Editorial Style Guide

Word List and General Usage

TR-111039

Topical Report, June 1998

EPRI Project Manager

Barbara Sherison
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REPORT SUMMARY

The EPRI Editorial Style Guide, together with the Company’s Graphic Standards Guide,
provides information for building a strong corporate identity in EPRI publications.
Providing lists of frequently used terms, EPRI software, and chemical elements, plus
examples of word usage, the style guide can help authors both develop text efficiently
and economically and brand EPRI as an integrated, global science and technology
company.

Background

The Editorial Style Guide updates information presented in the Three-Step Guide to the
Electronic Publishing of EPRI Technical Reports. Used in conjunction with the templates
developed to prepare EPRI reports and the Graphic Standards Guide, it can help ensure
visual and verbal consistency in EPRI’s technical reports and other publications. The
style guide and templates for preparing reports are available on-line
(www.epri.com/epritemplate/). The Graphic Standards Guide can also be accessed on
line (www.epri.com/design/). Both publications are available in print.

Objectives

To provide assistance in developing text that promotes a consistent EPRI style and
presents the organization as an integrated, global science and technology company.

Approach

EPRI Technical Publishing staff and contractors consulted with groups throughout the
Company to update the word list and add phrasing to the section on word usage that
reflects recent organizational changes.

Results

Chapter 1 of the Editorial Style Guide provides a list of terms frequently used in
describing EPRI research. It addresses hyphenation issues and includes commonly used
acronyms. Chapter 2 presents a list of EPRI software. Chapter 3 addresses such issues
as capitalization, compound words, numbers and equations, and bibliographical
information. This chapter also provides information for incorporating the System of

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International Units into EPRI documents. Chapter 5 presents a list of chemical elements
and their symbols.

EPRI Perspective

When any EPRI product, target, market segment, or solution is sold, EPRI is being sold.
To ensure effective branding, it is important that all communication products be
designed and written with a common look and feel. The Editorial Style Guide (TR-
111039) and The Graphic Standards Guide (BR-110883) provide information for authors
and designers to support this effort.

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Interest Category

Marketing

Keywords

Word list
Measurements
Word usage
Capitalization
Abbreviations
Acronyms

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CONTENTS

1 WORD LIST......................................................................................................................... 1-1

2 EPRI SOFTWARE ............................................................................................................... 2-1

3 WORD USAGE.................................................................................................................... 3-1

Capitalization ...................................................................................................................... 3-1
EPRI Terms..................................................................................................................... 3-1
Miscellaneous ..................................................................................................................... 3-3
Locations and Directions................................................................................................. 3-3
Trademarks ..................................................................................................................... 3-3
Acronyms ........................................................................................................................ 3-4
Computer Programs ........................................................................................................ 3-4
Generic Terms ................................................................................................................ 3-5
Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................... 3-5
Names of Countries ........................................................................................................ 3-5
States.............................................................................................................................. 3-5
Compound Words ............................................................................................................... 3-6
Compound Nouns ........................................................................................................... 3-6
Compound Adjectives ..................................................................................................... 3-7
Prefixes and Suffixes .................................................................................................... 3-10
Measurements, Numbers, and Equations......................................................................... 3-11
Measurements .............................................................................................................. 3-11
Numbers........................................................................................................................ 3-14
Equations ...................................................................................................................... 3-18
Notes, References, and Bibiliographies ............................................................................ 3-19
Notes............................................................................................................................. 3-19
References.................................................................................................................... 3-19

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 Bibliography .................................................................................................................. 3-20
Phone Numbers................................................................................................................ 3-21

4 TABLE OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS ................................................................................... 4-1

Name Symbol ..................................................................................................................... 4-1

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WORD LIST

--A--

a atto- (10-18; quintillionth)

A ampere(s)

Å angstrom (use meter)

A-scan (adj)

a.m. before noon

A/D analog to digital

A/E architect/engineer(s)

AAQS ambient air quality standards

ABB C-E Asea Brown Boveri–Combustion Engineering

Services, Inc.

abnormal operating procedure AOP

abnormal response guideline ARG

aboveground (adj);
above ground (adv)

above-mentioned (adj)

abs absolute

ABS acrylonitrile butadiene styrene

absolute abs

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ac alternating current (n); alternating-current (adj)

ac/dc alternating current/direct current (acronym

preferred)

ACAA American Coal Ash Association

accelerated-life (adj)

acceleration due to gravity g

accident states

acfm actual cubic feet per minute

ACH air changes per hour

ACI American Concrete Institute

acidic deposition

acid-leaching (adj)

acid rain (n, adj)

Acid Rain Advisor ARA

acid-refined (adj)

acid sulfate (n, adj)

acknowledgement

acoustic emissions (n, adj) AE

acoustic holography

acoustic imaging (n, adj)

across-technology (adj)

ACRS Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

acrylonitrile butadiene styrene ABS

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ACS advanced computer system

ACT Advanced Concepts Test

active filter

active noise cancellation (n, adj) ANC

actual cubic feet per minute acfm

adaptive learning network ALN

added-value (adj)

add-on (adj)

additive-based (adj)

adjoint flux (adj)

adjustable speed drive ASD

adjusted decibel(s) dBa

adsorbable organic halides AOX

adsorption

adsorption cycle (n, adj)

adsorption–steam stripping–Resox

Advanced Coal Liquefaction

R&D Facility

Advanced Computer and

Control Technologies Initiative

advanced computer system ACS

Advanced Concepts Test ACT

advanced cycle (n);

advanced-cycle (adj)

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advanced-design (adj)

advanced-fuel (adj)

advanced-fuel-burning device

advanced gas-cooled reactor

(n, adj.) AGR

advanced light water reactor ALWR

advanced oxidation technology AOT

Advanced Technology Transfer

Network

advancements
(advances preferred)

advisor

advisory board

Advisory Committee on
Reactor Safeguards ACRS

AE acoustic emissions (n, adj)

AEC Atomic Energy Commission (forerunner of the NRC)

AECL Atomic Energy of Canada Limited

AEL alternate emission limitations

AEOD NRC Office for Analysis and Evaluation of

Operational Data

aeolian (use eolian)

aeroderivative gas turbines

aerosol-retention (n)

aesthetic (adj)

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aesthetics (n)

AF/LD award fee/liquidated damages

AFB atmospheric fluidized-bed

AFBC atmospheric fluidized-bed combustion

AFBC 2-MW Pilot and 160-MW

Demonstration Facility

airborne

AFBMA Anti-Friction Bearing Manufacturers Association

affect (to influence [v]; avoid use

in scientific terms as a noun
[see effect])

after 12 noon p.m.

afterburner (n)

afterheat (n, adj)

AFUDC allowance for funds used during construction

AGC automatic generation control

age-specific (adj b/a n)

AGR advanced gas-cooled reactor

AIF Atomic Industrial Forum

AIME American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and

Petroleum Engineers

airblast (n, adj)

airblown

airborne

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air changes per hour ACH

air compressor (n, adj)

air condition (v)

air conditioned (adj)

air conditioner (n)

air conditioning (n, adj)

air cool (v)

air-cooled (adj)

air cooling (n); air-cooling (adj)

air dissolution (n, adj)

air duct (n, adj)

air-exclusion system

airflow

airfoil (n)

air gap (n); air-gap (adj)

air/gas systems

air-insulated (adj)

air-leakage (adj)

air mass (n, adj)

air monitoring (n);

air-monitoring (adj)

air (pneumatically)
operated valve AOV

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air polluting (n);

air-polluting (adj)

air pollution (n, adj)

air preheater

air quality (n, adj)

air quality control region (n, adj) AQCR

air quality related value AQRV

air removal (adj)

air sampling (n); air-sampling (adj)

air-separation (adj)

air shaft (n, adj)

airside

air solubility (n, adj)

air-source (adj)

airspeed

airstream

airtight (adj)

air toxics (n, adj)

airway

air-water test (n, adj)

AISC American Institute of Steel Construction

ALARA as low as reasonably achievable

alarm system (n, adj)

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alarm tree (n, adj)

ALHR average linear heat rating

all-inclusive (adj b/a n)

allowed outage time AOT

alloy 600

alloy 718

alloy X-750

alloying (adj) (common term:

alloying elements)

all-uranium (adj b/a n)

all-volatile treatment (n);

all-volatile treated (adj) AVT

allowance for funds used

during construction AFUDC

ALN adaptive learning network

alphanumeric

alternate emission limitations AEL

alternating current (n);

alternating-current (adj) ac

alternating current/direct current

(acronym preferred) ac/dc

aluminum-coated

AM amplitude modulation

ambient air quality standards AAQS

ambient temperature (n, adj)

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American Coal Ash Association ACAA

American Concrete Institute ACI

American Institute of Mining,

Metallurgical, and Petroleum
Engineers AIME

American Institute of Steel

Construction AISC

American National Standards

Institute ANSI

American Nuclear Society ANS

American Nuclear
Standard # ANS-58.2 (example)

