A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (2003)
Chapter: List of Abbreviations
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
AMAD
Activity median aerodynamic diameter
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
ASME
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASQC
American Society for Quality Control
BCT
Battalion Combat Team
BRER
Board on Radiation Effects Research
C and P
Compensation and Pension
CDR
Camp Desert Rock
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
CIC
Coordination and Information Center
CIRRPC
Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination
CV
Coefficient of variation
DHHS
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
DNA
Defense Nuclear Agency
DOD
U.S. Department of Defense
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
DRI
Desert Research Institute
DTRA
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPR
Electron paramagnetic resonance
FBE
Film-badge equivalent
FOIA
Freedom of Information Act
GAO
General Accounting Office
GI
Gastrointestinal
GSD
Geometric standard deviation
GZ
Ground zero
ICRP
International Commission on Radiological Protection
ICRU
International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
IOM
Institute of Medicine
IREP
Interactive RadioEpidemiological Program
LAN
Local area network
LET
Linear energy transfer
MC
Monte Carlo
MP
Military police
NA
Not applicable
NAAV
National Association of Atomic Veterans
NAS
National Academy of Sciences
NCI
National Cancer Institute
NCRP
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
NIH
National Institutes of Health
NIOSH
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NQA
Nuclear Quality Assurance
NRC
National Research Council
NTPR
Nuclear Test Personnel Review
NTS
Nevada Test Site
NuTRIS
Nuclear Test Review Information System
OPHEH
Office of Public Health and Environmental Hazards
ORNL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
PC
Probability of causation
POW
Prisoner of war
PPG
Pacific Proving Ground
QA
Quality assurance
QC
Quality control
QF
Quality factor
Rad-safe
Radiological safety
RBM
Red bone marrow
RCT
Regimental Combat Team
REECO
Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company
REF
Radiation Effectiveness Factor
SAIC
Science Applications International Corporation
SD
Standard deviation
SF
Shielding factor
SI
Systè me International (International System)
SOP
Standard operating procedure
TGLD
Task Group on Lung Dynamics
TNT
Trinitrotoluene
TU
Task unit
VA
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
VACO
Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office
VARO
Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office
VITAL
Veterans Issue Tracking Adjudication Log
UB
Upper bound
USC
U.S. Code
USMC
U.S. Marine Corps
USS
U.S. Ship
UV
Ultraviolet
