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Space and Nuclear Related

ASTP

BMDO

CVD

DRM

EDS

ENDF

ETS

FP

GCR

GEO

GTF

Isp

ISRU

LANTR

LEO 

LOX

LUNOX

MHD

NASA

NEP

NERVA

NTP

NTR

RF

SDI

SEI

SEM

TEM

TIG

XRD

Advanced Space Transportation Program

Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

Chemical Vapor Deposition
Design Reference Mission
Energy Dispersion Spectroscopy
Evaluated Nuclear Data File
Effluent Treatment System
Fission products
Gas Core Nuclear Thermal Rocket
Geosynchronous Earth Orbit
Ground Test Facility
Specific Impulse
In-Situ Resource Utilization
LOX-augmented NTR
Low Earth Orbit
Liquid Oxygen
Lunar Oxygen
Magnetohydrodynamic
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nuclear Electric Propulsion
Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
Nuclear Thermal Rocket
Radio Frequency
Strategic Defense Initiative
Space Exploration Initiative
Scanning Electron Microscope (microscopy)
Transmission Electron Microscope
Tungsten Inert Gas
X-ray diffraction


Organizations/Facilities/Professional Societies  

AEC

AIAA

AICHE

AIP

ANL

ANL-W

ANS 

ASME

BNFL

BNL

DOD

DOE

ERDA

FACT

HPS

HTML

ICONE

IECEC

IEEE

INEEL

INEL

INSPI

IRPS

ISNPS

JCPDS

LANL

MAIC

NBS

NBSM

NES

NIST

NRC

NRE

NRTS

NSRDS

ORNL

SAE

UF

Atomic Energy Commission
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Institute of Physics
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory - West
American Nuclear Society
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
British Nuclear Fuels Ltd.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Energy Research & Development Authority (now DOE)
Facility for the Analysis of Chemical Thermodynamics 
Health Physics Society
High Temperature Materials Laboratory (at ORNL)
International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ASME)
International Engineering Conference on Energy Conversion
Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers


Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (now INEEL)
Innovative Nuclear Space Power and Propulsion Institute (at UF)
International Radiation Physics Society
Institute of Space Nuclear Power Studies (at UNM)
Joint Community of Pattern Diffraction Standards
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Major Analytical Instrumentation Center (at UF)
National Bureau of Standards (now NIST)
National Bureau of Standards and Measurements (now NIST)
Nuclear Engineering Sciences (at UF, now NRE)
National Institute of Standard and Technology
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear and Radiological Engineering (at UF)
National Reactor Test Site
National Standard Reference Data System
Oak Ridge National Lab
Society of Automotive Engineers
University of Florida


 Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Related

ALARA

APC 

ARMS 

ARV 

BCS 

BOP 

BPV’s 

CIV’s 

CRDM 

CST 

DBA

DEMIN  

DRMS 

ECCS 

EOF 

EHC 

ESF 

ETS 

FPCC 

FPC 

HP 

HPCS

HPU 

HVAC 

HX 

IAS 

IV’s

ISV’s 

LOCA 

LOSP 

LP 

LPCI 

LPCS

LPRM 

MS, MSS

MSIV 

MSR’s 

MSRV 

MWS 

MTH 

NSSSS 

OTS 

RBS 

RCIC 

RHR 

RPCCW

RPV 

RWCU 

SAS 

SBLC 

TPCCW 

TSV 

SGTS 

SJAE 

SSW 

SWS  

TCV’s 

VPS 

WTS 

As Low As Reasonably Achieve
Annulus Pressure Control
Area Radiation Monitoring System
Air Release Valve
Bearing Cooling System
Balance of Plant
Bypass Valves
Combined Intermediate Valves
Control Rod Drive Mechanism
Condensate Storage Tank
Design Basis Accident
Demineralized Water/Demineralizer
Digital Radiation monitoring Systems
Emergency Core Cooling System
Emergency Operating Facility
Electric-Hydraulic Control System
Engineered Safety Feature
Emergency Trip System
Fuel Pool Cooling Cleanup
Fuel Pool Cooling (RHR System)
High Pressure (Turbine)

High Pressure Core Spray
Hydraulic Power Unit (EHC)
Heat Ventilation and Air Conditioning System
Heat Exchanger
Instrument Air System
Intercept Valves

Intermediate Stop Valves
Loss of Cooling Accident
Loss of Offsite Power
Low Pressure
Low Pressure Coolant Injection
Low Pressure Core Spray
Local Power Range Monitor
Main Stream (System)
Main Stream Isolation Valve
Moisture Separator Reheaters
Main Stream Relief Valves
Makeup Water System
Manual Trip Handle
Nuclear Steam Supply Shutoff System
Overspeed Trip Device
River Bend Station
Reactor Core Isolation Cooling
Residual Heat Removal System
Reactor Plant Component Cooling Water (CCW)
Reactor Pressure Vessel
Reactor Water Cleanup System
Service Air System
Standby Liquid Control System (SLC)

Turbine Plant Component Cooling Water

Turbine Stop Valves
Standby Gas Treatment System
Steam Jet Air Ejector
Standby Service Water System
Service Water System (SWP)

Turbine Control Valves
Vacuum Priming System
Water Treatment System


Nuclear Industry Related

AB 

ABFP 

ABGTS

Abs  

ABT 

AC 

ACC

ACCEL 

ACM 

ACR 

ACRO 

ACRS 

ACS 

ADS 

ADV 

AE 

AEC 

AEOG 

AEPS 

AEPSC 

AFC 

AFD 

AFL 

AFO 

AFPT 

AFS 

AFST 

AGAF 

AGZ 

AHU 

AIF 

AIT 

ALARA 

ALT 

Amp 

AMS 

AMU 

AN 

A/N 

ANPRM 

ANSI 

AO 

AOG 

AOGCCW 

AOGV 

AP 

APD 

APDMS 

API 

APIL 

APLHGR 

APM 

APR 

APRD 

APRM 

APRM 

APS 

APSR 

ARI 

ARM 

ARO 

ARS 

ART 

ASA 

ASE 

ASI 

ASLB 

ASM 

ASME 

ASTM 

AT. No. 

ATC 

ATOG 

ATWOS 

AUTO 

Aux 

AVC 

AVG. 

AVLIS 

Ampere area, Atomic Mass
Automatic Blowdown
Auxiliary Boiler Feed Pump
Auxiliary Building Gas Treatment System
Absolute
Automatic Bus Transfer
Alternating Current/Air Conditioning
Accumulator/ Air Cooled Condenser
Accelerate
Alternate Cooling Method
Audible Count Rate
Auxiliary Control Room Operator
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
Auxiliary Cooling System
Automatic Depressurization System
Advanced

Air Ejector/ Architect Engineer
Atomic Energy Commission
Air Ejection Off Gas
Auxiliary Electric Power System
Atomic Energy Plant Safety Committee
Automatic Flow Control
Axial Flux Difference Alarm
Active Fuel Level
Axial Flux Offset
Auxiliary Feed Pump Turbine
Auxiliary Feedwater Supply
Auxiliary Feedwater Storage Tank
Automatic Gain Adjustment Factor
Actual Ground Zero
Air Handling Unit
Atomic Industrial Forum
Air Intake Tunnel
As Low As Reasonably Achievable
Alternate

Amphere
Acoustic Monitor System/Atmosphere Monitor System
Atomic Mass Unit
Analyzer
As Needed
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making
American National Standards Institute
Auxiliary Operator/Abnormal Occurrence
Advanced Off-Gas System/Augmented Off-Gas
Advanced Off-Gas Closed Cooling Water System
Advanced Off-Gas Valve
Administrative Procedure/Associated Press
Air Particulate Detector
Axial Power Distribution Monitor System/or Signal
Absolute Position Indicator
Axial Power Imbalance Limit
Average Planar Linear Heat Generation Rate
Average Power Monitor/Air Particulate Monitor
Automatic Pressure Relief