American Petroleum Institute API

American Society for

Quality Control ASQC

American Society for Testing

and Materials ASTM

American Society of Heating,

Refrigerating, and Air-
Conditioning Engineers ASHRAE

American Society of
Mechanical Engineers ASME

American Standard Code for

Information Interchange ASCII

American Wind Energy

Association AWEA

American wire gauge AWG

ammonia NH3

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amorphous silicon

ampere(s) A

amplitude modulation (n, adj) AM

AMPS analysis of microelectronic and photonic structures

ampule

amu atomic mass unit

analog

analog to digital A/D

analysis of microelectronic
and photonic structures AMPS

analysis of variance ANOVA

analytic; analytical (adj)

ANC active noise cancellation (n, adj)

and others et al.

and the following et seq

and/or

anemometer

angstrom (use meter) Å

anhydride

anion

annual cycle energy

storage system

anode-cathode (n, adj)

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ANOVA analysis of variance

ANS American Nuclear Society

ANS-58.2 (example) American Nuclear Standard #

ANSI American National Standards Institute

Anti-Friction Bearing
Manufacturers Association AFBMA

anticipated transients
without scram (n, adj) ATWS

antinuclear

antioscillation

antipollution

antivibration

AOP abnormal operating procedure

AOT advanced oxidation technology

AOT allowed outage time

AOV air (pneumatically) operated valve

AOX adsorbable organic halides

API American Petroleum Institute

API gravity

Apollo-Soyuz

appendix; appendices (pl)

application-oriented

application specific
integrated circuit ASIC

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aq aqueous

AQCR air quality control region

AQRV air quality related value

aqueous aq

ARA Acid Rain Advisor

arcback (n, adj); arc back (v)

architect/engineer(s) A/E

area- and time-specific (adj) ATS

areawide

ARG abnormal response guideline

arrester

as low as reasonably
achievable (n, adj) ALARA

asbestos cement (n);

asbestos-cement (adj)

ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASCO Automatic Switch Company

ASD adjustable speed drive

Asea Brown Boveri–

Combustion Engineering
Services, Inc. ABB C-E

ash-agglomerating (adj)

Ashalloy™

ash-free (adj b/a n)

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ash particulate (n, adj)

ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-

Conditioning Engineers

ASIC application specific integrated circuit

askarel

ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASME Code (n, adj)

ASME Code Section XI

asphaltene

ASQC American Society for Quality Control

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

ASWS auxiliary salt water system

atm atmosphere(s) (use pascal)

atmosphere(s) (use pascal) atm

atmospheric fluidized-bed
(n, adj) AFB

atmospheric fluidized-bed
combustion (n, adj) AFBC

atmospheric pressure (n, adj)

Atomic Energy Commission

(forerunner of the NRC) AEC

Atomic Energy of Canada

Limited AECL

Atomic Industrial Forum AIF

atomic mass unit amu

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atomic number (n, adj)

atomic percent at%

atomic weight at wt

at% atomic percent

ATS area- and time-specific

attached is/are
(rather than "attached please
find" or "attached you will find")

atto- (10-18; quintillionth)

ATWS anticipated transients without scram (n, adj)

at wt atomic weight

audiocassette (n)

audiotape (n)

audiovisual (adj)

auger (n, v) (mechanical)

Auger (scientist) (physics)

(microscopy)

austenitic (adj)

auto efficiency (n, adj)

automatic generation control AGC

Automatic Switch Company ASCO

autotransformer

auxiliary salt water system ASWS

average avg

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average cost–marginal cost

average-cost pricing

average linear heat rating ALHR

avg average

AVT all-volatile treatment (n); all-volatile treated (adj)

award fee/liquidated damages AF/LD

AWEA American Wind Energy Association

AWG American wire gauge

axial-flow turbine

azimuthal (adj)

--B--

b barn (use square meter)

ß alumina beta alumina (n, adj)

ß'' alumina beta double prime alumina

BA bachelor of arts degree (n, adj)

bachelor of arts degree (n, adj) BA

bachelor of science degree

(n, adj) BS

back-charging

back end (n); back-end (adj)

back expansion (n);

back-expansion (adj)

backfill (n, v)

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backfit (n)

backflow (n)

backlay-clad (adj)

backlay cladding (n) BLC

backmix (v)

backmixed (adj)

back pressure (n);

back-pressure (adj)

backpropagation (n)

backscatter

backslash

back-tilting

back-to-back (adj, adv)

backup (n, adj); back up (v)

BACT best available control technology

baghouse (n, adj)

bakeout (n, adj)

balance of payments (n);

balance-of-payments (adj)

balance of plant (n);

balance-of-plant (adj) BOP

ball mill

band-gap (n, adj)

bandwidth BW

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bar code

bark banding (n);

bark-banding (adj)

Barkhausen noise

barn (use square meter) b

barrel(s) bbl

barrels per day (n, adj) bbl/d

barstock (n)

baseboard heater

base case (n, adj)

base cycle (n, adj)

baseline (n, adj)

baseload (n, adj); base load (v)

base year (n, adj)

basic insulation level (n, adj) BIL

battery energy (n, adj)

battery test bed (n, adj)

Baumé Bé

bbl barrel(s)

bbl/d barrels per day (n, adj)

BCT bushing current transformer

BDBA beyond-design-basis accident

BDHT blowdown heat transfer

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Bé Baumé

bed combustion (n, adj)

before noon a.m.

bell-like

Below Regulatory Concern

Owners Group BRC

benchboard (n, adj)

bench-model (n, adj)

benchmark (n, adj, v)

bench scale (n); bench-scale (adj)

beneficiation

benzotriazole BTA

best available control technology BACT

best-case (adj)

best estimate (n);

best-estimate (adj)

best-tension (n, adj)

beta alumina (n, adj) ß alumina

beta double prime alumina ß'' alumina

beta test (n, v)

beyond-design-basis accident (n) BDBA

BFP boiler feedpump

BFPT boiler feedpump turbine

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BHN Brinell hardness number

Bi-Gas process (n, adj)

biannual (twice a year;

synonym for semiannual)

biaxial

biennial (every two years)

BIL basic insulation level

billion (use 109)

billion electronvolts GeV

billionth (10-9)

bimonthly
(every other month)

binary cycle (n);

binary-cycle (adj)

binary fluid systems

binomial model

bioassay (n, v)

biobeneficiation

biochemical oxygen demand

(n, adj) BOD

biofouling

Biogas™

biological (adj)

biomass

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biotechnology

bipolar (adj)

Birmingham wire gage BWG

bituminous (adj)

biweekly (every other week)

Black-Scholes equation

blackout (n, adj); black out (v)

blade-cooling (adj)

blade fabrication (adj)

blade metal-rotor (adj)

blade-root (adj)

BLC backlay cladding

blendstocks

block-rate structure

blowback (n, adj)

blowdown (n, adj);

blow down (v)

blowdown heat transfer (n, adj) BDHT

blowoff (n, adj); blow off (v)

blowout (n, adj); blow out (v)

BOD biochemical oxygen demand

boiler feedpump BFP

boiler feedpump turbine BFPT

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boilermaker

boiler tube (n, adj)

boiler tube failure BTF

boiling point bp

boiling water reactor (n, adj)

(use acronym) BWR

Bonneville Power
Administration BPA

BOP balance of plant (n); balance-of-plant (adj)

boredown

boresonic

boresonic inspection

bottom-dwelling (adj)

bottom flooding (n);

bottom-flooding (adj)

bottom injection (n, adj)

bottom-line (adj);
bottom line (n)

bottom-up analysis

bp boiling point

BPA Bonneville Power Administration

Brayton cycle (n);

Brayton-cycle (adj)

BRC Below Regulatory Concern Owners Group

breadboard (n, adj, v)

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breakdown

breakdown (n, adj);

break down (v)

breakeven (n) break-even (adj);

break even (v)

breakup (n); break up (v)

breeder reactor (n, adj)

brine side (n); brine-side (adj)

Brinell hardness number (n, adj) BHN

British thermal unit(s) (n, adj) Btu

broad-base (adj)

brownout

Browns Ferry

BS bachelor of science degree

BTA benzotriazole

BTF boiler tube failure

Btu British thermal unit(s)

bubbling-bed

buildup (n, adj); build up (v)

built-in (adj)

built-up (adj)

bulk power (n); bulk-power (adj)

bundle conductor (n, adj)

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bundle power (adj)

bundle test (n, adj)

bundled-circuit (adj)

burn-in (adj)

burner zone heat release rate BZHRR

burnoff (n, adj)

burnout (n, adj); burn out (v)

burnup (n, adj); burn up (v)

bus; buses (pl)

busbar

bushing current transformer BCT

business investment (n, adj)

buswork

butterfly valve

BW bandwidth

BWG Birmingham wire gage

BWR boiling water reactor (use acronym)

BWR Owners Group BWROG

BWROG BWR Owners Group

by-product

bypass (n, v)

