- ACGIH
- American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
- AEC
- Atomic Energy Commission
- AIHA
- American Industrial Hygiene Association
- ALARA
- as low as reasonably achievable
- ARAP
- Aquatic Resources Alteration Permit
- ARAR
- applicable or relevant and appropriate requirement
- ASER
- Annual Site Environmental Report
- ATSDR
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- BCK
- Bear Creek kilometer
- BCV
- Bear Creek Valley
- BMAP
- Biological Monitoring and Abatement Program
- BOD
- biological oxygen demand
- CA
- characterization area
- CAA
- Clean Air Act
- CDI
- chronic daily intake
- CEQ
- Council on Environmental Quality
- CERCLA
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
- CET
- Center for Environmental Technology
- CFC
- chlorofluorocarbon
- CLP
- Contract Laboratory Program
- CMC
- criterion maximum concentration
- CMTS
- Central Mercury Treatment System
- CNF
- Central Neutralization Facility
- CRADA
- cooperative research and development agreement
- CRK
- Clinch River kilometer
- CRMP
- cultural resource management plan
- CWA
- Clean Water Act
- CWG
- citizens' working group
- CWM
- Center for Waste Management
- CWSA
- Containerized Waste Storage Area
- CY
- calendar year
- CYRTF
- Coal Yard Runoff Treatment Facility
- DAC
- derived air concentration
- DCF
- dose conversion factor
- DCG
- derived concentration guide
- D&D
- decontamination and decommissioning
- DEUSS
- Discharge of Enriched Uranium to the Sanitary Sewer
- DNAPL
- dense nonaqueous phase liquid
- DNFSB
- Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
- DOE
- U.S. Department of Energy
- DOE-HQ
- U.S. Department of Energy Headquarters
- DOE-ORO
- U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge Operations Office
- DWS
- drinking water standard
- EA
- environmental assessment
- EDE
- effective dose equivalent
- EESSMS
- East End Sanitary Sewer Monitoring Station
- EFK
- East Fork Poplar Creek kilometer
- EFPC
- East Fork Poplar Creek
- ELPAT
- Environmental Lead Proficiency Analytical Testing Program
- EML
- Environmental Measurements Laboratory
- EMP
- Environmental Monitoring Plan for the Oak Ridge Reservation
- Energy Systems
- Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc. (formerly Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc.)
- EPA
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA-HQ
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters
- EPCRA
- Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act
- EPIP
- Environmental Protection Program Implementation Plan
- EPT
- Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera
- ER
- environmental restoration
- ESD
- Environmental Sciences Division (ORNL)
- ES&H
- environment, safety, and health
- FDA
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- FFA
- federal facilities agreement
- FFCA
- federal facilities compliance agreement
- FFEO
- Federal Facilities Enforcement Office
- FIFRA
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
- FONSI
- finding of no significant impact
- FY
- fiscal year
- GIS
- geographic information system
- GWPP
- Groundwater Protection Program
- GWPS
- groundwater protection standard
- GWTF
- groundwater treatment facility
- HAP
- Hazardous Air Pollutant
- HAZWRAP
- Hazardous Waste Remedial Action Program
- HEPA
- high-efficiency particulate air
- HiVal
- High Investment Value
- HQ
- hazard quotient
- HSWA
- Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to RCRA (1984)
- I/CDI
- intake (estimated dose)/calculated daily intake
- ICP-MS
- inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
- ICRP
- International Commission on Radiological Protection
- IHgTU
- Interim Mercury Treatment Unit
- IRIS
- Integrated Risk Information System
- ISV
- In-Situ Vitrification
- IWC
- in-stream waste concentration
- IWMF
- Interim Waste Management Facility
- K-25 Site
- the Oak Ridge K-25 Site
- LDR
- land disposal restriction
- LLLW
- liquid low-level (radioactive) waste
- LLW
- low-level (radioactive) waste
- LMER
- Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation
- LMES
- Lockheed Martin Energy Systems
- LQAP
- Laboratory Quality Assurance Plan
- MACT
- maximum achievable control technology
- MAPEP
- Mixed Analyte Performance Evaluation Program
- MCL
- maximum contaminant level
- MEK
- Melton Branch kilometer
- Mgd
- million gallons per day
- MIK
- Mitchell Branch kilometer
- MSRE
- Molten Salt Reactor Experiment
- NEPA
- National Environmental Policy Act
