| AAHP | American Academy Of Health Physics |
| ABHP | American Board of Health Physics |
| ALARA | As Low As Reasonably Possible |
| ANS | American Nuclear Society |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as Superfund |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CHP | Certified Health Physicist |
| CLP | Contract Laboratory Program |
| D&D | Decontamination and decommissioning |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| FIFRA | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act |
| FUSRAP | Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program |
| GEDDS | Graphical Electronic Dosimetry Display System |
| HAZWOPER | Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response |
| HPS | Health Physics Society |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| ICRP | International Commission on Radiological Protection |
| IR | Infrared |
| IVTS | Interactive Video Tour System |
| JAFNPP | James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant |
| LANL | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| LOTO | Lock out/tag out |
| NCRP | National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements |
| NESHAPS | National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants |
| NQA | Nuclear quality assurance |
| NQA-1 | Quality Assurance Standards for Nuclear Facilities (ANSI/ASME NQA- 1) |
| NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NRRPT | National Registry of Radiological Protection Technologists |
| NYSDOL | New York State Department of Labor |
| ORRB | Operational Readiness Review Board |
| QA/QC | Quality assurance/quality control |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RF | Radio frequency |
| SAR | Safety Analysis Report |
| SARA | Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act |
| SDMP | Site Decommissioning Management Program |
| TCLP | Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure |
| TSCA | Toxic Substances Control Act |
| UMTRAP | Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program/Project |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| VSDS | Visual Survey Data System |
| WIPP | Waste Isolation Pilot Project |
| WVDP | West Valley Demonstration Project |
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