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3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
AACS Advanced Access Content System
AAMI American Association for Medical Instrumentation
AAPM American Association of Physicists in Medicine
ABCC Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission
ABL atmospheric boundary layer
AbR absolute risk
AbU Arbeitskreise betrieblicher Umweltschutz (OS u. H)
ACC Acute Care Center
ACERER Advisory Committee for Energy Related Epidemiological Research
ACFBC Atmospheric Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion
ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
ACI American Concrete Institute
ACK acknowledgement
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
ACR American College of Radiology
ACRS Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
ACS access control system
AD actual distortion
ADD Aufsichts- und Dienstleistungsdirektion
ADIR Annual Dose of Incorporated Radioactivity
ADL Austrian District Locator
ADRASEC Assoc.Départementale des Radioamateurs au service de la Sécurité Civile
ADRIQ automatic dose rate and image quality
ADS automatic depressurization system
ADS Accelerator Driven System
ADSL Asymetrical Digital Subscriber Line
ADT Android Development Tool
ADU Ammonium-Diuranat
AEC Atomic Energy Council (BV)
AECB Atomic Energy Control Board (VE)
AECL Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd
AEGL Acute Exposure Guidance Level
AEN Agence de l'Energie Nucléaire
AERB Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
AERVA Atomic Energy Retirees' Welfare Association
AfA Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Abfallwirtschaft
AFAP artillery fired atomic projectile
AFB Air Force Base
AFC Alkaline Fuel Cell (Brennstoffzelle)
AFCI Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative
AFF American Family Foundation
AFIE Association Française des Ingénieurs Ecologues
AFITE Association Française des Ingénieurs de l'Environnement
AFFRI Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
AFRAT Air Force Radiation Assessment Team
AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory
AFRRI Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
AFSSET Agence française de sécurité sanitaire et l′environnement
AfuG Amateurfunkgesetz
AFWL Air Force Weapons Laboratory
AG assemblé générale
AGC automatic gain control
AGE Aero-Gammaspectrometry Exercise
AGL above ground level
AGP accelerated graphics port
AGR advanced gas-cooled reactor
AGS Ausschuß f.Gefahrstoffe
AGZ Arge Zukunft Afu-Dienst e.V.
AHB Allgemeine Versicherungsbedingungen für die Haftpflicht-
AHB2 versicherungen
AHBSTR Allgemeine Versicherungsbedingungen von genehmigter
AHBSTR2 Tätigkeit mit Kernbrennstoffen und sonstigen radio-
AHBSTR3 aktiven Stoffen außerhalb von Atomanlagen
AHS Adult Health Study
AHTR Advanced High-temperature Reactor
AIM Accessible Instructional Material
AISC American Institute of Steel Construction
AIUM American Institute of Ultrasound
AkA Arbeitsgemeinschaft für kommunale Abfallwirtschaft
AKBF Arbeitskreis Betreutes Funken
AkEnd Arbeitskreis Auswahlverfahren Endlagerstandorte
AKMP Akkredit.ste.d.Lä.f.Meß-u.Prüfstellen z.Vollz.d.GefstoRe
AKU Arbeitskreis Umweltüberwachung des FS e.V.
ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable
ALARP As Low As Reasonably Practicable
ALI Annual Limit of Intake /2825/
ALL acute lymphoblastic leukemia
ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
ALTA Alberta Large Area Time Coincidence Array
ALWR Arbeitskreis d.Leiter wissenschaftl.Rechenzentren
AMAD Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
AMANDA Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array
AMD activity median diameter
ANDRA Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs
AMF adipose mass fraction
AML acute myeloid leukemia
AMPS American Mobile Phone Service
AMS Aerial Measuring System
ANFR Agence Nationale des Fréquences
ANP Advanced Nuclear Power
ANS American Nuclear Society
ANS autonomic nervous system
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ANSTO Australian National Nuclear Research and Development Organisation
ANTARES Advanced Neutron Tomography and Radiography Experimental System
AOA axial offset anomaly
AOX halogenorganische Verbindungen (KlärschlammV)
AP Anterior-Posterior
AP Access Point
APEA Associçao Portuguesa de Engenheiros do Ambiente
APC age-period-cohort
APC automatic power level control
APD avalanche photodiodes
APH American Printing House for the Blind
API armor-piercing incendiary
API application program interface
APK android application package
APL alkaline phosphatase
APM adaptive puff model
APNG Asia Pacific Networking Group
APO automatic power off
APROMA Asociación Profesional Interdisciplinar del Medio Ambiente
APRS Automatic Position Reporting System
APT Accelerator Production of Tritium
APWR advanced pressurized water reactor
AQM air quality model
AR augmented reality
ARAC Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability
ARC .arc Extension; Datei m.pkarc/pkxarc,pkunpak bearb.
ARCEP Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes
ARCO Atmospheric Release in Complex Terrain
ARG Accident Response Group
ARJ .arj Extension
ARPA Advanced Research Project Agency
ARRL American Radio Relay League
ARQ automatic repeat request
ARS Acute Radiation Syndrome
ASA Acrylnitrit/Styrol/Acrylester
ASAAQ Atmosph.Sciences a.Application to Air Quality
ASAP as soon as possible
ASCII American Nat'l Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASCOT Atmospheric Studies in Complex Terrain
ASDE ssigned Shallow Dose Equivalents
ASE Atomstroyexport
ASEP Association Suisse des Professionnels de l'Environnement
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASO Address Supporting Organisation
ASTR Aerospace Systems Test Reactor
ASTRAL ASsistance Technique en Radioprotection postAccidenteLle
ASTRID Advanced Sodium Technological Reactor for Industrial Demonstration
ASU Arbeitsgemeinschaft selbständiger Unternehmer
ATAPI advanced technology attachment peripherical interface
ATE ask the expert
ATHLET Analyse d.Thermohydraulik bei Lecks u.Transienten
ATM asynchronous transfer mode; Breitband ISDN;B-WIN
ATM automatic teller machine
ATN Augmented transition network
AtR attributable risk
ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
ATTAC Association pour la taxation des transactions financières et pour l'action citoyenne
ATV Abwassertechnische Vereinigung e.V.
ATV Amateur TV
ATWS Anticipated Transient without Scram
ATX advanced technology extended
AVD Android Virtual Devices
AVI audio video interleaved
AVM Atelier de Vitrification de Marcoule
AVT All-Volatile Treatment /4025/
AWE Atomic Weapons Establishment
AWST GSF-Auswertungsstelle f. Dosimeter
BAFA Bundesamt f. Wirtschaft u. Ausfuhrkontrolle
BAG Bundesamt für Güterverkehr
BAG Bundesamt für Gesundheit
BAGUV Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Unfallversicherungsträger der
BAGUV2 öffentlichen Hand e.V.
BAM Bundesanstalt f.Materialforschung u -prüfung
BANANA build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything
BARC Bharat Atomic Research Centre
BARC Baltimore Amateur Radio Club
BARDA Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
BASIC Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BAT Best available technique
BAT Biologischer Arbeitsstoff-Toleranz-Wert (Betriebswacht)
BAT Biodosimetry Assessment Tool
BATNEEC best available techniques not entailing excessive cost
BAU business-as-usual
BBB Better Business Bureau
BBS bulletin board system
BBP Babcock Borsig Power GmbH
BCCH Broadcast Control Channel
BCL Battelle Columbus Laboratories
BDA Bundes-Daten-Autobahn
BDAT best-demonstrated available technology
BDBE beyond design basis events
BDE Bundesverband der Dt. Entsorgungswirtschaft e.V.
BDEW Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft
BDNF Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
BEIR Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations (US)
BELLE Biological Effects of Low-Level Exposures
BEP box encapsulation plant
BER bit error rate
BERT bit-error-rate test
BERT Background Equivalent Radiation Time
BFBC Bubbling fluidised bed combustion
BFE Bundesamt für Energie (HB9)
BFO blood-forming organ
BfS Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz
BghiP Benz(ghi)perylen (1/523,,1337)
BGRR Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor
BGS background signal
BgVV Bundesinst.f.gesundheitl.Verbraucherschu.u.Veterinärmediz.
BHE Bundesvereinigung Humus- und Erdenwirtschaft e.V.
BI business intelligence
BIA Berufsgenossenschaftl. Instit. f. Arbeitssicherheit
BIPM Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
BIR BioInitiative Report
BIS Bodeninformationssystem
BITNET Because it's There (Time) Network
BKE Bundeskonferenz für Erziehungsberatung
BLER block error rate
BLERT block-error-rate test
BLG Bundesleistungsgesetz
BMBau Bund.min.f.Raumordn., Bauwesen u. Städtebau
BMD benchmark dose
BMI body mass index
BMP .bmp Bitmap
BNC British Naval Connector
BNEN Belgian Nuclear Education Network
BNFL British Nuclear Fuels plc (früher: LTD)
BNG Babcock Noell GmbH
BNL Brookhaven Nat'l Laboratory
BOMAB Bottle Manikin Absorber
BPEO best practible environmental option
BPL Broad Band for Powerline
BPM best practicable means
BPR Bauprodukten-Richtlinie
BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying
BR Basic Restriction
BRAC Base Realignement and Closure
BREF BAT-Reference
BRER Board on Radiation Effects Research
BSI Bundesministerium für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik
BSL Bereich zum Schutz der Landschaft
BSN Bereich zum Schutz der Natur (in GEP)
BSS Basic Safety Standards
BTEX Benzol,Toloul,Ethylbenzol,Xylol (m/p- oder o-Xylol)
Btoa .btoa Ext.;Binary TO ASCII (Teytdatei)
BTP Bis-trianzinyl-pyridin
BTW by the way
BUIT Bureau de l'Union Internationale des Télécommunications
BÜK Bodenübersichtskarte
BVB Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
bvse Bundesverband Sekundärrohstoffe u.Entsorgung e.V.