BZHRR burner zone heat release rate

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--C--

c centi- (10-2; hundredth)

C carbon

C century (centuries)

C coulomb(s)

°C degree(s) Celsius

ca. circa

CAAA Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

cable follower (n);

cable-follower (adj)

cable insulation (n, adj)

cable operating (n);

cable-operating (adj)

cable treeing (n);

cable-treeing (adj)

CAD computer-aided design

CADCAM computer-assisted design–computer-assisted

manufacture

CADD computer-aided drafting and design

CAES compressed-air energy storage

CAI computer-aided instruction

cal calorie(s) (use joule)

Cal kilocalories(s) (use joule)

calcium oxide CaO

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calculative; calculatory (adj)

(not calculational)

California Division of
Mines and Geology CDMG

California Universities for

Research in Earthquake
Engineering CUREE

calIT international table calorie(s) (use joule)

calorie(s) (use joule) cal

calorimetry

calth thermochemical calorie(s) (use joule)

camera-ready

CAMP Continuous Air Monitoring Program

canceled; canceling

candela(s) cd

CaO calcium oxide

cap-and-pin insulator

capacitance (use farad)

capacitive-graded (adj)

capacitively coupled
voltage transformer CCVT

capacitor switching (n);

capacitor-switching (adj)

capacitor switching voltage

magnification

capacity factor

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capital cost (n, adj)

capital-intensive (adj b/a n)

CAPTEX cross-Appalachian tracer experiment

carbon C

carbon burnup cell (n, adj) CBC

carbon dioxide (n, adj) CO2

carbon-in-ash analyzer

carbon monoxide (n, adj) CO

Carnot cycle (n);

Carnot-cycle (adj)

carrier frequency (n, adj)

carryover (n, adj); carry over (v)

cartesian (adj)

CASE computer-aided software engineering

case-base study (n, adj)

case study (n, adj)

CASH compressed air storage with humidification

CASH–COW Compressed Air Storage with Humidification–

Calculation of Worth

CASP Program Comparative Analysis of Standard Problems Program

cast-epoxy (adj)

cast iron (n, adj)

CAT computer-aided tomography

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Cat-Ox™

catalog (v); cataloging;

cataloged

catalyzed-D reactor

cation

cause-consequence (n, adj)

cause-specific (adj b/a n)

cavity-type (adj)

CBC carbon burnup cell

CBECS Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey

CBEMA Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers

Association

CBLA Cost Beneficial Licensing Actions

CCAM Compact Computer Aid for Maintenance

CCBP coal combustion by-product

CCC coal cleanability characterization

CCT Clean Coal Technology Program (U.S. DOE)

CCTFS clustered concentric tangential firing system

CCVT capacitively coupled voltage transformer

CCWS component cooling water system

cd candela(s)

cd cord(s)

CD compact disk

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CDF core damage frequency

CDL coal-derived liquid

CDMG California Division of Mines and Geology

CD-ROM compact disk read-only memory

CEC chemical energy conversion

CED customer energy demand

CEED Center for Electric End-Use Data (EPRI)

cell analysis (n, adj)

cell zero (n, adj)

Cell-2

Celsius (degree) °C

CEM continuous emission monitoring

cement paste (n, adj)

Center for Electric End-Use Data

(EPRI) CEED

Center for Materials Fabrication

(EPRI) CMF

Center for Materials Production

(EPRI) CMP

centerline

centi- (10-2; hundredth) c

centigram(s) cg

centiliter(s) cl

centimeter(s) cm

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centimeter-gram-second system
(use SI units) cgs system

central nervous system (n, adj) CNS

central power station (n, adj)

central processing unit CPU

central receiver (n, adj)

Central Research Institute of

Electric Power Industry CRIEPI

central-receiver solar-thermal
plants

central station (n, adj)

centroid

century (centuries) C

CEO chief executive officer

CERT constant-extension-rate tensile

cf. compare

CFE controller concurrent front end controller

CFC chlorofluorcarbon

CFGI cladding flaw growth index

CFL compact fluorescent lamp

CFR Code of Federal Regulations (e.g., 10 CFR 61)

cg centigram(s)

CGI commercial-grade item

CGIT compressed-gas-insulated transmission

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cgs system centimeter-gram-second system (use SI units)

chamber-type (adj)

changeout (n)

channel-equivalent (adj)

char gasification (n, adj)

charge-discharge (n, adj)

char oil (n, adj)

char oil energy development

(n, adj) COED

Charpy

check mark (n)

checklist (n, adj)

checkout (n, adj); check out (v)

chemical and volume

control system CVCS

chemical energy conversion CEC

chemical-mechanical (adj)

chemical reaction system CRS

chemical vapor (n, adj)

chemical vapor deposition

(n, adj) CVD

chemically pure (adj) cp

Chemically Recuperated
Intercooled Steam Injected
Gas Turbine CRISTIG

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Chemlab

CHESS Community Health and Environmental Surveillance

System

Chexal-Lellouche
correlation method C-L

CHF critical heat flux

chief executive officer CEO

chilled water (n);

chilled-water (adj)

Chiyoda (FGD system)

chlorofluorcarbon CFC

chlorosulfonated polyethylene CSPE

chromium-nickel-carbon-iron Ni-Hard

Ci curie(s)

Ci/min curie(s) per minute

CIPP cured-in-place pipe

cir mil(s) circular mil(s)

circa ca.

circuit breaker (n, adj)

circular mil(s) cir mil(s)

circulating bed

circulating fluid bed (n);

circulating-fluid-bed (adj)

circulating-fluid-bed boilers

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C-L Chexal-Lellouche correlation method

cl centiliter(s)

clad (v)

cladding (n) (do not use clad)

cladding flaw growth index CFGI

Class 1E

CLB current licensing basis

CLC current-limiting conductor

clean air (adj)

Clean Air Act Amendments

of 1990 CAAA

clean-burning (adj)

clean coal (n, adj)

Clean Coal Technology

Program (U.S. DOE) CCT

clean fuel (n, adj)

clean-out plug

cleanup (n, adj); clean up (v)

clear-cut (adj b/a n)

clearinghouse (n)

CLED coincident lightning events detection

Clor-n-Oil® (EPRI trademark)

close-coupled (adj)

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closed cycle (n);

closed-cycle (adj)

closed fuel cycle (n);

closed-fuel-cycle (adj)

closed loop (n);

closed-loop (adj)

close-up (n, adj); close up (v)

clustered concentric
tangential firing system CCTFS

cm centimeter(s)

cm2 square centimeter(s)

cm3 cubic centimeter(s)

CMDL compliance monitoring detection level

CME common-mode error

CMF Center for Materials Fabrication (EPRI)

CMF common-mode failure

CMP Center for Materials Production (EPRI)

CMQL compliance monitoring quantitation level

CNS central nervous system (n, adj)

CO carbon monoxide (n, adj)

coexist

co-inventor

co-mingled

co-op cooperative

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CO2 carbon dioxide (n, adj)

coal ash (n, adj)

coal bed (adj)

coal binder (n, adj)

coal burning (n);

coal-burning (adj)

coal catalysis (n, adj)

coal clean (n);

coal-cleaning (adj)

coal cleanability
characterization CCC

coal combustion (n, adj)

coal combustion by-product CCBP

coal conversion (n, adj)

coal-derived (adj)

coal-derived liquid CDL

coal feeder (n, adj)

coal-fired (adj)

coal firing (n); coal-firing (adj)

coal gasification (n, adj)

coal-handling (adj)

coal liquefaction (n, adj)

coal mine (n, adj)

coal mining (n, adj)

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coal oil (n); coal-oil (adj)

coal-oil agglomeration

coal-oil mixture COM

coal producing (n);

coal-producing (adj)

coal pyrolysis (n, adj)

coal quality (n, adj)

coal-seam methane fuel

coal slurry (n, adj)

coal-steam (adj)

coal-waste (adj)

coal-water (adj)

coal-water slurry (n);

coal-water-slurry (adj)

coal-water-slurry fuel CWF

Coalcon™

coarse-particle (adj)

coauthor (n)

coaxial (adj)

coaxial cable

coburn

Coburning Feed Rate Simulator COFERS

cochairman (n)

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cocurrent (adj)

COD crack-opening displacement

Code of Federal Regulations CFR (e.g., 10 CFR 61)

codeveloped

COED char oil energy development

coefficient of performance (n);

coefficient-of-performance (adj) COP

COFERS Coburning Feed Rate Simulator

cofire (v)

cofiring

cofund (n, v)

cogeneration

coincident lightning
events detection CLED

cold end average temperature

cold leg (n, adj)

cold-rolling mill

cold side (n); cold-side (adj)

cold vapor atomic absorption

spectroscopy CVAAS

cold water (n, adj)

cold water–steam (n, adj)

collector-installed (adj)

collector-radiator (n, adj)

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collimator

colocation

color graphics displays

color-graphics (adj)