- NESHAP
- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
- NHPA
- National Historic Preservation Act
- NIST
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- NOAA
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- NOEC
- no-observed-effect concentration
- NOEL
- no-observed-effect level
- NON
- notice of noncompliance
- NOV
- notice of violation
- NPDES
- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
- NPL
- National Priorities List
- NRC
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- NRWTF
- Nonradiological Wastewater Treatment Facility
- OHF
- Old Hydrofracture Facility
- ORAU
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities
- OREIS
- Oak Ridge Environmental Information System
- ORISE
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
- ORNL
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- ORR
- Oak Ridge Reservation
- ORR-PCB-FFCA
- Oak Ridge Reservation Polychlorinated Biphenyl Federal Facilities Compliance Agreement
- OU
- operable unit
- PAM
- perimeter air monitoring (station)
- PA/SI
- preliminary assessment/site investigation
- PAT
- Proficiency Analytical Testing
- PCB
- polychlorinated biphenyl
- PCK
- Poplar Creek kilometer
- PET
- Proficiency Environmental Testing
- PIDAS
- Perimeter Intrusion Detection Assessment System
- PM10
- particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter
- POTW
- publicly owned treatment works
- PWMP
- Pond Waste Management Project
- QA
- quality assurance
- QA/QC
- quality assurance/quality control
- QC
- quality control
- Rad-NESHAP
- Rad-National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
- RAM
- remote air monitoring
- RCRA
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
- RCW
- recirculating cooling water
- R&D
- research and development
- RFA
- RCRA Facility Assessment
- RfD
- reference dose
- RI
- remedial investigation
- RI/FS
- remedial investigation/feasibility study
- RMPE
- Reduction of Mercury in Plant Effluent
- ROD
- record of decision
- ROI
- return on investment
- RQ
- reportable quantity
- SARA
- Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
- SDWA
- Safe Drinking Water Act
- SF
- slope factor
- SHPO
- Tennessee state historic preservation officer
- SMCL
- secondary maximum contaminant level
- SOP
- standard operating procedure
- SPCC
- Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan
- S/RIDs
- Standards/Requirements Identification Documents
- STP
- Site Treatment Plan
- STP
- Sewage Treatment Plant
- SWDF
- solid waste disposal facilities
- SWHISS
- Surface Water Hydrological Information Support System
- SWM
- solid waste management
- SWMU
- solid waste management unit
- SWPPP
- Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program
- SWSA
- solid waste storage area
- TCMP
- Toxicity Control and Monitoring Program
- TDEC
- Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
- TDEC/DOE-OD
- Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation/DOE Oversight Division
- T&E
- threatened and endangered
- TEMA
- Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
- TLD
- thermoluminescent dosimeter
- TOA
- Tennessee Oversight Agreement
- TPF
- Transuranic Processing Facility
- TRANSCOM
- U.S. Transportation Command
- TRC
- total residual chlorine
- TRK
- Tennessee River kilometer
- TRU
- transuranic
- TSCA
- Toxic Substances Control Act
- TSD
- treatment, storage, and disposal
- TSO
- Technical Subcontracting Office
- TSP
- total suspended particulates
- TVA
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- TWQC
- Tennessee General Water Quality Criteria
- TWRA
- Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
- UE
- uranium enrichment
- UEFPC
- Upper East Fork Poplar Creek
- UE-PCB-FFCA
- Uranium Enrichment Polychlorinated Biphenyl Federal Facilities Compliance Agreement
- UE-TSCA-FFCA
- Uranium Enrichment Toxic Substances Control Act Federal Facilities Compliance Agreement
- USEC
- United States Enrichment Corporation
- UST
- underground storage tank
- UV
- ultraviolet
- VDRIF
- Variable Dose Rate Irradiation Facility
- VOC
- volatile organic compound
- WAG
- waste area grouping
- WCK
- White Oak Creek kilometer
- WETF
- West End Treatment Facility
- WIPP
- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
- WMP
- waste management program
- WOC
- White Oak Creek
- WOD
- White Oak Dam
- WOL
- White Oak Lake
- WQS
- water quality standard
- Y-12 Plant
- the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant