Abbreviations and Acronyms

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• 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
• 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