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