BWFK Biologisch wirksame Faserkonzentration /19374/
BZ breething zone
CA Celluloseacetat
CAB Centro Atómico Bariloche
CaCu Causae et curae
CAD computer-aided design
CAGI Compressed Air and Gas Institute, (K)
CAM Continuous Air Monitors
CANDU Canada Deuterium Uranium
Capi Common ISDN application programming interface
C.A.A.M. Centre Administratif des Affaires Maritimes
CA Celluloseacetat
CAD computer-aided design
CAGI Compressed Air and Gas Institute, (K)
CAIRE Computer Aided Response to Emergencies
CAM Continous Air Monitor
CAMPEP Comm.on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs
CAP Clean Air Act Assessment Package
Capi Common ISDN application programming interface
CAPTCHA Completely Automated Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans apart
CARB Calif. Air Resources Board
CARL Comparative Animal Research Laboratory
CARLA Centrale Anlage zum Recyclieren Leichtaktiver Abfälle
CAS Chemical Abstracts System
CASA Critical Assembly and Storage Area
CAST Center for Applied Special Technology
CASTOR cask for storage
CATS Consequence Assessment Tool Set
CBA cost-benefit analysis
CBARMFI Center for Biophysical Assessment and Risk Management Following Irradiation
CBL convective boundary-layer
CBMN cytokinesis blocked micronucleus assay
CBP Customs and Border Protection
CBRN chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear
CBT computer based training
CCA Compliance Certification Application
CCD charge couple device
CCDF complementary cumulative distribution function
CCFSE1 Centre de contrôle des fréquences et de surveillance de
CCFSE2 l'exploitation
CCGT Combined circle gas turbine
CCIB Call Completion Internet Busy
CCIR Int'l Radio Consultative Committee
CCITT1 Comité Consultatif International Télégraphique et
CCITT2 Téléphonique ; jetzt ITU
CCK complementary code keying
CCM Cobalt Coincidence Measurement
CCN cloud condensation nuclei
CCS Carbon Capture and Storage
CCSTI Centre culturel scientifique technique et industriel
CCVM CSNI Code Validation Matrix
CD compact disk
CDA core disruptive accident
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDF Channel Definition Format
CDF Core Damage Frequency
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CDN content delivery network
CDPHE Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
CDR .cdr Corel Draw
CDRH Center for Devices and Radiological Health (US FDA)
CEA Control Element Assembly
CEDE committed effective dose equivalent
CEDIM Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology
CEFIC Europäischer Chemieverband
CEGB Central Electricity Generating Board (G)
CEM compatibilité électromagnétique
CEN Comité Européen de Coordination des Normes
CENELEC Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
CENEN Czech Nuclear Education Network
CENTER Center f.Excellence i.Nucl.Technol.,Engin'g a.Research
CEPT Conférence Européenne de Poste et Télécommunications
CERT Computer Emergency Response Team im DFN
CERT Controlled Environmental Radioiodine Test, 2842
CEST central european summer time
CFBC Circulating fluidised bed combustion
CFC chlorofluorocarbon
CFD Chronic Fatigue Syndrom
CFD computational fluid dynamics
CFK C-Faserverstärkter Kunststoff
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CFV Call For Votes
CGCT combined gas cycle turbine
CGI common gateway interface (WWW)
CGM .cgm computer graphics metafile
CGPM Conseil Général de Poids et Mesures
CH contact-handled
ChNPP Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
CHP Certified Health Physicist
CHP comprehensive health physics
CHP combined heat and power; co-generation of heat and power
ChRD chronic radiation desease
CHRNEM consolidated human response nuclear effects model
CI confidence interval
CI constraint-induced
CIAC Computer Incident Advisory Capability (DOE)
CIC Customer Information Center
CICA Centre of Innovative Computing Application
CIH Certified Industrial Hygienist
CILC crud induced localized corrosion
CINDA Computer Index of Neutron Data
CIO Chief Information Officer
CIP Common ISDN Profile
CIPR Commission Internationale de Protection Radiologique
CIRC Centre International de Recherche contre le Cancer
CIS Commonwealth of Independent States
CIT Conférence Internationale des Télécommunications
CITE Constraint-Induced Therapy Extension
CLC Chemical Looping Combustion
CLG Chemical Looping Gasification)
CLIP Calling Line Identification Presentation
CLL chronic lymphocytic leukemia
CMAT Consequence Management Advisory Team
CMDB Canadian Mortality Database
CMEP Churches for Middle East Peace
CML chronic myeloid leukemia
CMR Chemistry and Metallurgy Research
CMR Conférences Mondiales des Radiocommunications
CNC condensation nuclei counter
CNE Corpo Nacional de Escutas
CNFRA Commission Nationale Formation Radioamateur
CNPP Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
CNRA Committee of Nuclear Regulatory Authorities
CNRB Commission Nationale des Relais et Balises
CNRR Commission Nationale des Relais Radioamateurs
CNS Central Nervous System
CNS cold neutron source
CNT Computer Network Technology
CNTN Commission Nationale des Transmissions Numériques
COAST Cache-on-a-stick (L2)
COBOL Common Business Orientated Language
COD Chemical Oxygen Demand
Codec Code/decode
CoF Certificate of Fitness
COGEMA Compagnie Générale des Matières Nucléaires
CoHoRT Calculations of Heating or Radiation Transport
COLREG 72 Convention on the Int'l Regulations f. Prev.Collisions at Sea
COM domain of commercial institutions
COM component object model (Java, ActiveX)
COMAR Committee on Man and Radiation (IEEE)
COMARE Committee On Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment
CONCAWE Int'l study group for CONservation of Clean Air and Water in Europe
CONFABRE Containment of Fast Breeder reactors
CONTE Conference on Nuclear Training and Education
CONUS Continental U.S.
CONVEX Convention Exercise
COP coefficient of performance
CORDEL Cooperation in Reactor Design Evaluation and Licensing
CORINAIR Coordination-Information Air (I)
CORINE Coordinated Information on the Environment (I)
CORSIKA Cosmic Ray Simulations for Kascade
COSINE Cooperation for an Open Systems Interconncting Network in Europe
COSR continued operation safety report
COST EU-Kooperationsprogr. Wiss. u. Technik
COTS commercial off-the-shelf
COW Crude oil washing
CPB Canyon Plume Box
CPCFC Ceramic proton conductor fuel cell (Brennstoffzelle)
CPD Christliche Pfadfinderschaft Deutschlands
CPD Cooperative Program for Decommissioning (OECD)
CPICH Common Pilot Channel
CPL Courants Porteurs en Ligne
CPLD Customer Programmable Logical Device
CPT conditional probability table
CPU central processing unit
CRAC Consequences Radiol. d'un Accident de Criticité
CRC cyclic redundancy check
CRC The Chemical Rubber Company
CRCPD Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
CREAM consequences of releases to the environment: assessment methodology
Crédoc Centre de recherche pour l′étude et l′observation des conditions de vie
CREST Committee on Reactor Safety Technology
CRISP cross-industry standard process
CRM Customer Relationship Management
CRO controlled reference oscillator
CRP C-reactive protein
CRPPH Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health
CRS chronic radiation sickness
CRT cathode ray tube
CSDA continous slowing down approximation
CSE Communications Security Establishment (VE)
CSE Council of Science Editors
CSF cerebral spinal fluid
CSIR Council of Scientific&Industrial Research
CSMA carrier sense multiple access
CSNET Computer and Science Network
CSNI NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations
CSO Central Sevices Organization
CSP Certified Safety Professional
CSS Cascading Style Sheet
CST cardiac stimulation threshold
CST Civil Support Team
CS-Unfall Core-Schmelzen
CT computed tomography
CTBT Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
CTDI CT dose index
CTDM complex terrain dispersion model
CTE coefficient of thermal expansion
CTP Cordless Telephony Profile
Ctrl control
CTS clear to send
CUNY City Univ.of NY
CW continous wave
CWIC cross-wind integrated concentration
CWT chest wall thickness
DABAWAS Datenbank ueber wassergefaehrdende Stoffe
DAbF Dt.Ausschuß f.brennbare Flüssigkeiten
DAC digital-analog converter
DAC derived air concentration; gives ALI with 2000h/y
DAC-h actual exposure by a DAC level
DAfStb Dt. Ausschuß f. Stahlbeton
DAGM Dt. Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mustererkennung
DAMA demand assigned multiple access
DAP duly authorized person
DAP dose-area product
DAR Dt.Akkreditierungsrat
DAR design assessment report
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DART dynamic adaptive radiation therapy
DAS débit d'absorption spécifique
DBA design basis accident
DBCC diffusion barrier charcoal canister
dBd Gewinn über Dipol
DBE Design Basis Event
dBi isotropic gain
DBLP Digital Bibliography and Library Project
DBMS database management system
DCA dicentric chromosome assay
DCF dose conversion factor
DCF Distributed Coordination Function
DCFP Diploma dos Castelos e Fortalezas de Portugal
DCGL derived concentration guideline level
DCN direction des constructions navales
DCOM Distributed Common Object Model
DDC display data channel (VESA Standard)
DDE deep dose equivalent
DDG Dürener Deponie Gesellschaft
DDN Data Defense Network
DDR double data rate
DDR direct digital radiography
DDREF dose and dose-rate effectiveness factor
DDT transition from deflagration to detonation
DEA Diethanolamin
DECDAT Decay Data directory
DECT Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication
DEFRA Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs
DEMON Disk and Execution MONitor
DEP Department of Environmental Protection
DERA Defence Evaluation and Research Agency
DETR Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
DE-NIC NIC in DL; Uni KA
DFBR Demenostration Fast Breeder Reactor
DFCF Diplôme des forte et châteaux de France
DFN Deutsches Forschungsnetz
DGSNR Direction générale de la sûreté nucléaire et de la radioprotection
DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
DHRS Decay Heat Removal System
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DIANA divicive analysis
DICOM digital imaging and communication
DIFS DCF Inter-Frame Space
DIL Dynamic Insertion Loss
DIL derived intervention level
DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung
DL decision level
DL downlink
DLG Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft
DLL Dynamic Link Library
DLP dose length product
DMA dimethylamine
DMF Deutsche Mobilfunk Forschungsprogramm
DMFC Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
DML Devonport Management Limited
DMR DigitalMobilRadio
DNB Departure from Nucleate Boiling
DNDO Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
DNR Departamento Nacional de Radioescutismo
DNS Domain Name Server
DNS Domain Name System (od. Service)
DNS direct numerical simulation
DNSe Digital Natural Sound Engine
DNSO Domain Name Supporting Organisation
DNV Det Norske Veritas, Essen
DOB date of birth
DOC Dissolved Organic Carbon, gelöst.org.C, Wasseranalytik
DOC U.S. Department of Commerce
DOE Department of the Environment (G,K)
DOELAP Department of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program
DOM Document Object Model
DON disolved organic nitrogen
DONUT Direct Observation of Nu-Tau
DOSIMO Dosimetry On-line
DOT Department of Transportation
DPOF digital print order format
DPUI dose par unité d'incorporation
DQA Data Quality Assessment
DQPSK Differential Quadratude Phase Shift Keying-modulation
DQS (Berlin/Frankfurt)
DRACS Direct Reactor Auxiliary Cooling System
DRAM dynamic random access memory
DREF dose-rate effectiveness factor
DRESDYN Dresden Sodium Platform for Dynamo and Thermohydraulic Studies
DRM Digital Rights Management
DS86 Dosimetry System 1986
DSA deterministische Sicherheitsanalyse
DSAGA dynamic solution adaptive grid algorithm
DSB double-strand break
DSD Defense Signals Directorate (VK)
DSD Duales System Deutschland GmbH
DSE Division of site Safety and Environmental analysis (USNRC)
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
DSP digital signal processing
DSS decision-support system
DSS Domäne-Sytem-Schnittstelle
DSTN Double Super-Twisted Nematic ; LCD
DTC differentiated thyroid cancer
DTD document type definition
DTPA diethylene triamine penta acetate
DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency
DU depleted uranium
DUR dose uniformity ratio
DUS diagnostic ultrasound
DVB-T Digital Video Broadcasting -Terrestrial
DVD digital versatile disk
DVS Dt.Verband f.Schweißtechnik
DVWK Dt.Verband f.Wasserwirtschaft und Kulturbau e.V.
DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst
DZI Dt. Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen
EAG Europäische Atomgemeinschaft (=EURATOM)
EAN European ALARA Network
EAPPI Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel
EAR excess absolute risk
EAR estimated additional resources
EARA Environmental Auditors Registration Association
EARN European Academic Research Network
EAS Electronic article surveillance
EAS extended air showers
EBA enriched boron acid
EBCD extended binary code decimal
EBIV European Bureau of Inspection Validation
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Ebone Europäischer Internet-Backbone
ECCS Emergency Core Cooling System
ECD electron capture detector
ECE UN Economic Commission for Europe
ECLA European College of Liberal Arts
ECO Encyclopedia of Chess Openings
ECOIN European Core Inventory (Altstoff-Verzeichnis EG)
ECP Enhanced Capability Port
ECP electrochemical corrosion potential
ECSD Enhanced HSCDS
ECTHOR Ecoulements dans des Tuyauteries Horizontales en Eau-Air
ECTS European Credit Transfer Schemes
EEC equilibrium equivalent concentration
ED50 estimated dose for 50% probability of lesion at retina
EDD Environmental Due Diligence
EDE effective dose equivalent
ERF environmental dose factor
EDGE Enhanced Data rates for Global (or GSM) Evolution
EDISTR Energy Distribution code
EDM eddy dissipation model
EDNS Emergency Department Notification System
EDO extended data out (plus rapide que DRAM)
EDTA ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
EDU educational domain
EDVAC Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
EDX energy dispersive x-ray
EEC equilibrium equivalent concentration
EEG Elektro-Enzephalogramm
EEG Erneuerbare-Energie-Gesetz
EFAEP European Federation of Associations of Environmental Professionals
EFIT European Facility for Industrial Transmutation
EFNDT European Federation for Non-Destructive Testing
EFNUDAT European Facilities for Nuclear Data
EFOMP European Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics
EFPD Effective Full Power Days 4025
EFQM European Foundation for Quality Management
EFRS European Federation of Radiographer Societies
EG Erkennungsgrenze
EGPRS Enhanced GPRS
EGS4 Electron Gamma Shower Version 4 (Monte Carlo code)
EHC Environmental Health Criteria
EHD Environmental Helpdesk
EHF extremely high frequency 30-300 GHz
EHS Environment, Health and Safety
EHS electron hot spot
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EIDE enhanced IDE
EINECS European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chem. Substances
EIR Equipment Identity Register
EIRP equivalent isotropically radiated power
EIS executive-information-system
EKAS Eidgenössische Kommission für Arbeitssicherheit
EKKB Ersatzkernkraftwerk Beznau
EKM elektronische Kommunikationsmittel
ELDA Elektronische Lagedarstellung
ELF Extremely Low Frequency
ELF electromagnetic fields
ELISA enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
ELR excess lifetime risk
ELV emission limit values
EMAN European Medical ALARA Network
EMAS Eco-management and audit scheme
EMC electromagnetic compatibility
EMF electric and magnetic fields
EMF .emf Windows Enhanced Metafile
EMI electromagnetic interference
EML Environmental Measurements Laboratory
EMO Exposition Mondiale de la Machine Outile
EMP electromagnetic pulse
EMS emergency medical system
EMV el.magn. Verträglichkeit
EMVU el.magn.Umweltverträglichkeit
ENDF enlarged nuclear data file
ENEN European Nuclear Education Network
ENETRAP European Network on Education and Training in Radiological Protection
ENHS Encapsulated Nuclear Heat Source
ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
ENIQ European Network for Inspection Qualification
ENS European Nuclear Society
ENSDF Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File
ENSI Eidgen. Nukleares Sicherheitsinspektorat
ENSTTI European Nuclear Safety Training and Tutoring Institute
ENU natural enriched U
ENVKG Energieverbrauchskennzeichnungsgesetz
EOX Extrahierbares organisches Halogen
EP Epoxid
EPER European Pollution and Emission Register
EPP Enhanced Parallel Port
Epp Epistolae
EPR European Pressurized Water Reactor
EPR electron paramagnetic resonance
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute
EPS .eps encapsuled postscript
EPS encapsulation plant store
EPZ Emergency Planning Zone
EQMD European Qualification Methodology Document
ER excess risk
ERA European Radiobiological Archive
ERAD (atm.dispersion model for high explosive detonations)
ERC European Radiocommunications Committee
ERDA Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDAS Emergency Response Dose Assessment System at KSC
ERM Environmental Recources Management der EC DG XI
ERO European Radiocommunications Office (Cop. OZ)
ERPTS European Radiation Protection Training Scheme
ERR excess relative risk
ERRS European Radiation Research Society
ERU re-enriched U
ERVC External Reactor Vessel Cooling
ESBWR economic simplified boiling water reactor
ESDRED Engineering Studies and Demonstration of Repository Design
ESE entrance skin exposure
ESOREX European Study on Occupational Radiation Exposure
ESP Electrostatic precipitator
ESP early site permit
ESR European Society of Radiology
ESR equivalent series resistor
ESR elctron spin resonance
ESSC Enhanced Spacer Shadow Corrosion
ESTEPE electron-step fractional energy loss per electron step
ESTRO European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
ESWL extracorporal shock wave lithotripsy
ETKM Education, Training and Knowledge Management
ETNO European Telecommunication-Net Operators
ETRAP Education and Training in Radiological Protection
ETS Entscheidungstabellen-System
ETSI European Telecommunication Standard Institute
EUA Europäische Umwelt-Agentur
EUCURIE European Community Urgent Radiation Information Exchange
EUDXF European DX Foundation
EUE End-use Equipment
EuGH Europäischer Gerichtshof
EULEP European Late Effects Project
EUR European Utility Requirement
EURADOS European Radiation Dosimetry Group
EURDEP European Data Exchange Platform
EURSSEM Environmental Radiation Surveyand Site Execution Manual
EUTERP European Training and Education in Radiation Protection platform
EVA extra-vehicular activity
EWN Energiewerke Nord
EXD Extensible Markup Language
FaCT Fast Reactor Cycle Technology
FACTS Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems
FAG Fernmeldeanlagengesetz
FAPS forecasting air pollution control system
FASM Future attack submarine
FAST Field Assessment Survey Tool
FAT file allocation table
FB fractional bias
FC Fibre Channel
FCC Federal Communications Commission (K)
FCS frame check sequence
FDA Food and Drug Administration (K)
FDD frequency division duplex
FDG fluorodeoxyglucose
fdSC fully developed safety case
FDTD finite difference time domain
FEC forward error correction
FEM finite element method
femu Forschungszentrum für Elektro-Magnetische Unverträglichkeit
FEP features, events, and processes
FF Fabric filter
FFA Forces Françaises Stationnées en Allemagne
FFD Failed Fuel Detection
FFRRA fédération française des relais radioamateurs
FFT Fast Fourier Transformation
FFTR Fast Flux Test Facility (Hanford)
FGAN Forschungsges.f.Angewandte Naturwissenschaften
FIB First Institute of Biophysics
FIDLER Field Instrument for the Detection of Low-Energy Radiation
Fido-Net keine Abkürzung
Fifo first in, first out; Datenpuffer
FIR Fast infrared
FIS BODEN Fachinformationssystem Bodenkunde
FIS Sto BoFachinform.syst.Stoffl.Bodenbelastung (LUA NW)
FISH flourescence in situ hybridization
FIZ Fachinformationszentrum
FLECHT Full Length Emergency Core Heat Transfer
FLPO Future Licensing Project Organization (K)
FLV Flash Video - Format zum Übertragen von Videos
FMK Foreningen af Miljomedarbedjdere i kommunerne (OZ)
FMVO Futtermittel-VO
FOM figure of merits
FORTRAN Formula Translation
FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
FPIS forward propagation ionospheric scatter
FPX .fpx FlashPix
FQD Fully Qualified Domain Name
FRAP Fuel Rod Analysis Program
FRERP Fed'l Radiological Emergency Response Plan
FRM .frm Extension: VB Formulardatei
FRM Forschungsreaktor München
FRMAC Fed'l Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center
FRP Forschungsrahmenprogramm
FRU field replacable unit
FSA Food Standards Agency
FSAR Final Safety Analysis Report
FSB front-side bus
FSC Fixed Series Compensation
FSK frequency-shift keying
FSP File Service Protocol
FST Femtosekunden-Technologie
FSU former Soviet Union
FTA fission track analysis
FTDT finite difference time domain
FTEG Gesetz über Funkanlagen und Telekommunikationseinrichtungen
FTP file transfer protocol
FUNET Finnish University and Research Network
FwDV Feuerwehr-Dienstvorschrift
FWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
FYI for your information
FZD Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
FZJ Forschungszentrum Jülich
FZK Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
GAA gross alpha-particle activity
GAO General Accounting Office
GAP Generic Access Profile
GAS giant air showers
GBU Global Business Units
GC Gaschromatographie
GCHQ Gov'ment Communications HQ (G)
GCM General Circulation Model
GCR Galactic Cosmic Radiation
GCR General Certification Rule
GCSE Gov′t Certificate of Secondary Education
gda gospoda, Frau
GDCS gravity-driven cooling system
gdica gospodica, Frl.
GFCC Gas fired combined cycle
GFK Glas-Faserverstärkter Kunststoff
GFR Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor
GFSK Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying
GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum
GG Gefahrengruppe
GHCC Global Hydrology and Climate Center
GHG greenhouse gas
GIF .gif Extension; Graphik: graphics import filter
GIF .gif Graphics Interchange Format
GIS Geographic Information System
GL .gl Extension; animierte Graphik
GLAST Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope
GM gray matter
GMR -Technik: Giant Magnetoresistive Heads (HD)
GMSK Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying-modulation
GNB Gesellschaft für Nuklearbehälter mbH
GOV Government-Domäne
GPFC Grid Power Flow Controller
GPHS General Purpose Heat Source
GPN gross national product
GPRS General Packet Radio Service
GPS Global Positioning System
GRAL Graz Lagrange Model
GRAMM Graz mesoscale model
GRL generic reference level
GRNC groupe radioécologie Nord-Cotentin
GRI Global Reporting Initiative
GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
GSM Groupe Spéciale Mobile
GSD geometric standard deviation
GSLP Gaussian straight-line plume
GT groupe de travail
GTRR Georgia Tech Research Reactor
GT-MHR Gas Turbine - Modular Helium Reactor
GUI Graphical User Interface: PC mit Graphikoberfläche
GUV Regel d.Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der gemeindlichen Unfall-
GUV2 versicherungsträger
Gy Gray
HAARP High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
HADES High Activity Disposal Experimental Site (Mol, ON)
HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer
HAL highly-active liquor
HAO Haute Activité Oxyde (WAA)
HAP Hydrated Antimony Pentoxide /2052/
HAP Health Advisory Panel
HARP High Altitude Research Project
HARV High Alpha research vehicle
HASL Health and Safety Laboratory
HAW High Active Waste
HAZAN hazard assessment
HAZOP hazard and operability
Hb Hämoglobin
HCDA Hypothetical Core Disruptive Accident
HCL hardware compatibility list
HCRP Hardcopy Cable Replacement Profile
HCTM Hypotheses Concerning Two Means
HDCP High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection
HDF Hierarchical Data Format (HDF5)
HDLC high-level data link control (ISDN-Protokoll)
HEAST Health Effects Assessment Summary Tables
HEDL Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory
HEMT high electron mobility transistor
HEPCO Hokkaido Electric Power Co.
