Abbreviations and Acronyms
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| - | + | *AQMD Air Quality Management District | |
| - | AQMD Air Quality Management District | + | *DNA Defense Nuclear Agency |
| - | DNA Defense Nuclear Agency | + | *DOD Department of Defense |
| - | DOD Department of Defense | + | *DOE Department of Energy |
| - | DOE Department of Energy | + | *DOT Department of Transportation |
| - | DOT Department of Transportation | + | *EPA Environmental Protection Agency |
| - | EPA Environmental Protection Agency | + | *FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| - | FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | + | *GAO Government Accountability Office (Formerly General Accounting Office) |
| - | GAO Government Accountability Office (Formerly General Accounting Office) | + | *IAEA International Atomic Energy Commission |
| - | IAEA International Atomic Energy Commission | + | *IMF International Monetary Fund |
| - | IMF International Monetary Fund | + | *INPO Institute of Nuclear Power Operation |
| - | INPO Institute of Nuclear Power Operation | + | *NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| - | NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration | + | *NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| - | NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization | + | *NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| - | NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology | + | *NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| - | NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission | + | *OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| - | OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries | + | *UN United Nations |
| - | UN United Nations | + | *USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| - | USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | + | *WANO World Association of Nuclear Operators |
| - | WANO World Association of Nuclear Operators | + | *WHO World Health Organization |
| - | WHO World Health Organization | + | *WTO World Trade Organization |
| - | WTO World Trade Organization | + | *Abbreviations |
| - | Abbreviations | + | *ABM Anti Ballistic Missile |
| - | ABM Anti Ballistic Missile | + | *AQI Air Quality Index |
| - | AQI Air Quality Index | + | *BACT Best Available Control Technology |
| - | BACT Best Available Control Technology | + | *BEV Battery-operated Electric Vehicle |
| - | BEV Battery-operated Electric Vehicle | + | *BMI Body Mass Index |
| - | BMI Body Mass Index | + | *BMR Basal Metabolic Rate |
| - | BMR Basal Metabolic Rate | + | *Btu British Thermal Unit |
| - | Btu British Thermal Unit | + | *BWR Boiling Water Reactor |
| - | BWR Boiling Water Reactor | + | *CAA Clean Air Act |
| - | CAA Clean Air Act | + | *CAD Computer Aided Design |
| - | CAD Computer Aided Design | + | *CAFÉ Corporate Average Fuel Economy |
| - | CAFÉ Corporate Average Fuel Economy | + | *CAFTA Central American Free Trade Agreement |
| - | CAFTA Central American Free Trade Agreement | + | *CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing |
| - | CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing | + | *CFC Chlorofluorocarbon |
| - | CFC Chlorofluorocarbon | + | *CHP Combined Heat and Power |
| - | CHP Combined Heat and Power | + | *CNG Compressed Natural Gas |
| - | CNG Compressed Natural Gas | + | *COLA Cost of Living Adjustment |
| - | COLA Cost of Living Adjustment | + | *COP Coefficient of Performance |
| - | COP Coefficient of Performance | + | *CPI Consumer Price Index |
| - | CPI Consumer Price Index | + | *CWA Clean Water Act |
| - | CWA Clean Water Act | + | *DNA Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid |
| - | + | *DU Depleted Uranium | |
| - | DNA Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid | + | *EER Energy Efficiency Ratio |
| - | DU Depleted Uranium | + | *FFV Flexible Fuel Vehicle |
| - | EER Energy Efficiency Ratio | + | *GDP Gross Domestic Products |
| - | FFV Flexible Fuel Vehicle | + | *GNP Gross National Products |
| - | GDP Gross Domestic Products | + | *HCFC Hydrochlorofluorocarbon |
| - | GNP Gross National Products | + | *HTGR High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors |
| - | HCFC Hydrochlorofluorocarbon | + | *HWR Heavy Water Reactor |
| - | HTGR High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors | + | *ICE Internal Combustion Engine |
| - | HWR Heavy Water Reactor | + | *IOU Investor Owned Utility |
| - | ICE Internal Combustion Engine | + | *IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| - | IOU Investor Owned Utility | + | *IPP Independent Power Producers |
| - | IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | + | *ISO Independent System Operators |
| - | IPP Independent Power Producers | + | *ITER International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor |
| - | ISO Independent System Operators | + | *JET Joint European Torus |
| - | ITER International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor | + | *LDC Load Demand Curve |
| - | JET Joint European Torus | + | *LEV Low Emission Vehicle |
| - | LDC Load Demand Curve | + | *LMFBR Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor |
| - | LEV Low Emission Vehicle | + | *LNG Liquefied Natural Gas |
| - | LMFBR Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor | + | *LWR Light Water Reactor |
| - | LNG Liquefied Natural Gas | + | *MHD Magneto Hydro Dynamics |
| - | LWR Light Water Reactor | + | *MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| - | MHD Magneto Hydro Dynamics | + | *MTBE:Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether |
| - | MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging | + | *NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards |
| - | MTBE:Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether | + | *NAFTA North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement. |
| - | NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards | + | *NMD National Missile Defense System |
| - | NAFTA North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement. | + | *NNW Net National Welfare |
| - | NMD National Missile Defense System | + | *NPV Net Present Value |
| - | NNW Net National Welfare | + | *OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer |
| - | NPV Net Present Value | + | *OTEC Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion |
| - | OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer | + | *PNGV Partnership for New Generation of Vehicles |
| - | OTEC Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion | + | *PSC Polar Stratospheric Cloud |
| - | PNGV Partnership for New Generation of Vehicles | + | *PWR Pressurized Water Reactor |
| - | PSC Polar Stratospheric Cloud | + | *PX California Power Exchange Corporation |
| - | PWR Pressurized Water Reactor | + | *QF Qualifying Facility |
| - | PX California Power Exchange Corporation | + | *RAD Radiation Adsorbed Dose |
| - | QF Qualifying Facility | + | *RNA Ribonucleic Acid |
| - | RAD Radiation Adsorbed Dose | + | *SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty |
| - | RNA Ribonucleic Acid | + | *SDI Strategic Defense Initiative |
| - | SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty | + | *SI International System (of units) |
| - | SDI Strategic Defense Initiative | + | *SOC State of Charge |
| - | SI International System (of units) | + | *START STrategic Arms Reduction Treaty |
| - | SOC State of Charge | + | *TFTR Tokomak Fusion Test Reactor |
| - | START STrategic Arms Reduction Treaty | + | *TNT Trinitrotoluene |
| - | TFTR Tokomak Fusion Test Reactor | + | *ULEV Ultra Low Emission Vehicle |
| - | TNT Trinitrotoluene | + | *USCS United States Customary System |
| - | ULEV Ultra Low Emission Vehicle | + | *VOC Volatile Organic Compounds |
| - | USCS United States Customary System | + | *ZEV Zero Emission Vehicle |
| - | VOC Volatile Organic Compounds | + | |
| - | ZEV Zero Emission Vehicle | + | |
Revision as of 18:42, 29 July 2010
- AQMD Air Quality Management District
- DNA Defense Nuclear Agency
- DOD Department of Defense
- DOE Department of Energy
- DOT Department of Transportation
- EPA Environmental Protection Agency
- FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- GAO Government Accountability Office (Formerly General Accounting Office)
- IAEA International Atomic Energy Commission
- IMF International Monetary Fund
- INPO Institute of Nuclear Power Operation
- NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
- NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
- UN United Nations
- USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- WANO World Association of Nuclear Operators
- WHO World Health Organization
- WTO World Trade Organization
- Abbreviations
- ABM Anti Ballistic Missile
- AQI Air Quality Index
- BACT Best Available Control Technology
- BEV Battery-operated Electric Vehicle
- BMI Body Mass Index
- BMR Basal Metabolic Rate
- Btu British Thermal Unit
- BWR Boiling Water Reactor
- CAA Clean Air Act
- CAD Computer Aided Design
- CAFÉ Corporate Average Fuel Economy
- CAFTA Central American Free Trade Agreement
- CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing
- CFC Chlorofluorocarbon
- CHP Combined Heat and Power
- CNG Compressed Natural Gas
- COLA Cost of Living Adjustment
- COP Coefficient of Performance
- CPI Consumer Price Index
- CWA Clean Water Act
- DNA Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid
- DU Depleted Uranium
- EER Energy Efficiency Ratio
- FFV Flexible Fuel Vehicle
- GDP Gross Domestic Products
- GNP Gross National Products
- HCFC Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
- HTGR High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors
- HWR Heavy Water Reactor
- ICE Internal Combustion Engine
- IOU Investor Owned Utility
- IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- IPP Independent Power Producers
- ISO Independent System Operators
- ITER International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
- JET Joint European Torus
- LDC Load Demand Curve
- LEV Low Emission Vehicle
- LMFBR Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor
- LNG Liquefied Natural Gas
- LWR Light Water Reactor
- MHD Magneto Hydro Dynamics
- MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- MTBE:Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
- NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards
- NAFTA North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement.
- NMD National Missile Defense System
- NNW Net National Welfare
- NPV Net Present Value
- OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
- OTEC Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
- PNGV Partnership for New Generation of Vehicles
- PSC Polar Stratospheric Cloud
- PWR Pressurized Water Reactor
- PX California Power Exchange Corporation
- QF Qualifying Facility
- RAD Radiation Adsorbed Dose
- RNA Ribonucleic Acid
- SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
- SDI Strategic Defense Initiative
- SI International System (of units)
- SOC State of Charge
- START STrategic Arms Reduction Treaty
- TFTR Tokomak Fusion Test Reactor
- TNT Trinitrotoluene
- ULEV Ultra Low Emission Vehicle
- USCS United States Customary System
- VOC Volatile Organic Compounds
- ZEV Zero Emission Vehicle