Radiation Safety Abbreviations and Acronyms

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A

AAHP – American Academy of Health Physicists

AAPM - American Association of Physicists in Medicine

ABHP – American Board of health Physics

ABIH – American Board of Industrial Hygiene

AAPM - American Association of Physicists in Medicine

AEA - Atomic Energy Act

ALARA - As Low As Reasonably Achievable

ALI - Annual Limit on Intake

AMA - American Medical Association

Anti-C - Anti-Contamination Clothing

ANS - American Nuclear Society

ANSI - American National Standards Institute

ARM - Area Radiation Monitor 

 B

BEIR - Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation

Bq - Becquerel

BWR - Boiling Water Reactor 

 C

CAM - Continuous Air Monitor

CDC - Center for Disease Control

CDE - Committed Dose Equivalent

CEDE - Committed Effective Dose Equivalent

CFR – Code of Federal Regulations

CHP – Certified Health Physicist

CPM - Counts Per Minute

CRCPD - Conference of Continuous Wave 

Cs - Cesium

 D

D&D – Decontamination and Decommissioning

DHS – U.S. Department of Homeland Security

DOD - U.S. Department of Defense

DOE - U.S. Department of Energy

DOT - U.S. Department of Health

DOT - U.S. Department of Transportation

dpm - Disintegrations Per Minute

ORP - Office of Radiation Protection 

 E

EHP - Environmental Health Program

EHS – Environmental Health and Safety

EOC - Emergency Operations Center

EOF - Emergency Operations Facility

EOP - Emergency Operating Procedure

EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EPRI – Electric Power Research Institiute

EPZ - Emergency Planning Zone

ERDO - Emergency Response Duty Officer 

 F

FDA – U.S. Food and Drug Administration

FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency

FUSRAP – Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program 

 G

GM - Geiger-Mueller

Gy - Gray 

 H

HAZMAT - Hazardous Material

HLW - High Level Waste

HP - Health Physicist

HPS - Health Physics Society

HSO – Health and Safety Officer 

  I

I - Iodine

IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency

ICNIRP - International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection

ICRP - International Commission on Radiological Protection

ICRU - International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IH – Industrial Hygienist

IND - improvised nuclear device 

  J 

JIC - Joint Information Center

JOC - Joint Operation Center

  K 

KeV - Kilo Electron Volts

KI - Potassium Iodide

  L

LEG - Low-Energy Gamma

LLD - Lower Limit of Detection

LLW - Low Level Waste 

LSC - Liquid Scintillation Counter

 M

m – Meter

mCi - microCurie

mrem - millirem

mR - milliRoentgen

mRad - millirad

mSv – millisievert 

 N

NaI - Sodium Iodide

NARM - Nuclear Accelerator Produced Radioactive Materials

nCi - nanoCurie

NCRP - National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

NIOSH – National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology

NORM - Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials

NPP – Nuclear Power Plant

NRC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NRRPT – National Registry of Radiological Protection Technologists

 O

ORP - Office of Radiation Protection

OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration

 P

PRM – Process Radiation Monitor

PWR - Pressurized Water Reactor

 Q

 R

R - Roentgen

Rad - Radiological Absorbed Dose

RADCON - Radiological Control

RAM - Radioactive Material

RBE - Relative Biological Effectiveness

RDD - Radiological Dispersal Device

RED - Radiation Exposure Device

rem - Roentgen Equivalent Man

RHP - Radiation Health Physicist

RRS - Radiation Research Society

RSNA - Radiological Society of North America

RSO – Radiation Safety Officer 

 S

SI - International System of Units

SNF - Spent Nuclear Fuel

Sr - Strontium

Sv – Sievert 

 T

TEDE - Total Effective Dose Equivalent

TLD - Thermoluminescent Dosimeter 

TVD - Tenth-Value Distance

TVL - Tenth-Value Layer

 U

UNSCEAR - United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

USDOT – U.S. Department of Transportation

 V 

 W

WIPP - Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

WL - Working Level

WMD - Weapon of Mass Destruction

 X

 Y

 Z

Z – Atomic Number