HEPnet High-Energy Physicist-Netzwerk (CERN)
HERCA Heads of Europ.Radiol.Prot. Competent Authorities
HETC High-Energy Transport Code
HEU Highly Enriched Uranium
HF high frequency 3-30 MHz
HFS Hardware Functionality Scan
HGÜ Hochspannungsgleichstromübertragung
HHS Health and Human Services
HID Human Interface Devices
HIP Hot Isostatic Pressing (WAA)
HKL Hass, Kallabis und Lettmayer (NH3-Spezialisten)
HLUG Hessisches Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie
HLW High-level waste
HMIP Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution
HML Human Monitoring Laboratory (Canada; whole body counting)
HMM Hidden-Markov-Modell
HMO Health Maintenance Organization
HPA high polar atmosphere
HPAC Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability
HPGe High Purity Germanium
HPIS High Pressure Safety Injection System
HPLC Hochdruckflüssigkeitschromatographie
HPLWR high performance light water reactor
HPS Health Physics Society
HPSC high-performance super-computing
HQX .hqx Extension; Kodierung v. MAC-Dateien StuffIt
HRA Human Reliability Analysis
HRR homologous recombinational repair
HRTM Human Respiratory Tract Model
HRV heart rate variability
HSA Historical Site Assessment
HSC High Speed Club
HSCDS High Speed Circuit Switched Data
HSDPA High Speed Downlink Packet Access
HSE Health and Safety Executive
HSK Hauptabt. f. d. Sicherheit der Kernanlagen (HB9)
HSM Herzschrittmacher
HSMD High Speed Mobile Data
HSPA High Speed Packet Access
HSPD Momeland Security Presidential Directive
HSZG Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz
HTDS Hanford Thyroid Disease Study
HTFBC Hot-type fluidized bed combustion
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
HTR high temperature reactor
HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol im WWW
Httpd HyperText Transfer Protocol Demon
HVAC heating, ventilation, air conditioning
HVBG Hauptverband der Gewerblichen Berufsgenossenschaften
HWE healthy worker effect
HWC hydrogen water chemistry
HWOCR Heavy Water Moderated Organic Cooled Reactor
HYSPLIT Hybrid Single-Particle Integrated Trajectory
HZE high-atomic number, high-energy
IAB Internet Architecture Board
IAEA International Atomic Energy Egency
IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IAP Internet Activities Board
IAR Institut für Atmosphärische Radioaktivität
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
IARU International Amateur Radio Union
IATA Int'l Air Transport Association
IBP Int'l Beacon Project
IC integrated circuit
Icann Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names
ICAO Int'l Civil Aviation Association
ICBM intercontinental ballistic missile
ICC International Chamber of Commerce, Paris
ICC Internet Chess Club
ICD Int'l Statistical Classification of Diseases....
ICD Implantierbarer Kardioverter-Defibrillator
ICE Institution of Civil Engineers
ICES Int′l Committee on Electromagnetic Safety
ICNIRP Int'l Commission Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
ICPP Idaho Chemical Processing Plant
ICRCL Inter Departmental Committee for the Redevelopment of Contaminated Land
ICRF Imperial Cancer Research Fund (G)
ICRM Int'l Committee on Radionuclide Metrology
ICRP International Commission on Radiological Protection
ICS Incident Command System
ICSBEP Int'l Criticality Safety Benchmark Experiments
IDB integrated data base
IDC individual dosimetric control
ID identity definition
IDCOR Industry Degraded Core Rulemaking (K)
IDD-SAM Internal Device Dose-Simulation and Modeling
IDE integrated development environment
IDLH Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health Concentrations
IDU Inst.d.Umweltgutachter,-auditoren u.-berater;
IDU2 sh."IdU-Forum f.Umweltgutachter" u. Ouml;ko-Audit,7/96
IE Internet Explorer
IEB International Environment Bureau, Genf
IEC Int'l Electrotechnical Committee, Genf
IEC Int′l Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IEF Institut für Energieforschung
IEGMP Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones
IEP Interactive Electronic Procedures
IERS International Environmental Rating System
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force; im IAB
IFPE Int'l Fuel Performance Experiments
IFRTP Institut français pour la recherche et la technologie polaire
IGA intergranular attack
IGCC Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
IGF insulin-like growth factor
IGN Installationsgeräuschnormal
IGR Impulse Graphite Reactor (UN)
IGRT image guided radiation therapy
IGSCC intergranular stress corrosion cracking
IHD ischemic heart disease
IHS ionic hot spot
IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
ILK Internationale Länderkommission Kerntechnik
ILO Int'l Labour Organization
ILW intermediate-level waste
IMAP Interactive Mail Access Protocol
IMDG-Code Intern.Maritime Dangerous Goods - Code
IMEI Int'l Mobile Equipment Identity
IMF Inert Matrix Fuels
IMO Int.Seeschiffahrts-Organisation; Int'l Maritime Organization
IMRT intensity modulated radiation therapy
IMSI Int'l Mobile Subscriber Identity
IMDS International Material Data System
IND improvised nuclear device
INE Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung
INEEL Idaho Nat'l Engineering Laboratory
INEL Idaho National Laboratory
INES International Nuclear Event Scale
INFCE Int'l Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation
INI .ini-Extension: Initialisierungsdaten-Datei (WIN)
INIRC Int'l Non-Ionizing Radiation Committee
INKA Intergraler Teststand Karlstein
INMS Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety
INPO Institute of Nuclear Operations
INSAG International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group
INT domain of int'l organizations
IOM Institute of Medicine
IOPP Int'l Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate
IP Indenopyren
IP Internet Protocol
IP-Adres. Numerische Internet-Adresse
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change
IPM Institut für Prozesstechnik, Prozessautomatisierung und Messtechnik
IPMN Israel-Palestine Mission Network
IPO intercept point optimization
IPP Integrierte Produktpolitik
IPPC Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
IPS in-plain switching mode (Monitor)
IPSN Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
IPTS Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (Sevilla)
IPX Internetwork Packet Exchange - Protokoll
IRACS Intermediate Reactor Auxiliary Cooling System
IRC Int'l Response Coupon
IRC internet relay chat (Protokoll)
IrDA Infrared data association
IREP Interactive RadioEpidemiological Program
IRID Ionising Radiation Incident Database
IRIS International Reactor Innovative & Secure
IRL in real life
IRPA International Radiation Protection Association
IRPhEP Int'l Reactor Physics Experimental Benchmarks Evaluation Project
IRQ interrupt request (dä Vatta kommt!!!!)
IRS Institut für Reaktorsicherheit
IRS Incident reporting system
IRSN Institut de Radioprotection et de la Sûreté Nucléaire
IRTF Internet Research Task Force; im IAB
IRWST in-containment refueling water storage tank
ISA industry standard architecture (Bus)
ISA Initiative sichere Abfallbehandlung (im VDMA)
ISCII Indian Script Code for Information Interchange
ISCORS Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISI intersymbol interference
ISM Industrial, Scientific, and Medical
ISNL International School of Nuclear Law
ISO Int'l Organization for Standardization
ISOE Information System on Occupational Exposure
ISP Internet Service Provider
ISRS International Safety Rating System
ITAA Information Technology Association of America
ITAR Int'l Traffic in Arms Regulations
ITAS Inst.f.Technologiefolgenabschätzung u.Systemanalyse
ITER Int′l Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
ITK Insight Toolkit
ITRAP Illicit Trafficking Radiation Assessment Program
itd. I tako dalje, usw.
ITO Indium-Zinn-Oxid
ITSP Internet Telephone Service Provider
ITU International Telecommunications Union
ITU Institute for Transuranium Elements
IUAPPA Int'l Union of Air Pollution Prevention Associations
IUPAC Int′l Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
IVR In-Vessel Retention
JAERI Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
JAP Java Anon Proxy
JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
JCCRER Joint Coordinating Committee on Radiation Effects Research
JDK Java Development Kit
JEFF Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion (nuclear data library)
JEM job-exposure-matrix
JET Joint European Torus
JFD joint frequency distribution
JFO Joint Field Office
JINR Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (R)
JOL Journals On-Line
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
JPG .jpg Extension; Datei mit JPEG-Format
JRC Joint Research Centre (Petten, PA)
JRE Java Realtime Environment
JSFR Japan Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor
JSSS Java Script Style-Sheets
JTTF Joint Terrorism Taskforce
KAERI Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute
KAP kerma area product
KBwS Kommission Bewertung wassergefährdender Stoffe
KCR known conventional resources<
KDD Knowledge Discovery in Databases
KERMA Kinetic Energy Released in Material
KGF Kératinocyte Growth Factor
KHG Kerntechnischer Hilfsdienst GmbH
KINT Dutch Knowledge Infrastructure on Nuclear Technology
KIT Kernsoftware für intelligente Terminals
KIT Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
KM Kaplan-Meier
KMU kleine und mittlere Unternehmen
KN Kombinierte Nomenklatur (Tarif-Nr. d.gemeins Zollgebiets EG)
KSA Eidgen. Kommiss. f. d. Sicherheit von Kernanlagen
KSC Kennedy Space Center
KTBL Kuratorium f.Technik u.Bauwesen i.d.Landwirtschaft
KTRA Kuehlwasser-Teilstromreinigungsanlage THTR-300
KUR Kyoto University Reactor
KURR Kyoto University Research Reactor
KUT Koordinierungsstelle Umwelttechnik (VDI)
KVU Kühlmittelverlustunfall
KWK Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung
LABO Bund-Länder-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bodenschutz
LAD low action drain
LAGA Länderarbeitsgemeinschaft Abfall
LAHET Los Alamos High-Energy Transport
LAI Länderausschuß für Immissionsschutz
LAN local area network
LANL Los Alamos Nat'l Laboratory
LAP link access procedure
LASI Länderausschuß für Arbeitsschutz und Sicherheitstechnik
LASL Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
LAW Low Active Waste
LAWA Länderarbeitsgemeinschaft Wasser
LBS Location Based Services
LC licence condition (requirement)
LC Liaison Committee (CPD)
LCD liquid cristal display
LCLS Linac Coherent Light Source
LCP Large combustion plant
LCPD Large combustion plant directive
LCR lung cancer mortality rate
LD Leuchtdiode
LDA Laser Doppler Anemometrie
LDAP Light Weight Directory Access Protocol
LDO Liber divinorum operum
LDR light dependent resistor
LDV Leistungsdichteverteilung
LEA Laboratoire Etalons d'Activité
LEA Local Education Agency
LEC liquide extra-cellulaire
LEC Loviisa Energy Center
LERF Large Early Release Frequency
LES large-eddy simulation
LET Linear energy transfer
LEU Low Enriched Uranium
LF low frequency 30-300 kHz
LFA Lead Federal Agency
LFR Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor
LHA .lha Extension; Datei m.lharc bearb.