Atmosphere Particulate Radioactivity Detector
Average Power Range Monitor

Automatic Position Reference Monitor
Accident Prone System
Axial Power Shaping Rod
Alternate Rod Insertion
Area Radiation Monitor/Atmosphere Radiation Monitor
All Rods Out
Amplified Response Spectrum
Anticipated Reactor Trip
American Standards Association
Assistant Shift Engineer
Axial Shape Index
Atomic Safety Licensing Board
American Society of Metals
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Society For Testing Materials
Atomic Number
Air Temperature Control
Abnormal Transients Operating Guidelines
Anticipated Transient Without Scram
Automatic
Auxiliary
Automatic Valve Control/Automatic Vent Control
Average
Advanced Vapor Laser Isotope Separation

BAMT 

BAST 

BATP 

BATT. 

BB 

bbl 

BCMS 

BE 

BEAR 

BEIR 

BeV 

BF3

BIN 

BIT 

BKR 

Bkrs 

BLDG 

BLTC 

BMH 

BNL 

BOC 

BOL 

BOP 

B/P 

B & PV 

BPRA 

BPWS

BR  

BRG 

BRTT 

BSAR 

BTP 

BTU 

BVPS 

BWR 

BWST 

BYP 

Hydrogen Burning
Boric Acid Mixing Tank
Boric Acid Storing Tank
Boric Acid Transfer Pump
Battery
Bulk Burning
barrel
Boron Concentration Measurement System
Boston Edison
Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation
Advisory Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
Billion Electron Volts
Boron Triflouride (BF3)
Binary Information Center
Boric Acid Injection Tank
Breaker
Brakers
Building
Bottom Loading Transfer Cask
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Beginning of Cycle
Beginning of Life
Balance of Plant
Blueprint
Boiler & Pressure Vessel
Burnable Poison Rod Array
Banked Positon Wighdrawal Sequence
Breeder Reactor
Bearing
Boroon Recovery Test Tank
Babcock & Wilcox Safety Analysis
Branch Technical Position
British Thermal Unit
Beaver Valley Power Station
Boiling Water Reactor
Borated Water Storage Tank
By pass

