINDO | Spectroscopic Potentials Adjusted Intermediate Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| BSE | Backscattering Electrons |
| CEA | Carcinoembryonic Antigen |
| ATW | Accelerator Transmutation Of Waste (for Radioactive Waste) |
| CBNM | Central Bureau For Nuclear Measurements |
| IES | Internal Eliminated Sequence |
| SPW | Symmetrized Plane Wave |