| µBq |
| microbecquerel |
| µm |
| micrometer |
| AA, AAS |
| atomic absorption, atomic absorption spectrometry |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| ICP-MS |
| inductively coupled pasma mass spectrometry |
| K |
| potassium |
| keV |
| kiloectron 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 jourles |
| 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 |
| PM2.5 |
| particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter |
| PRB |
| Program Review Board |
| Pu |
| plutonium |
| QA |
| quality assurance |
| QAP |
| quality assurance program |
| 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 |
| SWAT |
| Soil Water Air Testing |
| T1/2 |
| half-life |
| Th |
| thorium |
| TPH |
| total petroleum hydrocarbons |
| TSP |
| total suspended particulate |
| U |
| uranium |
| UVB |
| Ultra-Violet B |
| W |
| watt |
| WERC |
| Waste-management Education & Research Consortium |
| WIPP |
| Waste Isolation Pilot Plant |
| XRF |
| X-ray fluorescence |
