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AEC Atomic Energy Commission
AED Atomic Energy Division
AFRC Atlanta Federal Records Center
ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable
Archives-II National Archives at College Park, Maryland
BSRI Bechtel Savannah River Incorporated
c/10m counts per 10 minutes
c/m counts per minute
ca. circa
CAM constant air monitor
CCC Centennial Corporate Center
CIIS Chemical Information and Inventory System
CIS Calibrations Information System
cpm counts per minute
cu.ft. cubic feet or cubic foot
d/m/1.5l disintegrations per minute per 1.5 liters
d/m disintegration per minute
d/m/l disintegrations per minute per liter
D20 deuterium oxide
DAC derived air concentration
DOE Department of Energy
DOERS DOE Records Schedules
dpm disintegration per minute
DuPont E.I. du Pont Nemours and Company
DWPF Defense Waste Processing Facility
EH-62 Office of Epidemiologic Studies
ERDA Energy Research and Development Administration
ESH Environmental, Safety and Health
ESH&QA Environmental Safety Health & Quality Assurance
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
FRC Federal Records Center
gpm gallons per meter
grams/m3 grams per cubic meter
GRS General Records Schedules
Hagley Hagley Museum and Library
HAI History Associates Incorporated
HP health physics or health protection
HPAREHD Health Protection Annual Radiation Exposure History Database
HPRED Health Protection Radiation Exposure Database
HTO gaseous tritium oxide
HVIS Health Visitor Information System
ISA Unknown
l liters
MED Manhattan Engineer District
MIS Medical Information System
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
FCi microcuries
FCi/cc microcuries per cubic centimeter
mr milliroentgen
mrad millirad
mrem millirem
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets
MT&E measurement and testing equipment
NARA National Archives and Records Administration
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NTIS National Technical Information Service
O1 NARA Accession Number Master List
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHD Occupational Safety and Hygiene Department
OUO Official Use Only
OW open window
PCM Phase Contrast Microscopy or personnel contamination monitoring
PF protection factor
POETS Previous Offsite Exposure Tracking System
RAC Radiological Assessment Corporation
RCHP Radiological Control and Health Physics
RHA Records Holding Area
RIDS Records Inventory and Disposition Schedule
RWP Radiation Work Permit
RZ radiation zones
S shield
S/RD secret/restricted data
SRO Savannah River Operations Office
SRP Savannah River Plant
SRS Savannah River Site
SWP Special Work Permit
TLD Thermoluminescent Dosimeter
TLND Thermoluminescent Neutron Dosimeter
TSR total significant reading
UCNI Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information
WNRC Washington National Records Center
WSI Wackenhut Services Incorporated
WSRC Westinghouse Savannah River Company