Ci

cc, cm

C/A 

C&HP 

CAC 

CADS

CAM  

CAMAC 

CAPM 

CAR 

CARDOX 

CAS 

CAT 

CB 

CBAST 

CCTL 

CCW 

CDA 

CBD 

CBDI 

CCGCS 

CCHX 

CCM 

CCP 

CDS 

CEA 

CEA 

CEAC 

CEDM 

CEO 

CEQ 

CEP 

CESAR 

CFA 

CFCU 

CFIA 

CFM 

CFR 

CFT 

CGRM 

CH 

CHF 

CHG 

CHGP 

CHRS 

CI 

CILRT 

CIS 

CIV 

CL 

CLC 

CLCS 

CLD 

CLIRA 

CLG 

CLR 

CLS 

CLSD 

CLSHI 

CMF 

CMFCP 

CMFLPD 

CMI 

CMI 

CMPF 

CMS 

CMWT 

COB 

C

CNDS 

COLSS 

COMPR 

CONTMT

CONT  

COO 

CO

COUP 

CP 

CPAL 

CPC 

CPHS 

CPIS 

CPL 

CPM/CPS

CPP  

CPR 

CPU 

CR 

CRBR 

CRD 

CRDA 

CRDM 

CRDRL 

CREOASS

CREVS  

CRHS 

CRM 

CRO 

CRS 

CRSA 

CRT 

CRW 

CS 

CSAS

CSCS 

CDS 

CSE 

CSIS 

CSRS 

CST

CTMT  

CTP 

CTS 

CTSHX 

CUS 

CV 

CVCIS 

CVCS 

CVP 

CVPS 

CW 

CWD 

CWIP 

CTSP 

CWST 

Curie
Conductivity/Centingrade/Celsius
Cubic Centimeter’ (cc cm3 )
Corrective Action
Chemistry & Health Physics
Containment Atmosphere Control
Containment Atmosphere Dilution System
Continuous Air Monitor/Containment Atmosphere Monitor
Computer Auto Measurement and Control System
Containment Atmosphere Particulate Monitor
Containment Air Removal
Carbon Dioxide Fire Suppression System
Central Alarm Station
Chemical Addition Tank
Circuit Breaker/ Containment Building
Concentrate Boric Acid Storage Tank
Control Bank D/Critical Boron Solution
Control Rod Bank Demand Indicator
Containment Combustion Gas Control System
Component Cooling Heat Exchanger
Core Cooling Monitor
Centrifugal Charging Pump/Cooling Charging Pump
Casing Cooling Tank Level
Counterclockwise/Condensate Cooling Water
Containment Depressurization Alarm or Activation
Conceptual Design Study
Committee for Energy Awareness

Control Core Element Assembly
Control Element Assembly Computer
Control Element Drive Monitor
Chief Executive Officer
Council on Environmental Quality
Containment Equalization Pressure
Combustion Engineering Safety Analysis Report
Core Flood Alarm
Containment Fan Coil Unit
Core Flood Isolation Valve Assembly
Cubic Feet Per Minute
Code of Federal Regulation
Core Flood Tank

Containment Gaseous Radiation Monitor
Channel
Critical Heat Flux
Changer
Charging Pump
Containment Heat Removal System
Cognizant Individual/Cast Iron/Curies
Containment Integrated Leak Rate Test
Containment Isolation System or Signal
Containment Isolation Valve
Closed Loop
Containment Leakage Control
Consequence Limiting Control System
Chloride Leak Detector
Closed Loop In-Reactor Assembly
Cooling
Clean Liquid Radiated Water
Containment Leakage System
Closed
Consequences Limiting Signal High
Common Mode Failure

Core Maximum Fraction Critical Power
Core Maximum Fraction of Limiting Power Density
Core Maximum Inhibit

Control Monitor & Instrument Assembly
Core Maximum Power Fraction
Containment Margins System
Core Megawatts Thermal
Close of Business
Condensate (for valves) 
(for all other applications)
Core Operating Limits Supervisory System
Compressor
Containment
Control
Chief Operating Office
Carbon Dioxide (CO2 )
Coupling
Condensate Polisher/Construction Permit
Containment Personnel Air Lock
Core Protection Calculator
Containment Pressure High Signal

Containment Purge Isolation System
Core Performance Log
Counts per Minute/Second
Containment Purge Protection
Critical Power Ratio/Cardio Pulmonary Recesusitation
Central Processing Unit
Control Rod/Control Room/Containment Rupture
Clinch River Breeder Reactor
Control Rod Drive
Control Rod Drive Assembly
Control Rod Drive Motor/Mechanism/Module
Control Rod Drive Return Line
Control Room Emergency Outside Air Supply System
Control Room Emergency Ventilation System
Containment Radiation High Signal
Containment Radiation Monitor/Count Rate Meter
Control Room Operator
Containment Rupture Signal
Control Rod Scram Acculator
Cathode Ray Tube

Clean Radwaste
Containment Spray/Core Spray
Core Standby Actuation Signal
Core Standby Cooling System/Containment Spray Cooling System
Cold Shutdown
Containment Steam Explosion
Critical Spray Injection System
Containment Spray Re-circulation System
Condensate Storage Tank
Containment
Chemical Treatment Pond/Core Thermal Power
Counts
Containment Spray Heat Exchanger
Cleanup System
Control Valve
Chemical Volume Control Isolation Signal
Chemical Volume Control System
Containment Vacuum Pump
Central Vermont Public Service Corp.
Clean Water/Circulating Water/Cooling Water
Control Wire Drawing
Construction Work In-Progress
Containment Spray Pump
Chemical Waste Sampling Tank

DAS 

DASS 

dB 

DBA 

DBE 

DC 

DCO

DCP  

DCR 

DDAFP 

DDPS 

DE 

Deg. 