LHS Latin Hypercube Sampling
LICI Lower individual confidence interval
LIDUM Literaturdokumentation Umwelt
LIGO Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory
LILCO Long Island Lighting Company
LIMDOW Laser Intensitiy Modulation Direct Overwrite (CD)
LIS Lightning Imaging Sensor
LISA Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
LL lymphoid leukemia
LL PROT 88 Prot.88 Int'l Convention on Load Lines
LLD lower limit of detection
LLD lower limit discriminator
LLE loss of life expectancy
LLI Lower Large Intestine
LLNL Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Laboratory
LLR low-level radiation
LLRW low level radioactive waste
LLRWPAA Low-Level Waste Policy Amendmends Act
LLW low-level waste
LMA Liabilities Management Authority
LMDS localized multiply damaged sites
LMOS Lake Michigan Ozone Study
LMS Lightning Mapper Sensor
LNHL Leukaemia/Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
LNT linear no-threshold (theory, hypothesis...)
LOAEL Lowest Observed Adverse Level
LOCA Loss-Of-Coolant Accident
LOD Lower detection limit
LOFT Loss-Of-Fluid Test
LÖLF Landesanst.f.Ökologie, Landschaftsentwi.u.Forstplanung
LPD Lagrangian particle dispersion
LPDM Lagrangian particle dispersion model
LPIS Low Pressure Safety Injection System
LPM Lagrangian particle model
LPT line printer
LS Lagrangian stochastic...
LSA low surface activity
LSB least-significant bit
LSC liquid scintillation
LSC liquid scintillation counting
LSD liquid scintillation detector
LSL Link Support Layer (DOS-Netzwerk)
LSO laser safety officer
LSS, LS Lagrangian stochastic simulation
LSS Life Span Study
LST Local standard time
LTE Long Term Evolution
LTSR long-term safety review
LUA NW Landesumweltamt NW
LUDEP Lung Dose Evaluation Program
LUDUC Lung Dose Uncertainty Code
LVD Leistungsverteilungsdetektor
LVM Liber vitae meritorum
LWA Land Withdrawal Act
MA minor actinides
MAB Man and Biosphere, UNESCO-Programm ab 1970
MAC maximum allowable concentration
MAC Medium Access Control
MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (G)
MAGLEV magnetically levitated vehicle
MAN metropolitan area network
MANOVA multivariate analysis of variance
MAP Munich-Centre for Advanced Photonics
MARIA Methods for Assessing the Radiologic.Impact of Accidents
MARLAP Multi-Agency Radiation Laboratory Protocols Manual
MARSSIM Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual
MAST Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak
MBA Mechanisch-Biologische Abfallbehandlungsanlage
MBGWS misc. beta/gamma waste store
MBR Master Boot Record
MBRA Mechanisch-biologische Restmüllbehandlungsanlage,Kalte Rotte
MCFC Molten carbonate fuel cell (Brennstoffzelle)
MCNP Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Program
MCNPX MCNPextended
MSC multichannel scaler
MDA Minimum detectable activity (whole body counting, e.g.)
MDA medical data analysis
MDCT multidetector array CT
MDEA Methyldiethanolamin
MDEP Multinational Design Evaluation Program
MDI Multiple Document Interface (VB5)
MEA Monoethanolamin
MED Manhattan Engineering District
MEEP MIT Electromagnetic Propagation
MEGAPIE Megawatt Pilot Experiment
MEI maximally exposed individual
MEIR Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation
MEL Marine Environment Laboratory
MELODI Multidisciplinary European Low Dose Activity
MEMO non-hydrostatic mesoscale meteorological model
MEMS Modular Emergency Medical System
MEQ muscle equivalent
METI Ministry od Economy, Trade, and Industry (JA)
METROPOL medical treatment protocols for radiation accident victims
MF medium frequency 300-3000 kHz
MF Melamin-Formaldehyd
MGED Multi-device Graphics Editor
MHGR modular helium reactor
MHS Metallhydridspeicher
MHTML MIME encapsulation of aggregate HTML documents
MID Maximale Immissions-Dosen 1/762 (1752)
MIDI musical instrument digital interface (Norm)
MIL military domain
MIME multipurpose internet mail extensions (Protokoll)
MIMO Multiple Input, Multiple Output
MINOS Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search
MIR Maximale Immissions-Raten 1/762 (1752)
MIRD Medical Internal Radiation Dose
ML myeloid leukemia
MLC multi-leaf collimator
MMC multimedia card
MMS Multimedia Messaging Service
MMS Mensch-Maschine-Schnittstelle
MMW millimeter wave
MNP Microcom Network Protocol für komprim. Daten
MO magneto-optisch (CD)
MOC maintenance of certification
MoD Ministry of Defence
MOF multi-organ failure
MOFA Modenfeldstabilisierung in Hochleistungs-Faserlaser- und Verstärkungssystemen
MOI multi-organ involvement
MORSE Multigroup Oak Ridge Stochastic Experiment
MOX mixed oxide fuel
MPA MAYAK Production Association
MPBB Maximum Permissible Body Burden
MPC Maximum Permissible Concentration
MPE maximum permissible exposure
MPEG Motion Picture expert group
MPG .mpg Extension; Datei mit MPEG-Format
MPO myeloperoxidase
MPR statens Mät- och PRovrad
MPS missing pellet surface
MPW medical pathological waste
MQA minimum quantifiable activity
MR -Technik: magnetoresistive heads (HD)
MR magnetic resonance
MRC Medical Research Council (GB)
MRC Medical Reserve Corps
MRI magnetic resonance image (imaging)
MRSI magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
MSB most-significant bit
MSBWR Modular Simlified Boiling Water Reactor
MSCDN Mechanically Switched Capacitive Damping Network
MSCT multi-slice CT
MSK-Skala Modifizierte Mercalli-Skala
MSKCC Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
MSL metres above sea level
MSN multiple subsriber number (ISDN)
MSR Molten Salt Reactor
MT metal tritide
MTGR mobile truck gamma-ray
MTU Maximum Transfer Unit
MV mean value
MVL minimum visible lesion
MXB Multimedia eXtension Board
MYRRHA Mulipurpose Hybrid Research Reactor for High-technology Application
n.z. na znanje
NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NACEPT Nat'l Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology
NACISA NATO Communications and Information Systems Agency
NALS Normenausschuß Akustik, Lärmminderung u.Schwingungstechnik
NAR Normenausschuss Radiologie
NAREL Nat′l Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NAS Network Attached Storage
NASA Nat'l Aeronautic and Space Administration
NATO-CCMS NATO - Committee for the Challenges of Modern Society
NAZ Nationale Alarmzentrale (HB9)
nb naš broj
NBG Neumann-Bernays-Gödel
NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCDXF Northern California DX Foundation
NCHS National Center for Health Statistics
NCI National Cancer Institute
NCIB Nat'l Charities Information Bureau
NCP Network Control Protocol
NCRP Nat'l Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement
NCSA Nat'l Center for Supercomputing Applications
NCSA Telnet-Programm der Clarkson Univ.NY
NDAWG National Dose Assessment Working Group
NDIS Network device driver interface specification
NDN Nat'l Defense Network
NDRI nicht-dispersive Infrarot-Messung (Emissionsmessung NOx)
NDT Nil Ductility Transition
NDT Non Destructive Testing
NEA Nuclear Energy Agency
NEC Numerical Electromagnetic Code
NEF Noise Exposure Forecast
NEHAP National Environment Health Action Plan
NEHC Neighbourhood Emergency Help Center
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NEMA Nat'l Electrical Manufacturers Association, USA
NEPOMUC Neutron-induced Positron Source Munich
NESHAP Nat'l Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
NEST Nuclear Emergency Support Team
NET network domain
NET nonlinear effective threshold
NETA New Electricity Trading Arrangement
NEXT Nationwide Evaluation of X-ray Trends
NFOLD No Flicker Of Last Digit
NFPA Nat'l Fire Protection Association
NFR Near Field Recording (HD)
NFS Nuclear Fuel Services
NFS Network File System
NFS Notfallsituation
NGDC National Geophysical Data Center
NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Studies
NHEJ non-homologous end joining
NHL non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
NHP nonhuman promate
NIAID Nat'l Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NIBIS Niedersächsisches Bodeninformationssystem
NIC Network-Information-Center
NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Science
NIH Nat'l Institutes of Health (J)
NII Nuclear Installations Inspectorate
NIMAS Nat′l Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard
NIMBY not in my backyard
NIMS National Incident Management System
NIOSH Nat'l Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
NIR non-ionizing radiation
NIR near infrared (light)
NIST Nat'l Institute of Standards and Technology
NKS Nordic Nuclear Safety Research
NLC noctilucent clouds
NLM National Library of Medicine
NLS Nat′l Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
NMAM NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods
NMED New Mexico Environment Department
NMED Nuclear Materials Events Database
NMP Normenausschuss Materialprüfung
NMR nuclear magnetic resonance
NMSE normalized mean square error
NMSS Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards
NMT Nordic Mobile Telephone
NMT Nuclear Materials Technology
NMT nuclear medicine technologist
NMT Nordic Mobile Telephony
NNC National Nuclear Centre (UN)
NNDC National Nuclear Data Center
NNRP Naval Nuclear Regulatory Panel
NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration
NNTP Network News Transfer Protokoll im Usenet
NOAA National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAEL No Observed Adverse Effect Level
NOC normal operation conditions
NOEC No Observed Effect Concentration
NOKO Notkondensator
NORM naturally occuring radioactive material
NORMAN Normalized Man
NOTE non-targeted effects
NPCIL Nuclear Power Corporation of India
NPD Nuclear Power Demonstration Reactor (VE)
NPG NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
NPP nuclear power plant
NQA Nuclear Quality Assurance
NRC Nat'l Research Council
NRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRDL Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory
NRF Nat'l Response Framework
NRI non-resident Indian
NRL Naval Research Laboratory
NRPB National Radiological Protection Board (G)
NRR Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (USNRC)
NRRPT National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists
NRRW National Registry for Radiation Workers (G)
NSA National Security Agency
NSA Normalized Specific Activity
NSAID non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
NSC Nuclear Safety Commission (JA)
NSD Nuclear Safety Division
NSF Nat'l Science Foundation
NSI Network Solutions, Inc.
NSREC Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference
NSSS Nuclear Steam Supply System
NTBA Network termination Basisanschluss
NTBA Network Termination for ISDN Basic rate Access
NTEC Nuclear Technology Education Consortium
NTS Nevada Test Site
NTSC Norm television system committee
NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
NULIFE Nuclear Plant Life Prediction
NUSAP Numeral Unit Spread Assessment Pedigree
NV Nevada
NVRAM non volatile random access memory
NWG Nachweisgrenze
NWP Normal Working Pressure
NWRS Nationwide Radiological Study
OAW Optically Assisted Winchester (HD)
OBT organically bound tritium
OCLC Online Computer Library Catalog Infosystem
OCONUS Outside continental U.S.