COM coal-oil mixture

combined cycle (n);

combined-cycle (adj)

combined-cycle gas-steam
turbine (n, adj)

combined injection emergency

core (n, adj)

combustion cycle (n);

combustion-cycle (adj)

combustion-electrical (adj)

combustion turbine (n, adj) CT

combustion-turbine-based (adj)

Combustion Turbine
Bulletin Board CTBB

Combustion Turbine Center CTC

combustion turbine
combined-cycle plant

Commercial Building
Air-Conditioning Center (EPRI)

Commercial Building Energy

Consumption Survey CBECS

commercial-grade

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commercial-grade item CGI

commercial off-the-shelf
software COTS

commercial scale (n);

commercial-scale (adj)

commercial sector (n, adj)

commercial size (n);

commercial-size (adj)

Commercial Survey
Methods Project COMSURV

comminution

commodity-specific (adj b/a n)

common-cause failure

common mode (n);

common-mode (adj)

common-mode error CME

common-mode failure CMF

common-mode voltage

Community Health and

Environmental Surveillance
System CHESS

Compact Computer Aid for

Maintenance CCAM

compact disk CD

compact disk read-only

memory CD-ROM

compact fluorescent lamp CFL

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compact simulator

company-specific (adj b/a n)

Comparative Analysis of
Standard Problems Program CASP Program

compare cf.

compliance monitoring
detection level CMDL

compliance monitoring
quantitation level CMQL

component cooling water

system CCWS

composite-system (adj)

compressed air (n);

compressed-air (adj)

compressed-air energy storage CAES

compressed-air–gas turbine (n, adj)

compressed air storage

with humidification CASH

Compressed Air Storage

with Humidification–
Calculation of Worth CASH–COW

compressed gas (n);

compressed-gas (adj)

compressed-gas-insulated
(adj)

compressed-gas-insulated
transmission CGIT

computation method

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computation time (n, adj)

Computer and Business

Equipment Manufacturers
Association CBEMA

computer code (n, adj)

computer communications
(n, adj)

computer filing (n, adj)

computer-aided design CAD

computer-aided drafting
and design CADD

computer-aided instruction CAI

computer-aided software
engineering CASE

computer-aided tomography CAT

computer-assisted design–
computer-assisted manufacture CAD–CAM

computer-initiated
and-controlled (adj)

computer-searchable (adj)

computer telephone integration CTI

computerized scanning
electron microscopy CSEMI

COMSURV Commercial Survey Methods Project

CONAC continuous on-line analysis of coal

concentric neutral cable

corrosion

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concurrent front end controller CFE controller

condensable

condenser–cooling-tower loop

condition monitoring (n);

condition-monitoring (adj)

conduction-convection (n, adj)

cone-type (adj)

Consolidated Edison Co. of

New York, Inc.

constant air volume (adj)

constant-extension-rate tensile
(adj) CERT

constant failure rates

constant-power state

constant voltage transformer CVT

containment analysis (adj)

containment seismic response

Continental Power Exchange CPEX

continental shelf

continuous status (n, adj)

Continuous Air Monitoring

Program CAMP

continuous cell (n, adj)

continuous emission monitoring CEM

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continuous on-line analysis

of coal CONAC

controlled reluctance

controlled reluctance
eddy-current generator CREG

controlled thermonuclear
reactor (n, adj) CTR

controlled-uncontrolled (adj)

control rod (n, adj)

control room (n, adj)

control system (adj)

convective-cooling (adj)

converter

coolant-circulating (adj)

cooldown (n, adj); cool down (v)

cooling system (n, adj)

cooling tower (n, adj)

cooling tower–cooling pond

(n, adj)

cooling water (n); cooling-water

(adj)

cooling-water inlet system

cooperative

COP coefficient of performance (n); coefficient-of-

performance (adj)

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copper-based (adj)

coprocessing

cord(s) cd

core cooling (n);

core-cooling (adj)

core-damage (adj)

core damage frequency CDF

core-form (adj)

core-heat (adj)

core physics (adj)

core-reactivity (adj)

core spray piping (n, adj)

corewide (adj)

corrodent (n)

corrosion product (n);

corrosion-product (adj)

corrosion-erosion (n, adj)

corrosion-fatigue (adj)

corrosion-resistant (adj b/a n)

corrosion-suppressant (n, adj)

cos cosine

cosponsor (n, v)

Cost Beneficial Licensing

Actions CBLA

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cost-analysis (adj);
cost analysis (n)

cost-benefit (n, adj)

cost-competitive (adj b/a n)

cost-effective (adj b/a n)

cost-effectiveness (n)

cost-free (n, adj)

cost of service (n);

cost-of-service (adj)

cost-performance (n, adj)

cost pricing (n);

cost-pricing (adj)

cost-prohibitive (adj b/a n)

cost saving (n);

cost-saving (adj)

cost-sensitive (adj b/a n)

cost-share (adj, v)

cost sharing (n);

cost-sharing (adj)

cot cotangent

COTS commercial off-the-shelf software

cotangent cot

coulomb(s) C

counterbalance

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countercurrent

counterflow

countermeasure

cp chemically pure

cps cycles per second (use hertz)

CPEX Continental Power Exchange

CPU central processing unit

CQ Inc.

crack arrest (n, adj)

crack arrest toughness

parameter (n, adj) KIa

crack detection (n, adj)

crack growth (n, adj)

crack-opening displacement COD

crack propagation (n, adj)

crack-sizing (adj)

crack tip

CRC cyclic redundancy character

creepout (n, adj)

creep rupture (n, adj)

CREG controlled reluctance eddy-current generator

CRIEPI Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry

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CRISTIG Chemically Recuperated Intercooled Steam Injected

Gas Turbine

critical cost (n);

critical-cost (adj)

critical-current density Jc

critical heat flux (n, adj) CHF

critical lattice experiment

(n, adj)

critical solvent de-ashing CSD

critical stress intensity or

toughness KIC

critical temperature Tc

critique (n, v)

cross-Appalachian tracer
experiment CAPTEX

crossarm

cross-assembler (n, adj)

cross-bonding (n)

cross-compiler (n, adj)

cross-contamination (n, adj)

cross-field (adj)

cross-flow (n, adj) (BUT:

crossflow if used with
counterflow)

cross-impact analysis

cross-link (n, adj, v)

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cross-linked polyethylene XLPE

cross-linked polyolefin XLPO

cross-linking (n, adj)

cross-pollutant (n, adj)

cross-reference (n, v)

cross section (n); cross-section ( v)

cross-sectional (adj)

cross-section-related (adj)

cross-sectoral (adj)

cross talk (n); cross-talk (adj)

CRS chemical reaction system

crud (n)

crud release (n, adj)

crushed rock storage

cryo-envelope (n, adj)

cryoresistive (adj)

cryoresistive transmission
(n, adj) CT

CSD critical solvent de-ashing

CSEMI computerized scanning electron microscopy

CSPE chlorosulfonated polyethylene

CT combustion turbine

CT cryoresistive transmission

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CT current transformer

CTBB Combustion Turbine Bulletin Board

CTC Combustion Turbine Center

CTI computer telephone integration

CTR controlled thermonuclear reactor

cubic centimeter(s) cm3

cubic foot (feet)

(use cubic meter) ft3

cubic foot (feet) per minute

(use cubic meter per second) ft3/min

cubic foot (feet) per second

(use cubic meter per second) ft3/s

cubic inch(es) (use cubic meter) in3

cubic meter(s) m3

cubic micrometer(s) µm3

cubic millimeter(s) mm3

cubic yard(s) (use cubic meter) yd3

Cupron™

cured-in-place pipe CIPP

CUREE California Universities for Research in Earthquake

Engineering

curie(s) Ci

curie(s) per minute Ci/min

current-carrying (adj)

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current harmonic distortion Ithd

current licensing basis CLB

current limiter (n, adj)

current-limiting (adj)

current-limiting conductor CLC

current transformer CT

customer-driven

customer energy demand

(n, adj) CED

customer-owned (adj)

Customer Systems Group (EPRI)

customer use (adj)

cut-in speed

cut-out speed

CVAAS cold vapor atomic absorption spectroscopy

CVCS chemical and volume control system

CVD chemical vapor deposition

CVT constant voltage transformer

CWF coal-water-slurry fuel

cyberspace

cycle 3 operation

cycle life (n, adj)

cycle optimization (n, adj)

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cycles per second (use hertz) cps

cyclic; cyclical

cyclic redundancy character CRC

cycloaliphatic (adj)

cyclone-fired

--D--

d deci- (10-1; tenth)

d deuteron

d day

D–T deuterium–tritium

D/A digital to analog

da deka- (10; ten)

DAC distance-amplitude-correction

DAC distribution automation and control

DAFAS diverse auxiliary feedwater actuation system

dag dekagram(s)

DAIS Database Access Integration Services

DAL direct acid-leaching

DAS disturbance analysis system

DASS disturbance analysis and surveillance system

data (n) (takes plural verb, e.g., "are" as opposed to "is")

data acquisition (n, adj)

data bank
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database (n, adj)

data entry (n, adj)

data gathering (n, adj)

data-link

data logging (n, adj)

data processing (n, adj)

data-supporting (adj)

data transmission (n, adj)

Database Access Integration

Services DAIS

DAW dry active waste

day d

daylighting (n)

daylong (adj)

daytime (n, adj)

dB decibel(s)

dBa adjusted decibel(s)

DBA design basis accident

DBA dibasic acid

dBASE

DBE design basis event

dc direct current

dc-to-ac (adj)

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DCB double cantilever beam

DCS digital control system(s)

DDF demand diversity factor

deaerator

deasphalting (n, adj)

de-alloying (n, adj)

de-ashing (n, adj)

debug (v)

de-tinning

de-zincing

DEC Digital Equipment Corporation

decay heat (n, adj)

decay heat removal DHR

deci- (10-1; tenth) d

decibel(s) dB

decigram(s) dg

decimeter(s) dm

decision analysis (n, adj)

decision maker (n)

decision making (n);

decision-making (adj)

decision tree (n, adj)

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declining-block rate structure

(n, adj)

decommissioned

deemphasize (v)

deenergize (v)

deep mining (n, adj)

deep-discharge (adj)

deep-mine (v)

deep-mined (adj)

defense in depth (n);

defense-in-depth (adj)

degraded core (n, adj)

degree (plane angle, e.g., 180q)

degree(s) Celsius qC

degree-day (n, adj)

degree(s) Fahrenheit qF

deionize

deka- (10; ten) da

dekagram(s) dag

demand-clipping (n, adj)

demand diversity factor DDF

demand integration period

demand-limited (adj b/a n)

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demand-limited partial storage

demand saving factor DSF

demand subscription service DSS

demand-responsive (adj b/a n)

demand-side (adj)

demand-side management DSM

demister

density gradient centrifugation DGC

denstone

Department of Energy
(use acronym) DOE

departure from nucleate boiling DNB

depth-to-diameter ratio

design basis accident DBA

design basis conditions

design basis event DBE

desktop (adj)

desorption

DEUS dual energy use system(s)

deuterium-tritium D–T

deuteron d

devolatilize

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devolatilizer-upflow gasifier
(n, adj)

dewater

dew point

DF distortion factor

DFOTS distributed fiber-optics temperature sensor

dg decigram(s)

DGC density gradient centrifugation

DHR decay heat removal

di/dt ratio of delta current to delta time

DIAL differential absorption lidar (system)

diam diameter

diameter diam

dieback

dibasic acid DBA

die casting (n); die-casting (adj)

dielectric (n, adj)

dielectrics (n)

differential absorption lidar

(system) DIAL

differential scanning
calorimetry DSC

digital signal processor DSP

diffusion-limited

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dig-ups (n)

Digas™

digital control system(s) DCS

Digital Equipment Corporation DEC

digitally controlled (adj)

digital multimeter DMM

digital signal processor DSP

digital to analog D/A

digital voltmeter DVM

diode rectifier–controlled
inverter system

diphenylmethane

direct acid-leaching DAL

direct contact (n, adj)

direct current dc

direct cycle (n); direct-cycle (adj)

direct-fired (adj)

direct generation (n, adj)

direct search (n, adj)

dis disintegration

dis/min disintegration(s) per minute

dis/s disintegration(s) per second

discrete radioactive particle DRP

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disease-specific (adj b/a n)

disintegration dis

disintegration(s) per minute dis/min

disintegration(s) per second

(n, adj) dis/s

disk (not disc)

disk operating system DOS

dispersivity

dissimilar metal weld DMW

dissimilar weld (adj)

distance-amplitude-correction DAC

distortion factor DF

distributed collector (n);

distributed-collector (adj)

distributed fiber-optics
temperature sensor DFOTS

distributed generation (n, adj)

distributed load control

distributed-receiver system
(n, adj)

distributed storage (n);

distributed-storage (adj)

distributed storage
and generation DSG

distribution automation
(n, adj)

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distribution automation
and control DAC

distribution power quality DPQ

distribution system (n, adj)

disturbance analysis and

surveillance system DASS

disturbance analysis system DAS

diverse auxiliary feedwater

actuation system DAFAS

diverter

divertor fields
(nuclear usage only)

dm decimeter(s)

DMM digital multimeter

DMW dissimilar metal weld

DNB departure from nucleate boiling

do's and don'ts

doctor of philosophy degree PhD

DOE Department of Energy (use acronym)

dollar-saving (adj)

dopant

Doppler effect

DOR NRC Division of Operating Reactors

DOS disk operating system

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dose-dependent (adj b/a n)

dose rate (n); dose-rate (adj)

dose reduction (n);

dose-reduction (adj)

dose response (n);

dose-response (adj)

double cantilever beam DCB

double Faraday cage

double-pane (adj)

doublet fusion reactor (n, adj)

Doublet II, III, etc., reactor

(n, adj)

downcomer

downflow (n)

downgradient (n, adj)

download (v)

downshift

downsizing

downstream

downtime

downwind (n, adj)

doz dozen

dozen doz

DPQ distribution power quality

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draft paper (n, adj)

dragline

drain-down (n, adj)

drainpipe (n)

drainwater

DRAM dynamic random-access memory

drive system (n, adj)

dropout (n, adj); drop out (v)

dropout voltage (n)

DRP discrete radioactive particle

Drs. (plural of Dr.)

dry active waste DAW

dry ash (n, adj)

dry bulb (n); dry-bulb (adj)

dry-bulb temperature

dry coal (n, adj)

dry-cool (v)

dry-cooled (adj)

dry cooling (n) dry-cooling (adj)

dry curing (n); dry-curing (adj)

dry flow (n); dry-flow (adj)

dry hot rock

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dry lubricating (n);

dry-lubricating (adj)

dry-lubricate (v)

dry-lubricated (adj)

dryout (n, adj); dry out (v)

dry scrubber system (n, adj)

DSA dynamic security assessment

DSC differential scanning calorimetry

DSF demand saving factor

DSG distributed storage and generation

DSM demand-side management

DSP digital signal processor

DSS demand subscription service

dual element transducer

dual energy use system(s) DEUS

dual fuel (n); dual-fuel (adj)

dual-mode (adj)

dual-processor (adj)

dual-variable (adj)

duct-acoustic (adj)

duct-fired (adj)

ductile fracture (n, adj)

ductwork

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dustcake

duty cycle (n, adj)

DVM digital voltmeter

dynamic-equivalent procedure

dynamic fracture toughness

(n, adj) KId

dynamic random-access
memory DRAM

dynamic security assessment DSA

dyne (use neutron)

--E--

E electrode potential

E energy

E exa- (1018; quintillion)

E-CTFE ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene

e.g., for example

E/C erosion/corrosion (Note: different from erosion-

corrosion)

EAC environmentally assisted cracking

earth (e.g., the earth; on earth. But: cap Earth in

connection with other planet names)

earthquake monitoring (n, adj)

East Coast, the

Eastern Canadian Telemetered

Network ECTN

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eastern coal (n, adj)

Eastern North America ENA

Eastern United States EUS

easy-to-use (adj)

ebullated-bed reactor

ECAS Energy Conversion Alternatives Study

ECC emergency core coolant

ECC emergency core cooling

ECCS emergency core cooling system

ECM electronically commutated motor

ecological

economic dispatch data

ECP electrochemical potential

ECSA electrical conductor seal assemblies

ECT electronic current transducer

ECTN Eastern Canadian Telemetered Network

eddy current (n);

eddy-current (adj)

eddy-current loss factor PEC-R

eddy-current-tested (adj)

EDF Electricité de France

edge-defined film-fed growth EFG

edge-seal leakage

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Edison Electric Institute EEI

EDP electronic data processing

EDR electrodialysis reversal

EDS Exxon Donor Solvent™ process

EEG electroencephalogram; electroencephalograph

EEI Edison Electric Institute

EER energy efficiency ratio

effect (verb: to cause or bring about , as opposed to affect;

noun: a result, e.g., "the effect of microstructure on
cracking")

effective full-power days

(use singular to mean plural) EFPD

effluent

EFG edge-defined film-fed growth

EFLH equivalent full load hours

EFPD effective full-power days (use singular to mean

plural)

EFT electrical fast transient

EGCC entrained-gasification–combined-cycle

EHD electrohydrodynamics

EHF extremely high frequency

EHV extrahigh voltage

EIA Energy Information Administration

EICE extended implicit continuous-fluid Eulerion

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eigenvalue

8 x 8 fuel assembly

eightfold (adj); BUT: 8-fold

EIS Environmental Impact Statement

EISA electrical interface seal assemblies

EKG electrocardiogram; electrocardiograph

elastic-plastic

electric (containing, producing,

arising from, or actuated by
electricity; e.g., electric field)

electric and magnetic fields EMF

Electric and Magnetic Field

Exposure Monitoring EMDEX

electric appliance

electric arc (n, adj)

electric arc capacitor

electric-based

electric bills

electric boost (n);

electric-boost (adj)

electric capacity

electric charge

electric condenser

electric conductor

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electric control

electric cooling

electric cost

electric current

electric energy
(not electrical energy)

electric energy costs

electric field (n, adj)

electric G-Van

electric generating capacity

(n, adj)

electric generating plant

electric generator

electric heating

electric meter (n, adj)

electric motor

electric potential

electric power (n, adj)