Delta 1 

DEMIN 

DEQ 

DFP 

DG (D/G) 

DGP 

DH 

DH & HS 

DHCC 

DHP 

DHR 

DHX 

DI 

DISCH 

DM/DPM 

DNB 

DNCMR 

DOD 

DOE 

DOP 

DOR 

DOSEQ 

DOT 

DP 

dP 

DPIS 

DR 

DRN 

DRPI 

DRW 

DSR 

DSS 

DST 

DT 

DV 

DW 

DWED 

DWFD 

DWL 

DWN 

DWST 

DYWL 

Dose
Disturbance Analysis System/Data Acquisition System
Diesel Air Start System
Decibel
Design Basis Accident
Design Basis Event or Earthquake
Direct Current
Duty & Call Officer
Design Change Package
Design Change Request
Diesel Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump
Digital Data Processing System
Dose Equivalent
Degrees
Axial Power Distribution
Demineralized Water/Demineralizer
Dose #Equivalent
Diesel Fire Pump
Diesel Generator
Data Gathering Panel
Decay Heat
Department of Health and Human Services
Decay Heat Closed Cooling
Decay Heat Pump
Decay Heat Removal System
Dump Heat Exchanger
Department of Instruction/ De-Ionized
Discharge
Disintegration Per Minute
Departure From Nuclear Boiling Ratio
Downcomer
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Di-Octal Phthalate
Division of Operating Reactors
Dose Equivalent
Department of Transportation
Delta Pressure
Differential Pressure Indicator
Differential Pressure Isolation Switch
Drive
Drain
Digital Rod Position Indicator
Dirty Radwaste
Daily Surveillance or Status Report
Division of Safety Studies
Deminerlized Water Storage Tank
Differential Temperature
Dump Valve
Drywell
Drywell Equipment Drain
Drywell Floor Drain
Drywell
Down
Demineralized Water Storage Tank
Drywell

E/P 

EBFS 

EBS 

EC 

ECC 

ECCS 

ECF 

ECI 

ECN 

ECNE 

ECO 

ECR 

ECST 

ECT 

ED 

EDCR 

EDFP 

EDG 

EDO 

EECW 

EEI 

EF 

EFAS 

EFBD 

EFCV 

EFF 

EFPD/H 

EGM 

EGR 

EGTS 

EHC 

ELEM 

ELS 

EM 

EMERG 

EMF 

EMRV 

EO 

EOC 

EOF 

EOL 

EP 

EPA 

EPG 

EPR 

EPRI 

EPSL 

EPT 

EPZ 

EQMT 

ERCW 

ERDA 

ERS 

ERV 

ES 

EDS 

ESDS 

ESFAS 

ESS 

ESSA 

ESW 

ESWS 

ETR 

ETS 

EVS 

EWST 

EX 

EXH 

Energy/East
Electric/Pneumatic
Enclosure Building Filtration System
Emergency Borating System/Emergency Broadcast System
Emergency Coordinator
Emergency Control Center
Emergency Core Cooling System
Emergency Cooling Functionability
Emergency Cooling Injection
Engineering Change Notice
Electric Council of New England
Emergency Control Officer
Emergency Cooling Recirculation
Emergency Condensate Storage Tank
Eddy Current Testing
Equipment Drain
Engineering Design Change Request
Engine Driven Fire Pump
Emergency Diesel Generator
Executive Director of Operations
Emergency Exchange Cooling Water