OCR Optical character recognition
OCR optically coupled regenerative
ODE off-diagonal elements
ODE ordinary differential equations
ODP Open Directory Project
OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
OFGEM (electricity regulator in UK)
OHA Open Handset Alliance
OIL operational intervention level
OIT Organisation Internationale du Travail
OL Operating License
OLAP On-Line Analytical Processing
OLE object linking and embedding
OLS Operational Linescan System
OLTP On-Line Transaction Processing
OMI Organisation Maritime Internationale
OPAC Online Public Access Catalogue
OPCS Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (GB)
OpenHCI Open Host Controller Interface
OR odds ratio
ORAU Oak Ridge Associated Universities
ORERP Off-Site Radiation Exposure Review Project
ORG domain of non-commercial organizations
ORINS Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
ORS Operational Radiation Safety
OSART Operational Safety Review Team
OSD on-screen display
OSFI Open Standards Fibre Initiative
OSI Open Systems Interconnection Normierungsstandard
OSL optically stimulated luminescence
OSPAR Oslo/Paris Convention relating to pollution of the marine environment
OSPARCOM Oslo-Paris-Commissions (Umweltschutz)
OSPM Operating System directed Power Management
OSPM Operational Street Polution Model
OSR Off-Site Source Recovery
OSS Organisation-System-Schnittstelle
OST DOE Office of Science and Technology
OSTP Office of Science Technology and Policy
OTA Office for Technology Assessment
OTD Operational Transient Detector
OTP one time programmable
OVNI objet volant non identifié
OVSV Österreichischer Versuchssenderverband
OWC oscillating water column
OWC optimum water chemistry
P&A Procedures and Arrangements
PA Polyamid
PA Posterior-Anterior
PA performance assessment
PAA Price-Anderson Act
PACS picture archiving and communication system
PAEC potential alpha energy concentration
PAFC Phosphoric acid fuel cell (Brennstoffzelle)
PAG Protective Action Guide (USA)
PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PAI Polyamidimid
PAMELA Phosphate Glass Sodification And Metall Embedding of
PAMELA2 Liquid Activewaste
PAMINA Perfomance Assessment Methodologies in Application to the Safety Case
PAN Peroxiacetyl Nitrat
PAR puissance apparante rayonnée
PARCOM Oslo and Paris Commissions
PAVT Performance Assessment Verification Test
PBC partial body counter
PBFBC Pressurized Bubbling Fluidized Bed Combustion
PBI partial-body irradiation
PBL planetary boundary layer
PBMR Pebble Bed Modular Reactor
PBS Public Broadcasting Service
PC Polycarbonat
PCC premature chromosome condensation
PCF Point Coordination Function
PCI peripheral component interconnect
PCI pellet cladding interaction
PCI Practice Quality Improvement
PCMCIA (WLan PC-Karte)
PCMI pellet cladding mechanical interaction
PCP Primary coolant pump
PCRV Prestressed Concrete Reactor Vessel
PDA personal digital assistant
PDC Primary Domain Controller
PDC Personal Digital Cellular system
pdf probability density function
PDF portable document format
PDG Particle Data Group
PDOE produit de distortion des oto-émissions
PE Polyethylen
PE photoelectron
PEA potentiel évoqué auditif
PEC Predicted Environmental Concentration (EC)
PEFC Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell
PEM Polymer-Elektrolyt-Membran
PEM personal RF exposure meter
PERD personal emergency radiation detector
PET positron emission tomography
PET Poly(ethylenterephtalat)
PF Pulverized Fuel
PFBC Pressurised fluidised bed combustion
PGAA Prompte Gamma-Aktivierungsanalyse
PGP Pretty Good Privacy
PGN .pgn Portable Game Notation
Ph Physica
PHA phytohemagglutinin
PHEMCE Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise
PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
PHWR pressurized heavy water reactor
PI Polyimid
PI principle investigator
PID protocol identifier
PID proportional-integral derivative
PIDC Prototype International Data Center
PIE Post Irradiation Examination
PII Personally Identifiable Information
PIM Personal Information Manager
PIME Public Information Materials Exchange
PIMS Process Information Management System
PING Packet Internet Groper; Programm
PINT PSTN/Internet Interworking
PIO programmed input/output
PIRE puissance isotrope rayonnée équivalente
PIUS Process Inherent Ultimate Safety
PIV Particle Image Velocity (Velocimetry)
PKM parallelkinematische Machinen
PKS-WAA Produktkontrolstelle für Wiederaufarbeitungsabfälle
PLD Pulsed Laser Deposition
PLIM Plant Life Management
PLURIS PLUme RISe by Janicke
PM particulate matter
PMCH perfluoro-methyl-cyclohexane
PML Principia Mechanica Ltd
PML perfectly matched layer
PMMA polymethylmethacrylate
PMML Predictive Model Markup Language
PMN polymorphonuclear leukocytes
PMNC peripheral blood mononuclear cells
PMR Private Mobile Radio
PMS programmable memory scan
PMT photomultiplier tube
PN propyl nitrate
PNEC Predicted No Effect Concentration
PNG .png Portable Network Graphics
PNNL Pacific Northwast National Laboratory
PnP Plug & Pray
PNS Projekt Nukleare Sicherheit
PNS peripheral nervous system
POC probability of causation
POCO Post-operation clean-out
POD Point of Distribution
POI plan d'organisation interne
POINT Working group on point sources
POLYR Pollution of LYsimeteR
POP Point of Presence; Anschlußpunkt
POP Post Office Protocol (E-Mail)
POP persistant organic pollutant
POST power on self-test
POT Plan d'Occupation des Toits
POTW publicly owned treatment works
PP Polypropylen
PPB parts per billion
PPE personal protective equipment
PPG Project Prairie Grass
PPI plan particulier d'intervention
PPI pixels per inch
PPI parental pre-conception irradiation
PPM parts per million
PPM piecewise parabolic method
PPN Peroxypropionyl Nitrate
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol aus SLIP
PPPOE Point-to-Point-Protocol over Ethernet
PPS Plant Protection System
PRA probabilistic risk analysis
PRACS Primary Reactor Auxiliary Cooling System
PRESTA Parameter Reduced Electron-Step Transport Algorithm
PRIDE PyRoprocess inactive Intregrated DEmonstartion
PRILE primärseitige Leckageergänzung
PRISME Propagation d'un Incendie pour des Scénarios Multi-locaux Élémentaires
Proxy Programm: Zwischenspeicher f.Daten aus Netz
PRT pressurizer relief tank
PRTR Pollution and Transfer Register
PS .ps Extension; PostScript Bibliotheksliste TN
PS Polystyrol
PSA probabilistic safety assessment
PSA pulse shape analysis
PSA Persoenliche Schutzausruestung
PSAR Page Summary And Revision
PSAR Preliminary Safety Analysis Report
PSCO Port State Control
PSD plastic scintillation detector
PSI Paul Scherrer Institut
PSK phase shift keying
PSN Packet Switch Node
PSNV Psychosoziale Notfallversorgung
PSO Protocol Supporting Organisation
PSPC position-sensitive gas-proprtional counter
PSR periodic safety review
PSR perfectly stirred reactor
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
PT Pošta i Telekomunikacije
PTC pediatric thyroid cancer
PTFE Poly(tetrafluoethylen)
PTS Pressurized Thermal Shock
PÜ Pariser Haftungsübereinkommen
PUMA Plutonium Materials Analysis
PUR Polyurethan
PUREX Pu and U Recovery, Solvent Extraction
PVC Poly(vinylchlorid)
PVP Protected Video Path
PWL password list (extension)
PWR pressurized water rector
PWROG Pressurized Water Reactors Owners Group
QA quality assurance
QE quantum efficiency
QLM quantenlogische homöopatische Medizin (hi)
QoS Quality of Service
QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
QUIC Quick Urban and Industrial Complex dispersion model
R2P2 Reducing Risk, Protecting People
RABA (mech.-biol.)Restabfallbehandlungsanlage
RABIT Rapid Automated Biodosimetry Tool
RACER Risk Analysis, Communication, Evaluation and Reduction
RADAIR Réseau Automatique de Détection dans l'Air des Immissions Radioactives (HB9)
RADAR Rapid Deployment Amateur Radio
RADIZ Radon-Dokumentations- und Informationszemtrum Schlema
RADRUE Realistic Analytical Dose Reconstruction with Uncertainty Estimation
RAFM reduziert aktivierbar ferritisch-martensitisch
RAIN realistic assessment of rad.doses..nuclear installations und.normal conditions
RAM random access memory; read-only memory
RAMDAC ram digital analog converter (DA-Wandler)
RAMS Regional atmospheric modeling system
RAN Reservisten-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Notfunk
RANET Response Assistance Network
RAP Radiological Assistance Program
RAPHAEL Reactor for Process Heat, Hydrogen and Electricity Generation
RAR Reasonably Assured Resources
RARE Résaux Associées pour la Récherche Européenne
RASS Radio Acoustic Sounding System
RATCHET Regional Atmospheric Transport Code for Hanford Environmental Tracking
RBE relative biological effectiveness
RBMK Reaktor Bolschoi Moschtschnosti Kanalny
RBP Registered Biosafety Professional
RCB Reactor Containment Building
RCDT reactor coolant drain tank
RCE Rose Consulting & Engineering
RCEP Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RCS radiation containment system
RCS reactor coolant system
RCV(R) receiver
RDBMS Relational Data Base Management Systems
RDD radiological dispersal device
RDF relative distribution factor
RDP radon decay product
RDS Residue Desulphurization
REAC/TS Radiological Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site
REACH Register Evaluate Authorization of Chemicals
READIG Reaktorleittechnik Digital
REC random error component
RECA Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
RED radiological exposure device
REDOX (Pu and U) Recovery, Solvent and Extraction
REF Reseau des Emetteurs Francais
REF radiation effectiveness factor
REG .reg-Extension: Registry-Datei (Windows)
RegTP Regulationsbehö. Telekommunikation und Post
REI Richtlinie zur Emissions-u.Immiss.überwach.kerntechn.Anlagen
REKLIP Regio-Klima-Projekt
RELAP Reactor Excursion and Leak Analysis Program
REM roentgen equvalent man
REM radioactivity environmental monitoring
REMAB Roentgen Equivalent Manikin Absorption
REMCAL Roentgen Equivalent Manikin Calibration
REMM Radiation Emergency Medical Management
REMPAN Radiation Emergency Medical Preparedness and Assistance Network
REPU reprocessed uranium
RERF Radiation Effects Research Foundation
RERTR Reduced Enrichment of Research and Test Reactors
RESRAD residual radioactivity model and code
RET reticulocyte
RF Radiofrequency
RFC Request for Comment
RFD Request for Discussion
RfD Reference Dose
RFETS Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site
RFF Refined first fit algorithmus
RFID Radio Frequency Identification
RFP Rocky Flats Plant
RFP Radio Fixed Parts
RFR radiofrequency radiation
RGE Revue Générale de l'Electricité
RGM Règlement Général des Radiocommunications
RGV Rindergroßvieheinheit
RH remote-handled
RHIC Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
RHRTR Russian Human Radiobiology Tissue Repository
RIENL Radiation and Indoor Environment Nat′l Laboratory
RIFE Radioactivity in food and the environment
RIIA Royal Institute of International Affairs
RI-ISI risk-informed in-service inspection
RIME Radioactivity in the Marine Environment
RIN Radiation Information Netork
RIPE Réseaux IP Européens Dachorgan.Netzwerkbetreiber
RIS radiation induced signal
RISC reduced instruction set computer
RISC-RAD Radiosensitivity of Individuals and Susceptibility to Cancer induced by ionizing Radiations
RISMET risk-informed in-service inspection methodology
RIT receiver incremental tuning
RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration
RKM Rationalisierungs-Kuratorium der Dt.Wirtschaft e.V.,
RKM2 Eschborn (sh.Öko-Audit-Art. "Nützliche Erfahrungen" 7/96)
RKR Ressourcenkostenrechnung
RLG Rahmenleitungsgruppe
RLWTF Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility
RMAC Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center
RMS root mean square
RnDP radon decay products
RNMDR Russian National Medical and Dosimetric Registry
ROAAM Risk Orientated Accident Analysis Methodology
ROCOM Rossendorf Coolant Mixing Model
RODOS Real-time On-line Decision Support System
ROHS Restriction of Hazardous Substances
ROM read only memory
ROS reactive oxygen species
ROSIS Radiation Oncology Safety Information System
ROW Rest Of the World
RP Recommended Practice
RPE Radiation Protection Equipment
RPE retinal pigment epithelial...
