m Bq            microbecquerel

m m              micrometer

AA              atomic absorption

Am              americium

BOMAB      bottle mannequin absorption phantom

BTEX           ethylbenzene, m,p-xylene, o-xylene, toluene

C                  centigrade

Cd                cadmium

Ce                cerium

CEMRP       Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Program

CEMRC      Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring & Research Center

CFR            Code of Federal Regulations

cm                centimeter

Cm                curium

Co                cobalt

Cs                 cesium

Cu                 copper

CV                coefficient of variation

DES              Duke Engineering and Services

df                  degrees of freedom

DL                detection limit

DOE             U.S. Department of Energy

DOE EML    U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Monitoring Laboratory

DRI              Desert Research Institute

EM               Environmental Monitoring

EML             Environmental Monitoring Laboratory

EPA              U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Eu                 europium

eV                 electron volts

Fe                  iron

g                    gram

Ge                  germanium

HCl                hydrochloric acid

HF                 hydrofluoric acid

HNO₃            nitric acid

hr                    hour

IC                    ion chromotography

ICP-ES            inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry

K                      potassium

keV                  kiloelectron volts

km                    kilometer

L                      liter

m                      meter

mb                    millibar

MBL                mobile bioassay laboratory

mBq                 millibecquerel

MCL                maximum contaminant level

MDA                minimum detectable amount

MDC                minimum detectable concentration

min                    minute

MJ                    mega joules

mL                    milliliter

mm                    millimeter

NEI                  Nuclear Energy Institute (originally the Atomic Industrial Forum)

NIST                National Institute of Standards and Technology

NMAC            New Mexico Administrative Code

NMSU            New Mexico State University

Np                   neptunium

Pb                    lead

pH                    scale indicating acidity or alkalinity of a substance

PM₁₀               particulate matter smaller than 10 micrometers in diameter

PM_2.5              particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter

PRB                  Program Review Board

Pu                      plutonium

QA                    quality assurance

QC                    quality control

RIP                     Radiochemistry Intercomparison Program

ROI                     region of interest

Ru                        ruthenium

Rn                        radon

Sb                        antimony

SAB                    Science Advisory Board

SD                      standard deviation

SE                      standard error

sec                      second

shield                  cast iron enclosure

SDWA               Safe Drinking Water Act

T_1/2                   half-life

Th                      thorium

TPH                   total petroleum hydrocarbons

TSP                    total suspended particulate

U                        uranium

W                        watt

WERC                Waste-management Education & Research Consortium

WIPP                  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

XRF                    X-ray fluorescence