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Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Pages 399-404

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... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CFD computational fluid dynamics CFR Code of Federal Regulations CHIPS Clearing House Interbank Payments System CIA Central Intelligence Agency 399
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From page 400...
... 400 APPENDIX D C3I command, control, communications, and information CRS Congressional Research Service CSTB Computer Science and Telecommunications Board C-TPAT Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism CW chemical weapons DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DDOS distributed denial-of-service (attack) DI deionized DNA deoxyribonucleic acid DOC Department of Commerce DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy DOJ Department of Justice DOT Department of Transportation DSL digital subscriber line DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency EHV extra high voltage EIA Energy Information Administration EMP electromagnetic pulse EOC emergency operations center FOP Executive Office of the President EPA Environmental Protection Agency EPRI Electric Power Research Institute FAA Federal Aviation Administration FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation FCC Federal Communications Commission FDA Food and Drug Administration FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FFRDC federally funded research and development center FOIA Freedom of Information Act GIS geographic information system GN&C guidance, navigation, and control GNP gross national product G O C O g o v e r n m e n t - o w n e d , c o n t r a c t o r - o p e r a t e d GTI Gas Technology Institute HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (an FDA program)
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From page 401...
... APPENDIX D HEPA HEU HHS HSC HVAC IAEA IEEE IMS IND IND IOM IPP IRS ISO IT IU IW LAN LD50 LDC LNG m2lg MANET MIT MPC&A MWS 14N NARUC NASA NATO NDEA NDMS NEHRP NEI NFPA NIAID NIH NIOSH NIST 401 high-efficiency particulate air (filter) highly enriched uranium Department of Health and Human Services Homeland Security Council heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning International Atomic Energy Agency Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ion mobility spectrometer investigational new drug improvised nuclear device Institute of Medicine independent power producers Internal Revenue Service independent system operator information technology intelligent information unit information warfare local area network lethal dose at which 50 percent of the exposed subjects die local distribution company liquefied natural gas square meters per gram mobile ad hoc network Massachusetts Institute of Technology material protection, control, and accounting multisensor warning systems the most common isotope of nitrogen National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners National Aeronautics and Space Administration North Atlantic Treaty Organization National Defense Education Act National Disaster Medical System National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Nuclear Energy Institute National Fire Protection Association National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health National Institute of Standards and Technology
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... 63 picogram a trillionth (10-~2) of a gram PETN pentaerythritol tetranitrate, a high explosive PPE personal protective equipment PRA probabilistic risk assessment Pu plutonium QA quality analysis QC quality control R&D research and development RAM-D reliability, availability, maintainability, and durability RDD radiological dispersal device RDT&E research, development, test, and evaluation RDX 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane, a high explosive RF radio frequency RTO regional transmission operator S&T science and technology SBIR Small Business Innovation Research SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition SEC Securities and Exchange Commission SNM special nuclear material SWIFT Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
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... ethylimethylphosphonothiolate, a nerve agent World Health Organization weapons of mass destruction World War I World War II extensible markup language year 2000
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  • special nuclear
  • nuclear regulatory
  • dispersal device

  • interbank payments
  • nuclear material
  • protective equipment
  • probabilistic risk
  • house interbank

  • computational fluid
  • radiological dispersal
  • worldwide interbank
  • financial telecommunication
  • fluid dynamics

  • personal protective
  • interbank financial
  • world war
  • quality control
  • quality analysis

  • data acquisition
  • mass destruction
  • extensible markup
  • risk assessment
  • radio frequency

  • regional transmission
  • supervisory control
  • pentaerythritol tetranitrate
  • nerve agent


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