RPII Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland
RPC Remote Procedure Call
RPE radiation protection expert
RPG Report Program Generator
RPV reactor pressure vessel
RR relative risk
RRRC Regulatory Requirements Review Committee (USNRC)
RRZN Regionales Rechenzentrum für Niedersachsen
RS rain scatter
RSA Rivest-Shamir-Adleman-Verfahren
RSA Radiation Surveillance Associates Inc.
RSC Radioactive Substances Committee
RSD relative standard deviation
RSGB Radio Society of Great Britain
RSICC Radiation Safety Information Computational Center
RSNA Radiological Society of North America
RSO Radiation Safety Officer
RSPA Research and Special Program Administration
RSS radiation safety system
RSU Rat von Sachverständigen für Umweltfragen
RTC Radio Telegraphy Club
RTC real time clock
RTE réseau de transport d′électricité
RTEP Real Time Event Processor
RTF rich text format
RTG radioisotope thermoelectric generator
rTMS repetitive Transkranielle Magnetstimulation
RTPR Reference Theta Pinch Reactor
RTS request to send
RTS Radiological Triage System
RUMS Richtlinien im Umweltschutz
RV record and verify system
RW rewritable (CD)
RWIN Receive Window
RWMAC Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee (UK)
RWP Radiation Work Permit
SA Specific energy absorption J/kg
SA specific activity
SAA Sulfuric acid aerosol
SAF self-absorption factor
SAF specific absorbed fraction
SAFEST Safety for Applications of Femtosecond-Laser-Technology
SAN Styrol/Acrylnitrit
SAN Storage Area Network
SAP Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte i.d.Datenverarbeitung
SAP safety assessment principles
SAR Safety analysis report
SAR Save and Rescue
SAR Specific absorption rate (W/kg; NIR)
SARAM Société d'Applications Radioélectriques à l'Aéronautique et à la Marine
SARP Severe Accident Research Program (US)
SASS Self Actuated Shutdown System
SAT Site Analysis Branch (USNRC)
SAV Sonderabfallverbrennungsanlage
Sc Scivias
SCAR Severnside Campaign Against Radiation (GB)
SCC stress corrosion cracking
SCE sister chromatid exchanges
SCK Nuclear Research Centre (Mol, ON)
SCLWR supercritical light water thermal spectrum reactor
SCM surface contamination monitor
SCM superconducting magnet
SCMC self de choc mode commun
SCO surface contaminated object
SCR Selective catalytic reduction
SCREAM South Coast Radiation Eliminatiom Action Movement (GB)
SCRN Screen
SCSI small computer system interface
SCUBA self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
SCWR Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactor
SD standard deviation
SD secure digital
SDA Subsurface Disposal Area
SDAP Service Discovery Application Profile
SDI Single Document Interface (VB5)
SDK Software Development Kit
SDP Sellafield drypack plant
SDR software-defined radio
SDRAM synchronous dynamic RAM
SDSL Symmetric DSL
SDX storage data acceleration
SE sicherer Einschluß
SEA .sea Extension; self extracting archive
SEA State Education Agency
SECAM séquentiel couleur à memoire
SEE specific effective energy
SEER Surveillance, Epidemology, and End Results
SEFR Steuerelementführungsrohre
SEM scanning electron microscope
SENN spatailly extended nonlinear node
SEO search engine optimization
SEPA Scottish Environment Protection Agency
SES socioeconomic status
SEWD Schutz vor Störmaßnahmen und sonstiger Einwirkungen Dritter
SFEN Société Française d'Énergie Nucléaire
SFR Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor
SFRP Société Française de Radioprotection
SGD Staatliche Geologische Dienste
SGEMP system-generated EMP
SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language
SGTR Steam Generator Tube Rupture
SHAFT Solution of Helmholtz Equation Applying Fourier Transf.
SHAR .shar Ext.;bearb.m. shar; Text
SHE standard hydrogen electrode
SHF Super High Frequency 3-30 GHz
s-http secure http (auch https)
SI Systeme International d'Unites
SID Subscription Identifier
SIFS Short Inter-Frame Space
SIG Special Interest Group
SIM Subscriber Identity Module
SIMM single inline memory module
SIMS survey information management system
SIP Session Initiation Protocol
SIPC Simply Interactive PC
SIR Standard Incidence Ratio
SIRAD Self-indicating Instant Radiation Alert Dosimeter
SIT .sit Extension MAC-Liste Bibliotheken
SIT sterile insect technique
SIXEP site ion exchange effluent plant
SL subscriber line
SLAC Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
SLAQ Street-Level Air Quality
SLB Steam Line Break
SLC Site Licence Condition
SLD scaling law distortion
SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol
SLS Swiss Light Source
SLT Solid Logic Technology
SMART simple multi-attribute ratings technique
SMART System-integrated Modular Advanced Reactor
SMD surface mounted device
SMIL Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
SMPR Small and Medium Power Reactor
SMPS switch mode power supply
SMR standardized mortality ratio
SMS Sicherheitsmanagement-System
SMS Short Massage Service
SMT stable metal tritides
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol; für Text 7 Bit
SNA sous-marin d'attaque
SNCR Selective non-catalytic reduction
SNIA Storage Networking Industry Association
SNIP NATO Switched Network Interconnection Project
SNL Sandia National Laboratories
SNLE sous-marin nucléaire lanceur d'engins
SNM Special Nuclear Material
SNS Spallation Neutron Source
SNT senior nuclear technologist
SO-DIMM Small outline DIMM
SOC semivolatile organic compounds
SOE Special Operation Executive
SOFC Solid oxide fuel cell (Brennstoffzelle)
SOFDMA Scalable OFDMA
SOHO Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
SOLAS Safety of Life at Sea
SOM sent on mission
SONE Supporters of Nuclear Energy
SOP special observation periods
SOR Sucessive over relaxation (math.)
SPE solar-particle event
SPECT single-photon emission CT
SPEFC Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell (Brennstoffzelle)
SPICE Simulation Program with intergrated Circuit Emphasis
Splitter frequency splitter
SPM Suspended Particulate Matter
SPN self-powered neutron
SPP Serial Point Profile
SPR service de protection contre les rayonnements
SPR Sandia Research Reactor
SPRA Service de Protection Radiologique des Armées
SPS Solar Power Satellites
SQL Structured Query Language
SRA Shonka Research Associates, Inc.; Marietta GA
SRAM static RAM
SRBII Société Royale Belge des Ingénieurs et Industrie
SREL Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
SRM standard reference material
SRP Savannah River Plant
SRP Standard Review Plan
SRRA Structural Reliability and Risk Assessment
SRS Savannah River Site
SRTM Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
SRU Sachverstaendigenrat fuer Umweltfragen
SSBN ships submersible ballistic nuclear
SSC structures, systems and components
SSD source-to-skin distance
SSID secondary station identifier
SSL Secure Socket Layer
SSN ships submersible nuclear
SSN social security number
SSTV slow scan TV
STA Science and Technology Agency (JA)
START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
STCW Standards of Training,Certific. And Watchkeeping f.Seafarers
STD standard deviation
STEP Sensitometric Technique for the Evaluation of Processing
StMAS By.Staatsmin.Arb.u.Soz.ordng,Familie,Frauen u.Gesundh.
STN Super-Twisted Nematic LCD
STOA Scientific and Technological Otions Assessment
str. strana
Strg Steuerung = Ctrl
StSV Schweizer Strahlenschutzverordnung
STUN Simple Traversal of UDP over NAT devices
SUP strategische Umweltprüfung
SUPA smart universal power antenna
SVC static var compensator
SVG Scalable Vector Graphics
SWCR supercritical water reactor
SWPC Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation
SWR standing wave ratio
S3 Safety Support System
TA Technologiefolgenabschätzung
TACWEF Total Ambient Culpability Weighted Emission Factor
TAE Telekommunikations-Anschlusseinheit
TAE Telefonanschlußeinheit
TAI Temps Atomique International
TAR .tar Tape Archive; UNIX
TAREF Task on Advanced Reactors Experimental Facilities
TAZ .taz ;Extension, Datei mit Compress erzeugt
TB time base
TBI total-body irradiation
TBSA total body surface area
TCB Temps Coordonnée Barycentrique
TCD thermal conductivity detector
TCG Temps Coordonnée Géocentrique
TCL Target Capabilities List
TCO Tjänstemännens Central Organisation
TCP transmission control protocol
TCP/IP (Protokollfamilie)
TCR thyristor-controlled reactor
TCSC Thyristor Controlled Series Compensation
TDB thermochemical data-base
TDB Temps dynamique barycentrique
TDCR Triple-to Double Coincidence Ratio
TDD time-division duplex
TDM tomodensitométrie
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TE Temps des éphémérides
TEC Trauma and Emenrgency Center
TED total effective dose
TEDE total effective dose equivalent
TEM transmission electron microscopy
TENORM technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials
TEPC tissue-equivalent proportional counter
TER total exposure rate
TETRA Terrestrial Trunked Radio
TFA très faible activité
TFT thin film transistor
TFWT tissue free-water tritium
TGD Technical Guidance Documents (Euro-Gefahrstoffe)
TGF transforming growth factor
TGI tube gastro-intestinal
TGLD Task Group on Lung Dynamics
TGQ Task Group on Qualification
TGR Task Group on Risk
TIAC time-integrated air concentration
TIBL Thermal internal boundary layer
TIC Total Inorganic Carbon, ges.anorg.Kohlenstoff
TID transaction ID
TIE total intraocular energy
TIF .tif Extension: tugged image format
TIMER Targets Image Energy Regional
TIMS thermal ionization mass spectrometry
tj. to jest, d.h.