Electric Power Database EPD™ (EPRI)

Electric Power Resesarch Spell out only in copyright or other material where
Institute (In most cases, use the full legal name is required.
EPRI)

Electric Power Software Center EPSC™ (EPRI)

electric-resistance-heated

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electric service

electric shock

electric strength

electric technology

Electric Thermal Storage

Users Group

electric transient (n, adj)

Electric Transportation
Information Center (EPRI)

electric utility (n, adj)

electric vehicle EV

electrical (related to or
associated with electricity but
not containing it or having its
properties or characteristics;
e.g., electrical systems,
electrical equipment)

electrical applications

electrical cable

electrical conductor
seal assemblies ECSA

electrical demand operations

electrical efficiency

electrical engineer

electrical equipment

electrical fast transient EFT

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electrical insulation

electrical interface
seal assemblies EISA

electrical load (n, adj)

electrical loss (n, adj)

electrical machinery (n, adj)

electrical penetration assembly EPA

electrical research (n, adj)

electrical resistance heaters

electrical resistivity

electrical stress (n, adj)

electrical techniques

electrically melted

electrically powered

Electricité de France EDF

electricity-based technology

electricity consumption

electricity costs

electricity demand

electricity-driven (adj)

electricity-generating (adj)

electricity generating plant

electricity generation (n)

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electricity industry

electricity intensity

electricity-intensive (adj)

electricity rates

electricity use

electroanalysis

electroanesthesia

electrocardiogram;
electrocardiograph EKG

electrocatalysis

electrochemical (adj)

electrochemical LOMI
ion exchange ELOMIX

electrochemical potential ECP

electrochromatography

electrode potential E

electrode potential standard Eo

electrodeposition

electrodialysis reversal EDR

electroeffect

electroencephalogram;
electroencephalograph EEG

electrohydraulic (adj)

electrohydrodynamics EHD

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electromagnetic EM

electromagnetic
acoustic transducer EMAT

electromagnetic compatibility
(n, adj) EMC

electromagnetic interference EMI

electromagnetic unit(s) emu (use SI units: A, F, H, W, V)

electromechanical

electromotive force(s) emf

electron beam (n, adj)

electron-ion (n, adj)

electronegative

electronic current transducer ECT

electronic data processing EDP

electronic rotor
temperature sensor ERTS

electronic watthour meter EWM

electronically commutated
motor ECM

electronvolt(s) (n, adj) eV

electro-optical

electroosmosis

electrophoresis

electroplating

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electroslag

electrosleep

electrostatic discharge ESD

electrostatic field (n, adj)

electrostatic precipitator ESP

electrostatic unit(s) esu (use SI units: A, F, H, W, V)

electrotechnology

electrowinning

ELF extremely low frequency

ELOMIX electrochemical LOMI ion exchange

EM electromagnetic

E-mail

EMAT electromagnetic acoustic transducer

embedded cost (n);

embedded-cost (adj)

embedded cost method

EMC electromagnetic compatibility

EMDEX Electric and Magnetic Field Exposure Monitoring

emergency core coolant (n, adj) ECC

emergency core cooling (n, adj) ECC

emergency core cooling system ECCS

emf electromotive force(s)

EMF electric and magnetic fields

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EMF Energy Modeling Forum

EMI electromagnetic interference

emissions inventory (n, adj)

Empire State Electric Energy

Research Corporation ESEERCO

EMS energy management system(s)

emu (use SI units: A, F, H, W, V) electromagnetic unit(s)

ENA Eastern North America

endpoint (n, adj)

end product (n)

end use (n); end-use (adj)

ENEL Ente Nazionale per l'Energia Elettrica

energy E

Energy coals™

energy-conserving

Energy Conversion
Alternatives Study ECAS

energy-conversion system

energy demand (n, adj)

energy displacement (n, adj)

energy efficiency ratio EER

energy-efficient (adj b/a n)

energy farming (n, adj)

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energy-GNP ratio;
energy/GNP ratio (n, adj)

Energy Information
Administration EIA

energy-intensive (adj b/a n)

energy management system(s) EMS

energy modeling (n);

energy-modeling (adj)

Energy Modeling Forum EMF

Energy Policy Act of 1992

energy-producing (adj)

energy recovery ventilator ERV

energy-related (adj)

Energy Research and

Development Administration ERDA (now DOE)

energy saving factor ESF

energy sector (n, adj)

energy storage (n, adj)

energy storage-conversion
(n, adj)

energy supply (n, adj)

energy-use systems

energy using (n);

energy-using (adj)

ensure (rather than assure; note that insure is used to

indicate procurement of insurance)

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Ente Nazionale per l'Energia

Elettrica ENEL

entrained-flow gasifier

entrained-
gasification–combined-cycle EGCC

entropy unit(s) (n, adj) eu

environment-induced (adj)

Environmental Control
Technology Center (EPRI)

environmental impact (n, adj)

Environmental Impact
Statement EIS

Environmental Protection
Agency (use acronym) EPA

environmentally assisted
cracking EAC

Eo electrode potential standard

eolian

EP extraction-procedure (adj)

EPA electrical penetration assembly

EPA Environmental Protection Agency (use acronym)

EPD™ (EPRI) Electric Power Database

EPDM ethylene propylene diene monomer

epidemiologic

epidemiological

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epoxide

EPR ethylene propylene rubber

EPR experimental power reactor (e.g., EPR–I, EPR–II)

EPRI (EPRI wordmark)

EPRIAMP–Customer
Assistance
Center

EPRI–Center for Demand Side

Excellence (DSX)

EPRI Combustion Turbine

Center

EPRI's Community
Environmental
Center

EPRI–Environmental
Assistance
Center

EPRI Instrumentation &

Control
(I&C) Center

EPRI–Performance
Assistance
Center

EPRI Journal (EPRI service

mark)

EPRI Publications Database

EPRI Reliability and

Maintainability Analyzer

EPRI-member utility

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EPRI/Utility Equipment
Qualification Advisory Group EQAG

EPSC™ (EPRI) Electric Power Software Center

EQ equipment qualification

EQAG EPRI/Utility Equipment Qualification Advisory

Group

EQDB Equipment Qualification Data Bank

equilibrium; equilibria (pl)

equipment grounding conductor

equipment qualification (n, adj) EQ

Equipment Qualification
Data Bank EQDB

equivalent full load hours EFLH

ERDA (now DOE) Energy Research and Development Administration

erg(s) (use joule)

erosion-corrosion (n, adj)

(But: erosion/corrosion E/C)

erosion/corrosion (Note:
different from erosion-corrosion) E/C

error detection (n, adj)

ERTS electronic rotor temperature sensor

ERV energy recovery ventilator

ESD electrostatic discharge

ESEERCO Empire State Electric Energy Research Corporation

ESF energy saving factor

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ESP electrostatic precipitator

esu (see electrostatic unit)

et al. and others

et seq and the following

ETA ethanolamine

ethanolamine ETA

ethylene propylene diene

monomer EPDM

ethylene propylene rubber EPR

ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene E-CTFE

eu entropy unit(s) (n, adj)

euclidean (adj)

EUE expected unserved energy

EUS Eastern United States

EV electric vehicle

eV electronvolt(s) (n, adj)

evaporative-cooled (adj)

event tree (n, adj)

ever-increasing (adj)

EWM electronic watthour meter

ex-reactor (also: out-of-core; out-of-reactor)

exa- (1018; quintillion) E

excess-air (adj)

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executive branch (n, adj)

exp exponent

expected unserved energy EUE

experimental phase (n);

experimental-phase (adj)

experimental power reactor

(e.g., EPR–I, EPR–II) EPR

expert-system (adj)

exponent exp

exposure-effect (n, adj)

exposure-response (n, adj)

extended implicit
continuous-fluid Eulerion EICE

extension (place lowercase "x"

before the number, e.g., x2222,
rather than X2222)

extensometer

extraction-procedure (adj) EP

extrahigh (adj)

extrahigh voltage EHV

extremely high frequency EHF

extremely low frequency ELF

extrudate

extruded insulation (n, adj)

extruded-dielectric (adj)

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extruder-feeder (n, adj)

Exxon Donor Solvent™

process EDS

--F--

f femto- (10-15; quadrillionth)

F farad

°F degree(s) Fahrenheit

fabric filter (n, adj)

facsimile FAX (not Fax)

factor of two (not factor of 2)

FACTS Flexible AC Transmission System

Fahrenheit (degree) qF

fail-safe (adj)

failure analysis (n, adj)

failure-cause analysis

failure event (n, adj)

failure modes and effects

analysis FMEA

failure rate (n, adj)

falling film (n);

falling-film (adj)

fallout (n, adj); fall out (v)

