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W
– tungsten (element, Z = 74) [also wolfram (avoid)]
– watt

W·cm
watt centimeter

W·m
watt meter

W-AESD
Westinghouse - Advanced Energy Systems Division

W.Va.
West Virginia (use after city names in references, lists, tables, footnotes, bibliographies, and indexes; spell out in text)

W/sq
watts per square (resistance measure)

w/v %
weight-volume percent

WA
Washington (state) (use only with ZIP code addresses)

WAA
Work Authorization and Agreement

WAC
Waste Acceptance Criteria

WACCC
Waste Acceptance Criteria Certification Committee

WAD
Work Authorization Directive

WADC
Wright Air Development Center

WAFB
Westover Air Force Base

WAG
Waste Area Grouping

WAN
wide-area network

WAND
wide-angle neutron diffractometer

WANTO
Weapons Agency Non-destructive Testing Organization

WAO
wet-air oxidation

WAP
Weatherization Assistance Program (DOE)

WAPA
Western Area Power Administration (DOE)

WARD
Westinghouse Advanced Reactor Division

WAS
Work Authorization System

Wash.
Washington (state) (use after city names in references, lists, tables, footnotes, bibliographies, and indexes; spell out in text; state name is not needed with Seattle)

WATTec
Welding and Testing Technology Exhibition and Conference

WB
wet-bulb (temperature)

Wb
weber

WBCL
Whole Body Counting Laboratory

WBCN
Wideband Communication Network

WBCV
West Bear Creek Valley

WBGT
wet-bulb globe thermometer

WBIS
Walker Branch Information System

WBS
work breakdown structure

WBW
Walker Branch Watershed

WC
– waste control (pump pit)
– water closet (term used by architects)
– Workers' Compensation
– worst case

WCC
Work Control Center

WCDB
Waste Characteristics Data Base

WCF
Waste Calcining Facility

WCGS
Wolf Creek Generating Station

WCIS
Web Currency Inspection System

WCM
waste curie monitor

WCP
Waste Certification Program

WCPF
Waste Coolant Processing Facility

WCR
West Chestnut Ridge

WD
waste disposal

WDC
World Data Center (ICSU) (see WDC-A and WDCS)

WDC-A
World Data Center-A (A = atmospheric trace gases) [U.S. arm of WDC (ICSU) and located at CDIAC of ESD, ORNL] (see WDC and WDCS)

WDCR
Weapon Design Cost Report

WDCS
World Data Center System (ICSU) (see WDC and WDC-A)

WDNR
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

WDPF
Westinghouse Distributed Processing Family

WDR
Waste Disposal Request

WE
weld embrittled

WEAF
Waste Examination and Assay Facility (ORNL)

WEC
– winter energy consumption/cost
– World Energy Conference

week
(do not abbreviate this word)

WEF
Water Environment Federation

WELD
Weldon Spring Site Office (DOE)

WEMCO
Westinghouse Environmental Management Company of Ohio

WERF
Waste Experimental Reduction Facility

WES
winter energy savings

WET
– waste extraction test
– whole effluent toxicity

WETC
Wind Energy Test Center (SERI)

WETF
West End Treatment Facility

WETYR
wet year; year in which insulation becomes wet

WF
Windsor Field Office (DOE)

WFIP
Women's Financial Information Program

WFO
Work for Others

WFOFAP
Work for Others Federal Agencies Program (DOE)

WFOPO
Work for Others Program Office

WFPM
Waste Facility Performance Model

WFRP
Work Force Restructuring Plan

WFS
winter fractional savings

WFW™
Windows for Workgroups (trademark of Microsoft Corporation)

wg
water gage

WG
Wage Grade (U.S. Army)

WGA
Western Governors' Association

WGTM
worm gear teeth meshing

WH
Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Wh
watt-hour

WHC
Westinghouse Hanford Company

WHEC
water heating energy consumption

WHGR
window heat gain retardant

WHIST-MOD
Worldwide Household Goods Information System for Transportation Modernization

WHITEX
Winter Haze Intensive Tracer Experiment

WHO
World Health Organization

WHPP
– Waste Handling and Packaging Plant
– Waste Handling Pilot Plant

WHS
Whittaker Health Services

WI
Wisconsin (use only with ZIP code addresses)

WIID
workspace intrusion inspection device

WIKIWISI
(pronounced wicky-wizzy) Well, I'll know it when I see it (Desktop Publishing Term)

WILS
Weapons Information Locator System

WIM
weigh-in-motion (system)

WIN
Waste Information Network

WINCO
Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear Company, Inc.

WIPP
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant/Project

WIRP
Watershed Integrated Research Program

Wis.
Wisconsin (use after city names in references, lists, tables, footnotes, bibliographies, and indexes; spell out in text; state name is not needed with Milwaukee)

WISE
Waste Information System Evaluation

WIST
Women in Science and Technology (Conference)

WIT
Waste Isolation Technology Group

WL
working level (a radiation standards unit of measurement for radon-222 exposure)

WLM
working level month

WM
– waste management
– West Milton Field Office (DOE)

WM&PPPD
Waste Minimization and Pollution Prevention Project Database

WMA
– waste management area
– Waste Minimization Award (DOE)
– wildlife management area

WMAC
Waste Management Action Committee

WMC
Work Management Center

WMCO
– Waste Management Coordination Office
– Westinghouse Materials Company of Ohio

WMD
Waste Management Division

WMDD
Waste Management and Decontamination and Decommissioning

WME
working-memory element

WMEI
Waste Management Education Initiative

WMF
Windows Metafile

WMin
waste minimization

WMIS
Waste Management Information System

WMM
weapon material management

WMO
– Waste Management Operations
– World Meteorological Organization

WMOC
Waste Management Operations Center

WMOG
Waste Management Operations Group

WMOP
Waste Management Operations Program (ORNL)