TFA très faible activité
TFT thin film transistor
TGC Truncated General Cone
TIB thermal index of bone
TKDL Traditional Digital Knowledge Library
TKE turbulent kinetic energy
TKG Telekommunikationsgesetz
TKÜV Telekommunikationsüberwachungs-Verordnung
TKZulV Telekommunikationszulassungs-Verordnung
TLD Thermolumineszenz-Dosimeter
TLD Top Level Domain
TLS Transliminality Scale
TLV Threshold Limit Values
TMA trimethylamine
TMDL total maximum daily loads
TMR Texas Medical Rangers
TMS Transkranielle Magnetstimulation
TNC terminal node controller
TNEI The Northern Energy Initiative
TOA time of arrival
TOB Transportorganisation des Bundes
TOC Total Organic Carbon, ges.org.Kohlenstoff
TOD time-of-day
TOI time of intake
TOL Transportorganisation der Länder
TONNAGE 69 Int'l Convent.on Tonnage Measurements of Ships, 1969
TOR Tolerability of Risk Report (HSE 1992)
TPPP time-preserving, property-preserving
TPPS time-preserving, property-scaled
TSPP time-scaled, property-preserving
TSPS time-scaled, property-scaled
TPS Taiwan Photon Source
TRA Thermisch-Regenerative Abluftreinigungsanlage
TRACE transferts des radionucléides...dans les cours d'eau
TRACT Transport of Air pollutants over Complex Terrain
TRANSALP Transport of tracer gases across the Alps
TRASNUSAFE Training Scheme on Nuclear Safety Culture
TRB Techn. Regeln f. Druckbehälter
TRbF Techn. Regeln f. brennbare Flüssigkeiten
TRC Techa River Cohort
TRDS Techa River Dosimetry System
TREE transient-radiation effects on electronics
TRbF Techn. Regeln f. brennbare Flüssigkeiten
TRgA Techn. Regeln f. gefährliche Arbeitsstoffe
TRGS Technische Regeln für Gefahrstoffe
TRK Technische Richtkonzentrationen (Betriebswacht)
TRMM Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
TRR Techn.Regeln Rohrleitungen
TRU transuranic
TRUCON Transuranic Content
TRX transmitter
TS tolerable short term only
TSP tube support plate
TSPA Total Systems Performance Assessment (EPRI)
TSS Technik-System-Schnittstelle
TT Temps terrestre = TAI + 32,164 s
TTL Time to Live
TU Temps Universel
TUD Technische Universität Dresden
TWAIN technology without any important name
TWIC The Week in Chess
tzv. Tako zvani, sog.
UAB User Accessible Bus
UAM Urban Airshed Model
UART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
UBW upper band width
UCF unit capability factor
UCI Utilities' Consultant International
UCI Universal Chess Interface
UCLA Univ. of Calif. Los Angeles
UCLF unplanned capability loss factor
UDF Universal Disk Format (CD-RW)
UDL Universal Design for Learning
UDP User Datagram Protocol im Internet
UFOV useful field of view
UGB Umweltgesetzbuch
UHF ultra high frequency 0,3 -3 GHz
UI user interface
UIC Union Internationale des Chemins de Fers
UIC Uranium Information Centre
UICI Upper individual confidence intervall
UIT Union Internationale des Télécommunications
UJT unijunction transistor
UKAEA United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
UKCCS UK Childhood Cancer Study
UL uplink
ULD Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz
UMK Umweltministerkonferenz
UML Unified Modeling Language
UMS Unified Messaging System
UMTRCA Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UN Uranylnitrat
UNDSD United Nations Division for Sustainable Development
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNFCCC UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNH Uranylnitrat-Hexahydrat
UNSCEAR United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
UPA upper polar atmosphere
UPD User Datagram Protocol
UPMC University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
UPnP Universal Plug and Pray
UPTF Upper Plenum Test Facility
URCRM Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine
URG United Reprocessors GmbH
URL uniform resource locator (elektron.Adresse WWW)
URSI Union des Radiosciences Internationale
USB universal serial bus
USBR US Bureau of Reclamation
USBV Unbekannte Spreng- und Brandvorrichtung
USFS U.S. Forest Service Public Recreation Area
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
USKA Union Schweizerischer Kurzwellen-Amateure
USR uniform risk spectrum
USTUR US Transuranium and Uranium Registries
USU Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
UT Universal Time
UTC Universal time coordinated
UTI Universal time without pole movements
UTMB University of Texas Medical Branch
UTMS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UTO Universal time (rapporté à un pôle fixe)
UTP unshielded twisted pair cable
UUCP Unix-to-Unix-Copy-Protocol
UUE .uue unencoded Datei (Text)
UWB ultra wide band
UWS Unterwasserschere
V. Standards des CCITT
V.34 ITU-Protokoll 14.4 - 28.8 Kbps
V.42 ITU-Protokoll mit Fehlerprüfung
V.90 56 Kbps-Übertragungsprotokoll der ITU
V.110 altes ISDN-Protokoll, asynchron, bis 38,4 Kbps
V.120 wie V.110, bis 56 Kbps
VA Veterans Administration
VAQP Virginia qso party
VAWS VO über Anlagen zum Lagern, Abfüllen und Umschlagen
VAWS2 wassergefährdender Stoffe
VBA Visual Basic for Applications
VBP .vbp Extension: Visual Basic Project (Projektdatei, ascii)
VBScript VB Programmiersystem Scripting Edition f.INet
VBU Verband der Betriebsbeauftragten für Umweltschutz
VDLUFA Verband d.Deut.Landwirtschaftl.Untersu.u.Forsch.anstalten
VDRIF Variable Dose Rate Irradiation Facility
VDT video-display terminal
VDU video display unit
VE volunteer examiner
VEK Verglasungseinrichtung Karlsruhe
VELLA Virtual European Lead Laboratory
VEP visual evoked potential
VERA Verantwortung für die Entsorgung radioaktiver Abfälle (HB9)
Veronica Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-wide Index to Computerized Archives in Gopher
VESA Video Electronics Standards Association
VF ventricular fibrillation
VFO variable frequency oscillator
VHF very high frequency 30-300 MHz
VHP Visible Human Project
VHS video home system
VHTR Very-High-Temperature Reactor
VIPER Versatile Intermediate Pulse Experimental Reactor
VIP-Man Visible Photographic Man
VIS visible (Licht)
VIS Visible Imaging System
VKF Verband kommunaler Fuhrpark- und Stadtreinigungsbetriebe
VKS Verband Kommunale Abfallwirtschaft und Stadtreinigung e.V.
VKTA Verein für Kernverfahrenstechnik und Analytik Rossendorf e.V.
VLF very low frequency 3-30 kHz
VLLW very low-level waste
VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol
VPN virtual private network
vr vlastorucni
VRAM video RAM
VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language; ähnl.HTML
VSG Verkehrssicherstellungsgesetz
VTK Visualization Toolkit
VVM Vereniging Van Milieukundigen
VxD virtual driver
V&H vulnerability and hardness
W3C WWW Consortium
WAC waste acceptance criteria
WAK Wiederaufarbeitungsanlage Karlsruhe
WAP Wireless Application Protocol
WAIS Wide Area Information Servers Suchsystem Internet
WAN Wide Area Network
WANO World Association of Nuclear Operators
WAV .wav-Exteension; Sprach- /Musikdateien
WBC whole-body counter
WBT web baised training
WDM Win32 Driver Model
WEC The World Energy Council
WEEE Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment
WEFT Web Embedding Fonts Tool
WEM world energy model
WENRA Western European Nuclear Regulators Association
WEP waste encapsulation plant
WGA Windows Genuine Advantage
WHOIS Telefonbuch im Internet
WICEM Weltindustriekonferenz für Umweltmanagement
Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity
WIM Wireless Identity Module
WIMAN Wireless Metropolitan Area Network
WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
WIPP Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
WISE World Information Service on Energy
WITS waste inventory tracking system
WL Working level; 1 WL = 3700 Bq/m3 for Radon; 1,3*10**5 MeV alphas/litre
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
WLH World Light House Award
WLM working level month = 1 WL x 170 h
WMAP Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
WMD weapons of mass destruction
WMF .wmf Windows Metafile
WML Wireless Markup Language
WML Waste Management Laboratories
WMM Wi-Fi Multimedia
WMS waste management system
WOCE World Ocean Circulation Experiment
WOLF weak-signal operation on low frequency
WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
WPAN Wireless Personal Area Network
WPG .wpg WordPerfect Graphics
WPO web performance optimization
WPP White Pages Project (Internet)
WPT wireless power transmission
WRAM window RAM
WRS Wilcoxon Rank Sum
WRT Wireless Technology Research
WS Windows-
WSAON water-soluble aerosol organic nitrogen
WSCF Waste Sampling and Characterization Facility-
WSH Windows Scripting Host
WSRC Westinghouse Savannah River Company
WSS water surface sampler
W/E weekend
X. Definitionen der ITU für Netzwerke
X.25 WAN-Datenübertragungsnorm
X.75 ISDN-Protokoll
X.400 E-Mail-Standard CCITT und ISO
X.500 dto für Adressverzeichnisse in EU
XCVR transceiver
XML extensible markup language
XRF X-ray flourescence
XXE .xxe Extension; kodierte Binärdateien;xxencode...
YAHOO Yet Another Hierarchially Officious Oracle
YGN Young Generation Network
YTV Yorkshire TV
z .z Extension; Datei m. pack/unpack bearbeiten
Z UTC
ZEBS Zentr. Erfassungs- u. Bewertungsstelle f. Umweltchemikalien
ZF Zermelo-Fraenkel
ZfA Zentralstelle für Abfallbeseitigung
ZFC ZF set theory , with axiom of choice
ZIP .zip Extension; Datei m.pkzip/pkunzip bearbeitet
ZLN Zwischenlager Nord
ZLS Zentralstelle d. Lä:nder f. Sicherheitstechnik
ZNS zentrales Nervensystem
ZOO .zoo Extention; bearbeiten mit zoo210
ZTF zero tolerance for failure
ZV-Port zoomed-video port
ZVAB Zentralverzeichnis antiquarischer Bücher
ZVEI Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie
ZZZ0 a) Willem Ongena: Kürzellexikon zu Elektronik, Elektrotechnik,
ZZZ1 Computertechnik u.Kommunikationstechnik. 319 S., VDE-Verlag
ZZZ2 1998, 35 DM, ISBN 3-8007-2267-4 (aus: cq-DL 5/99 p.383)
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