Ac - actinide (element)
Al - aluminum
Am - americium
ATW - Accelerator Transmutation of Waste
Ba - barium
Ca - calcium
Cd - cadmium
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
Ci - curie
Cm - curium
CMPO - octyl(phenyl)-N,N-diisobutylcarbamoylmethylphosphine oxide
CoD2 - cobalt dicarbollide
CRADA - Cooperative Research and Collaborative Arrangements
Cs - cesium
CST - crystalline silicotitanate
Cu - copper
DFOMTA - desferrioxamine methylterethalamide
DFO-1,2-HOPO - desferrioxamine-1,2-hydroxypyridonate
DFO-3,4-HOPO - desferrioxamine-3,4-hydroxypyridonate
DOE - U. S. Department of Energy
DST - double-shelled storage tank
DTPA - diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid
DWPF - Defense Waste Processing Facility
EDTA - ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
EM - Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management
EM-30 - Office of Waste Management
EM-40 - Office of Environmental Restoration
EM-50 - Office of Technology Development; OTD
EM-54 - Office of Research and Development; ORD
EM-542 - Office of Waste Management, Research and Development Division
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
ESPIP - Efficient Separations and Processing Integrated Program
Fe - iron
g - gram
HDEHP - di(2-ethyl-hexylphosphoric) acid
HLW - High-Level Waste
HWVP - Hanford Waste Vitrification Plant
HTO - hydrous titanium oxide
I - iodine
ICPP - Idaho Chemical Processing Plant
ID - integrated demonstration
IP - integrated program
Kd - Distribution Coefficient
Ksp - Solubility Product
LANL - Los Alamos National Laboratory
LBL - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
LDR - Land disposal Restriction
LIX - Liquid Ion Exchanger
LLW - Low Level Waste
Ln - lanthanide
M - molar
Mg - magnesium
mL - milliliter
mmCi - microcurie
Mn - manganese
Mo - molybdenum
MVST - Melton Valley Storage Tank
MACS - Magnetically Assisted Chemical Separation
N - normality
NCAW - Neutralized Current Acid Waste
nCi - nanocurie
nM - nanometer
NEPEX - Neptunium plutonium Extraction Process
Ni - nickel
Np - neptunium
NWPA - Nuclear Waste Policy Act
ORD - Office of Research and Development; EM-54
ORNL - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ORTA - Office of Research and Technology Applications
OTD - Office of Technology Development
Pd - palladium
PEG - Polyethylene Glycol
PNL - Pacific Northwest Laboratory
ppm - parts per million
PRDA - Program R&D Announcement
Pu - plutonium
PUREX - Plutonium Uranium Extraction Process
R&D - Research and Development
RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RFP - Rocky Flats Plant
ROA - Research Opportunity Announcement
Ru - ruthenium
SCUREF - South Carolina Universities Research Foundation
Se - selenium
SBIR - Small Business Innovation Research
SB-TIP - Small Business Technology Integration Program
Sr - strontium
SREX - Strontium Extraction Process
SRS - Savannah River Site
SST - single-shelled storage tank
STP - Separations Technologies and Processes
TBP - tributyl phosphate
Tc - technetium
Th - thorium
TOREX - Total Radionuclide Extraction Process
TRU - transuranic (elements)
TRUEX - Transuranic Element Extraction Process
TWRS - Tank Waste Remediation System
U - uranium
Zn - zinc