FAM fossil asset management

fan-jet (n, adj)

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FANN feed-forward artificial neural network

far-infrared FIR

far-reaching (adj)

farad F

fast breeder reactor (n, adj) FBR

fast breeder reactor plant

(n, adj)

fast-discharging (adj)

fast Fourier transformer FFT

fast-neutron spectra

fast-running (adj)

fatigue usage factor

fatigue wear (n)

FATT fracture appearance transition temperature

fault clearing (adj)

fault current (n, adj)

fault current limiter FCL

fault-current-limiting (adj)

fault data acquisition system FDAS

fault detection (n, adj)

fault locating (n, adj)

fault location (n, adj)

fault monitoring (n, adj)

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fault protection (n, adj)

fault repair (n, adj)

fault tree (n, adj)

fault-tolerant (adj b/a n)

fault withstand (n, adj)

FAX (not Fax) facsimile

FBC fluidized-bed combustion

FBG fiber Bragg grating

FBIE flow-by impervious electrode

FBR fast breeder reactor

FC fixed carbon

FC/VM fixed carbon-to-volatile matter ratio

FCC Federal Communications Commission

FCEM Field Chemical Emission Monitoring

FCL fault current limiter

FD forced-draft

FDA Food and Drug Administration

FDAS fault data acquisition system

FDTD finite-difference time-domain

federal (adj)

Federal Communications
Commission FCC

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Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission FERC

federal government (n, adj)

Federal Information Processing

Standard FIPS

feedback

feed flow (n, adj, v)

feed-forward artificial
neural network FANN

feed gas (n, adj)

feed stream (n, adj)

feed train (n); feed-train (adj)

feedpump

feedstock (n, adj)

feedthrough (n, adj);

feed through (v)

feedwater (n, adj)

feedwater heater FWH

feet, foot ft

femto- (10-15; quadrillionth) f

femtometer fm

femtovolt fV

FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

ferroalloy

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ferrofluid

ferromagnetic

FET field-effect transistor

few-group lattice parameters

FFT fast Fourier transformer

FGC flue gas cleaning

FGD flue gas desulfurization

FGR flue gas recirculation

fiber Bragg grating FBG

fiber composite (n, adj)

fiber optics (n)

fiber-optic (adj)

fiber-reinforced (adj)

fibrous composite (n, adj)

field-applicable (adj)

Field Chemical Emission

Monitoring FCEM

field-effect transistor FET

field-evaluate (v)

field-identify (v)

field installation (n, adj)

field monitoring (n);

field monitoring (adj)

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field test (n, adj); field-test (v)

field testing (n)

fieldwork (n, adj)

Figure 1, 2, or 3, etc.
(in text, captions)

figures 1, 2, and 3 (in text)

filamentary matrix (n, adj)

fill gas (n); fill-gas (adj)

film cooling (n);

film-cooling (adj)

film substrate (n)

final safety analysis report FSAR

final stage (n); final-stage (adj)

fine particle (n, adj)

fine particulate (n);

fine-particulate (adj)

fine structure (n, adj)

finite difference (n);

finite-difference (adj)

finite-difference time-domain FDTD

finite element (n);

finite-element (adj)

FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard

FIR far-infrared

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Fire-Induced Vulnerability
Evaluation FIVE

fireclay

fireside (n, adj)

first-come, first-served (adj)

firsthand (adj, adv)

first order (n); first-order (adj)

first phase (n); first-phase (adj)

first wall (n); first-wall (adj)

fiscal year (n, adj)

(e.g., FY95; FY95/96) FY

Fischer-Tropsch process

fission-gas (adj)

fission product (n, adj)

fission-product-induced (adj)

fission reactor (n, adj)

FIST full integral simulation test

fit-up (n, adj); fit up (v)

FIVE Fire-Induced Vulnerability Evaluation

fivefold (adj); BUT: 5-fold

fixed bed (n); fixed-bed (adj)

fixed-bed bioreactor

fixed carbon FC

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fixed carbon-to-volatile
matter ratio FC/VM

fixed-mirror distributed form

(n, adj) FMDF

fixed-mirror solar concentrator

(n, adj) FMSC

fixed-tilt-angle (adj)

flame AAS flame atomic absorption spectroscopy

flame atomic absorption

spectroscopy flame AAS

flash point (n, adj)

flash-fire (adj)

flashover (n, adj); flash over (v)

flat-bed

flat-bottomed (adj)

flat lands

flat plate (n) flat-plate (adj)

flat rate (n); flat-rate (adj)

flat-rolled (adj)

flat-roller

flaw imaging (n);

flaw-imaging (adj)

FLECHT full-length emergency core heat transfer

FLECHT—SEASET full-length emergency core heat transfer—

separate-effects tests and system-effects tests

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Flexible AC Transmission
System FACTS

Flexicoker™

floodplain

floor space (n, adj)

floppy disk

flow-by impervious electrode FBIE

flowchart

flow image (n, adj)

flow imaging (n);

flow-imaging (adj)

flowmeter

flow path

flow rate (n, adj)

flow restrictor (n, adj)

flowsheet (n, adj)

flow-through

flow-volume (adj)

flue gas (n, adj)

flue gas cleaning FGC

flue gas desulfurization (n, adj) FGD

flue gas recirculation (n, adj) FGR

fluidelastic (n)

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fluidized-bed bioreactor

fluidized-bed combustion FBC

fluid-structure interaction

flux depression (n, adj)

flux pump (n, adj)

flux shape (n, adj)

fly ash (n, adj)

fly-ash-derived (adj)

flywheel (n)

fm femtometer

FM frequency modulation

FMDF fixed-mirror distributed form

FMEA failure modes and effects analysis

FMSC fixed-mirror solar concentrator

fnp fusion point

foamed glass (n);

foamed-glass (adj)

FOB freight on board

follow-on (n, adj); follow on (v)

follow-through (n);
follow through (v)

follow-up (n, adj); follow up (v)

Food and Drug Administration FDA

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food chain (n, adj)

foodservice (adj)

foot (feet) per minute

(use meter per second) ft/min

foot (feet) per second

(use meter per second) ft/s

foot (feet) per second cubed

(use meter per second cubed) ft/s3

foot (feet) per second squared

(use meter per second squared) ft/s2

foot pound(s) (use joule) ft.lb

foot-pound(s) force (use joule) ft.lbf

foot-pound-second
(system of units) (use joule) fps

foot-poundal (use joule) ft.pdl

foot; feet (use meter) ft

footcandle (n)

for example e.g.,

forced-cool (v)

forced-cooled (adj)

forced cooling (n);

forced-cooling (adj)

forced-draft (adj) FD

forced-oil-cooled (adj)

forced outage (n, adj)

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forced-vibration (adj)

forecast (v, pres/past tenses)

form-C contact

forms-of-sulfur

FORTRAN

fossil asset management FAM

fossil boiler (n, adj)

fossil fuel (n, adj)

fossil-fired (adj)

fossil-fuel-fired (adj)

fossil-fueled (adj)

fourfold (adj); BUT: 4-fold

Fourier transform infrared FTIR

Fourier transform infrared

(FTIR) spectroscopy-
spectrometry

fp freezing point (n, adj)

FPC fuel pool cooling

fps foot-pound-second (system of units) (use joule)

fractionation

fracture appearance transition

temperature FATT

fracture mechanics (n, adj)

fracture toughness (n, adj)

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fracture toughness design

curve (n, adj) KIR

frame 7F (GE advanced gas

turbine model)

framework

free-field (adj)

freeze concentrate (n);

freeze-concentrate (v, adj)

freeze concentration (n, v);

freeze-concentration (adj)

freeze-off

freezing point (n, adj) fp

freight on board FOB

Freon™

frequency deviation

frequency domain (n);

frequency-domain (adj)

frequency modulation (n, adj) FM

frequency-shift keying FSK

fresh water (n); freshwater (adj)

FREY Fuel Rod Evaluation System

friction loss (n, adj)

front end (n); front-end (adj)

front expansion (n);

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front-expansion (adj)

Froud number

FSAR final safety analysis report

FSI furnace sorbent injection

FSK frequency-shift keying

ft feet, foot

ft foot; feet (use meter)

ft.lb foot pound(s) (use joule)

ft.lbf foot-pound(s) force (use joule)

ft.pdl foot-poundal (use joule)

ft/min foot (feet) per minute (use meter per second)

ft/s foot (feet) per second (use meter per second)

ft/s2 foot (feet) per second squared (use meter per second
squared)

ft/s3 foot (feet) per second cubed (use meter per second
cubed)

ft2 square foot (feet) (use square meter)

ft2/min square foot (feet) per minute (use square meter per
second)

ft2/s square foot (feet) per second (use square meter per
second)

ft3 cubic foot (feet) (use cubic meter)

ft3/min cubic foot (feet) per minute (use cubic meter per
second)