Edison Electric Institute
Error Factor
Emergency Feedwater Activation Signal
Emergency Feed Boron Detector
Excess Flow Check Valve
Efficiency Feedwater Pump
Effective Full Power Days/Hours
Electronic Governor Module
Electronic Governor Regulator
Emergency Gas Treatment System
Electro Information Center
Element
Error Likely Situations
Emission Pump
Emergency
Emergency Monitoring Features
Electro Magnetic Relief Valve
Executive Order
End of Cycle

Emergency Operations Facility/Emergency Operating Facility
End of Life
Electric Power
Environmental Protection Agency
Emergency Procedure Guidelines
Electric Pressure Regulator
Electric Power Research Institute
Emergency Power Switching Logic
Exciter Power Logic
Emergency Planning Zone
Equipment
Essential Raw Cooling Water
Energy Research & Development Authority
Engine Starting Relay
Electro Magnetic Relief Valve
Engineered Safeguards
Engineering Support Department
Event Sequence Diagrams
Engineered Safety Factor Actuation Signal
Engineering Support Supervisor/Emergency Safety System
Emergency Safeguards Activation System
Essential Service Water
Emergency Service Water System
Engineering Test Reactor
Environmental Test Specification
Emergency Ventilation System
Elevated Water Storage Tank
Exchanger
Exhauster

F(Q) 

F(Z) 

FA 

FAI 

FAP 

FASMP 

FB 

FBFT 

FBI 

FBR 

FC 

FCN 

FCR 

FD/FF 

FDZ 

FEFP 

FEFPL 

FEMA 

FERC 

FFSP 

FFTF 

FFV 

FHB 

FI 

Fig. 

FIU 

FLG 

FLO 

FLPD 

FO 

FOTA 

FPC 

FPCC 

FPCS 

FPD 

FPL 

FPRR 

FPWT 

FR 

FRCT 

FRFA 

FRP 

FRT 

FRV 

Fs/Fd 

Fs/Fw 

FSAR 

FSR 

FSV 

FSWS 

FT 

FTC 

FTO 

FTP 

FTR 

FW 

FWD 

FWPCA 

FWS 

FXYT 

Flow
Peaking Factor
See APDMS
Fuel Assembly
Fail As Is
Field Application Panel
Fire Alarm Monitoring Panel
Film Badge
Flow Bias Functional Test
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fast Breeder Reactor
Fails Closed or Fuel Cycle
Field Change Notice
Facility Change Request
Flux Delta/Flux Flow/Floor Drain
Fire Detection Zone
Fuel Element Failure Propagation
Fuel Element Failure Propagation Loop
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Fossil Fired Steam Plant
Fat Flux Test Facility
Field Failure Voltage
Fuel Handling Building
Flow Indicator
Figure
Fire Indicating Unit
Flange
Flow
Fractional Limit Power Density
Fails Open
Fuels Open Test Assembly
Fire Pump Control
Fuel Pool Cooling & Cleanup
Fuel Pool Cooling System
Full Power Days
Fire Protection Log/Failure Propagation Loop
Fire Protection Review Report
Fire Protection Water Tank

Federal Registry
Fraction of Core Thermal Power
Federal Regulator Flexibility Account
Fractional Rated Power
Total Integrated Radial Peaking Factor
Feedwater Regulation Valve
System Flux/Flux Data
Steam Flow/Water Flow
Final Safety Analysis Report
Filling Storage and Remelt
Fire Service Valve
Fire Supression Water System
Flow Transmitter
Functional Test & Calibration
Failed to Open
Fuel Transfer Port
Fast Test Reactor
Feedwater
Forward
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Fire Water System
Total Radiation Planar Peaking Factor

gal 

GCFBR 

GDC 

GDT 

GE 

GEMAC 

GEN 

GESAR 

GFI 

GHH 

GI 

GIDEP 

GM 

GMP 

GOV 

GPM 

GR 

GRWMS 

GSEP