WMP
– waste management plan
– Waste Management Program

WMR&D
Waste Management Research and Development (programs)

WMR&PPP
Waste Minimization/Reduction and Pollution Prevention Program

WMRA
Waste Management and Remedial Actions

WMRAD
Waste Management and Remedial Action Division

WMREI
Waste Management Research and Education Institute (UT)

WMTC
Waste Management Technology Center (ORNL)

WMTSG
Waste Management Technology Support Group

WMU
waste management unit

WNFM
World Nuclear Fuel Market

WNW
Weekly NewsWire

WOC
White Oak Creek

WOCC
Waste Operations Control Center

WOCE
– White Oak Creek Embayment
– World Ocean Circulation Experiment (NSF)

WOCEP
White Oak Creek Embayment Project

WOCH
White Oak Creek Headwaters

WOD
White Oak Dam

WODMAS
Waste Operations Data Management and Analysis System

WOL
White Oak Lake

WOMEN
Weapon Operation Mission Elements Notice

work-hour
(do not abbreviate either of these words; use instead of man-hour)

work-year
(do not abbreviate either of these words; use instead of man-year)

WORM
write once and read many (times)

WPAFB
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

WPASRC
Waste Pit Area Stormwater Runoff Control

WPC
water pollution control

WPCF
Water Pollution Control Federation

WPD
Weapon Production Division (AL-DOE)

WPDD
Weapon Program Definition Document

WPDES
Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

WPG
WordPerfect Graphics

WPPF
Warehouse for Production Parts Facility

wppm
weight parts per million

WPPSS
Washington Public Power Supply System

WPS
– Westinghouse Plasma System
– Worldwide Port System

WQ&I
Welder Qualification and Inspection

WQA
Water Quality Act of 1987

WQC
Water Quality Criteria

WQM
water quality monitoring

WQP
water quality parameter

wr
wreath (math)

WR
– War Reserve
– Work Request

WR&D
Waste Research and Development (programs) (ORNL)

WRAP
– Waste Receiving and Processing Plant
– Weapons Records Archiving and Preservation

WRATT
Waste Reduction and Technology Transfer

WRC
– Water Resources Commission
– Water Resources Council
– Welding Research Council
– whisker-reinforced ceramics

WRDC
Wright Research and Development Center

WREE
Waste Remediation and Environmental Engineering Section

WREMC
Water Resources and Environmental Monitoring Consortium (HBCU/MEI)

WRF
Woodbridge Research Facility

WRI
World Resources Institute

WRMB-1
Wide-Range Meteor Burst Gamma Monitoring System

WRP
– Waste Reduction Program
– Weapons Retirement Program

WRR
waste reduction representative

WRS
Water Reactor Safety

WRSC
Waste Reduction Steering Committee

WRT
with respect to

WS
– Windsor Site (DOE)
– Workstation Support (ORNL)

Ws
watt-second

WSA
– waste stream analysis
– wilderness study area

WSAP
Workplace Substance Abuse Programs (10 CFR Pt. 707)

WSD
weapon support definition

WSDD
Waste Systems Data and Development

WSF
– Wake Shield Facility
– waste storage facility

WSHP
water-source heat pump

WSI
Wackenhut Services, Inc.

WSMR
White Sands Missile Range

WSRS
Westinghouse Savannah River Site (DOE)

WSS
Weldon Spring Site (Missouri)

WSSO
Waste Storage Shipping Organization

WSSRAP
Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project

WSSs
Work Smart Standards

WST
– waste storage tank
– Weapons System Trainer

wt
weight

wt %
weight percent

WTDC
waste treatment and disposal complex

WTE
waste-to-energy

WTF
West Tank Farm

WTH
whole-tree harvest

WTO
Watertown Operations Office (DOE)

WTS
Waste Tracking System

WTSD
Waste Transportation and Storage Disposal

WTTB
Web Transport Test Bed

WTTF
Wastewater Treatment Test Facility (ORNL)

WTTG
Waste Treatment Technology Group (ORNL)

WUA
weighted usable area

WUAF
water usage adjustment factor

WV
– West Valley Project Office
– West Virginia (use only with ZIP code addresses)

WVDP
West Valley Demonstration Project

WVNS
West Valley Nuclear Services Company, Inc.

WW
whitewater

WWI
World War I

WWII
World War II

WWMCCS
World Wide Military Command and Control System

WWW
World Wide Web (computer term)

WY
Wyoming (use only with ZIP code addresses)

WYBIWYG
(pronounced wibby-wig) What you buy is what you get (Desktop Publishing Term)

WYGINWYS
(pronounced wiggin-wiz) What you get is not what you see (Desktop Publishing Term)

WYGIWYS
(pronounced wiggy-wiz) What you get is what you see (Desktop Publishing Term)

Wyo.
Wyoming (use after city names in references, lists, tables, footnotes, bibliographies, and indexes; spell out in text)

WYSIAC
(pronounced wizzy-ack) What you'll see is a challenge (Desktop Publishing Term)

WYSINWYG
(pronounced wizzin-wig) What you see is not what you'll get (Desktop Publishing Term)

WYSIRWYG
(pronounced wizzer-wig) What you see is really what you get (Desktop Publishing Term)

WYSIWYAG
(pronounced wizzy-wyag)What you see is what you almost got (Desktop Publishing Term)

WYSIWYG
(pronounced wizzy-wig) What you see is what you get (Desktop Publishing Term)

WYSIWYL
(pronounced wizzy-will) What you saw is what you lost (Desktop Publishing Term)