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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