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ft3/s cubic foot (feet) per second (use cubic meter per
second)

FTIR Fourier transform infrared

FUA Fuel Use Act of 1978

fuel assembly (adj)

fuel-bound (adj)

fuel burning (n);

fuel-burning (adj)

fuel cell (n); fuel-cell (adj)

fuel-cell fuel (n, adj)

Fuel Cell Users Group of the

Electric Utility Industry, Inc.

fuel cladding (n);

fuel-cladding (adj)

fuel cycle (n); fuel-cycle (adj)

fuel doubling (n);

fuel-doubling (adj)

fuel-element (adj)

fuel-grade (adj)

fuel loading (n);

fuel-loading (adj)

fuel model (n, adj)

fuel modeling (n, adj)

fuel oil (n, adj)

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fuel pellet cladding (n);

fuel-pellet-cladding (adj)

fuel performance (n, adj)

fuel-pin-like (adj)

fuel pool cooling FPC

fuel-rich (adj)

fuel rod (n, adj)

Fuel Rod Evaluation System FREY

fuel-switching (adj)

Fuel Use Act of 1978 FUA

full core (n); full-core (adj)

full integral simulation test FIST

full-length emergency core

heat transfer (n, adj) FLECHT

full-length emergency core

heat transfer—separate-effects
tests and system-effects tests
(n, adj) FLECHT—SEASET

full load (n); full-load (adj)

full-peak cost-pricing (adj)

full-scale (adj)

full-size (adj)

full system (n);

full-system (adj)

full-time (adj, adv)

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furnace sorbent injection FSI

fused salt (n);

fused-salt (adj)

fusion point fnp

fusion-driven (adj)

fusion-fission (n, adj)

fusion power (n, adj)

fusion reactor (n, adj)

future test-year average (n);

future test-year-average (adj)

fV femtovolt

FWH feedwater heater

FY fiscal year (n, adj) (e.g., FY95; FY95/96)

--G--

g acceleration due to gravity

g gram(s)

G Gauss (sing/pl) (use tesla)

G giga- (109; billion)

GADS Generation Availability Data System

gal gallon(s) (use cubic meter)

gal/min gallon(s) per minute (use cubic meter per second)

gal/s gallon(s) per second (use cubic meter per second

gallon(s) (use cubic meter) gal

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gallon(s) per minute

(use cubic meter per second) gal/min

gallon(s) per second

(use cubic meter per second) gal/s

galloping detuner

gamma ray (n);

gamma-ray (adj)

gamma scan (n, adj)

gamma spectrum (n, adj)

gamma scanning (n);

gamma-scanning (adj)

gap heat (n, adj)

gas-aerosol (n, adj)

gas-blast (adj)

gas-blown (adj)

gas chromatograph/mass
spectrometer GC/MS

gas chromatography GC

gas cleaning (n);

gas-cleaning (adj)

gas-cool (v)

gas-cooled (adj)

gas-cooled central-receiver
systems

gas-cooled fast breeder reactor

(n, adj) GCBR

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gas cooling (n);

gas-cooling (adj)

gas dielectric (adj)

gas-dried (v)

gas-dry (v)

gas drying (n);

gas-drying (adj)

gaseous helium (n, adj) GHe

gas-filled (adj)

gas-fired (adj)

gas-flow (adj)

gas-gas (n, adj)

gas-heat (adj)

gasification-based (adj)

gasification–combined-cycle
(adj) GCC

gasification–power generation
(n, adj)

gasification-purification (n, adj)

gas-insulate (v)

gas-insulated (adj)

gas-insulated substation (n, adj) GIS

gas insulating (n);

gas-insulating (adj)

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gas insulation (n, adj)

gas laser (n, adj)

gas-mixture (adj)

gas oil (n)

gas phase (n); gas-phase (adj)

Gas Research Institute GRI

gas space

gas-steam (n, adj)

gas-stream (adj)

gas tungsten arc welding GTAW

gas turbine (n, adj)

Gas Turbine and Combined-

Cycle Design Evaluation GATE/CYCLE

gas turbine–boiler (n, adj)

gas turbine combustor can

gas turbine–steam turbine

combined cycles (n, adj)

gate-turnoff thyristors GTO

GATE/CYCLE Gas Turbine and Combined-Cycle Design Evaluation

gauge (v)

Gauss (sing/pl) (use tesla) G

Gaussian

GC gas chromatography

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GC/MS gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer

GCBR gas-cooled fast breeder reactor

GCC gasification–combined-cycle

GDC general design criteria

GDCS gravity drain cooling system

GE General Electric

GEGAS™

GeLi detector (n, adj)

general design criteria GDC

General Electric GE

generalized predictive control GPC

generally recognized as safe GRAS

general-purpose (adj)

generating plant (n, adj)

generating station (n, adj)

generating system (n, adj)

generating capacity (adj)

Generation & Storage Software

Support Center (EPRI) GSSSC

Generation Availability Data

System GADS

generation capacity (n, adj)

Generation Group (EPRI)

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generation unit (n, adj)

generator step-up GSU

generic equipment ruggedness

spectra GERS

geographic

geologic

geomagnetic

geopressure

GERS generic equipment ruggedness spectra

GeV billion electronvolts

GeV gigaelectronvolt(s)

GFAAS graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy

GHe gaseous helium (n, adj)

GHz gigahertz (sing/pl)

giga- (109; billion) G

gigacycle (use gigahertz)

gigaelectronvolt(s) GeV

gigahertz (sing/pl) GHz

gigaton (1015 g) Gt

gigavoltampere(s) GVA

gigawatt(s) GW

gigawatt(s) (electric) GWe

gigawatt(s) (thermal) GWth

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gigawatt-day GWd

gigawatt-hour GWh

GIS gas insulated substations

gland seal (n, adj)

glass-ceramic (n, adj)

global climate change (GCC)

GLFEM global-local finite-element method

global motor monitor GMM

global-local finite-element
method GLFEM

GLP Good Laboratory Practices (EPA regulations)

GMM global motor monitor

GMT Greenwich mean time

go/no-go

Good Laboratory Practices

(EPA regulations) GLP

government (e.g., the

government; the federal
government; the U.S.
government)

GPC generalized predictive control

GPR ground-penetrating radar

grain size(n); grain-size (adj)

grain(s) (use kilogram)

gram(s) g

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granular bed (n, adj)

graphical user interface GUI

graphite furnace atomic

absorption spectroscopy GFAAS

GRAS generally recognized as safe

grass roots (n, adj)

gravity drain cooling system GDCS

gray iron

gray scale (n); gray-scale (adj)

gray-scale-suppressed (adj)

Great Britain
(England, Scotland, and Wales)

greenhouse gas

Greenwich mean time GMT

GRI Gas Research Institute

gross structure (n, adj)

ground-based (adj)

groundbreaking (n, adj)

ground-coupled heat pump

ground cover (n, adj)

ground level (n, adj)

groundline

ground motion (n);

ground-motion (adj)

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ground-penetrating radar GPR

ground return

ground-return circuit

ground rule (n)

ground-source (adj)

ground-source heat pump GSHP

ground-truth data

groundwater (n, adj)

groundwork

growth inhibiting (n);

growth-inhibiting (adj)

GSHP ground-source heat pump

GSSSC Generation & Storage Software Support Center (EPRI)

GSU generator step-up

Gt gigaton (1015 g)

GTAW gas tungsten arc welding

GTO gate-turnoff thyristors

GUI graphical user interface

guidebook

Gulf Coast

Gulf state

GVA gigavoltampere(s)

GW gigawatt(s)

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GWd gigawatt-day

GWe gigawatt(s) (electric)

GWh gigawatt-hour

GWth gigawatt(s) (thermal)

--H--

h hecto- (102; hundred)

h hour(s)

H henry (sing/pl)

H-Coal™

H-Oil™

H2S hydrogen sulfide (n, adj)

ha hectare

half-cell (n, adj)

half-cycle (n, adj)

half-life (n, adj)

Haliburton NUS Corporation

(formerly NUS Corporation)

handbook

hand control valve HCV

handheld (adj)

handhold (n); hand-hold (v)

hands-on (adj)

hard copy

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hard disk (n)

hardface (v)

hardfacing (n, adj)

hard-rock-cavern

hardware

hardwired (adj)

harmonic voltage distortion Vthd

HAWT horizontal axis wind turbine

hazardous waste (n)

hazardous-waste (adj)

HCDA hypothetical core disruptive accident

HCFC hydrochlorofluorocarbon

HCOG Hydrogen Control Owners Group

HCV hand control valve

healthcare

health effects (n, adj)

heat-affected (adj)

heat exchange (n, adj)

heat exchanger (n, adj)

heat extractor (n, adj)

heat flux (n, adj)

heating oil (n); heating-oil (adj)

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heating season performance

factor HSPF

heating, ventilation, and

air conditioning HVAC

heat load (n, adj)

heat-mass transfer (n, adj)

heat peak (n, adj)

heat pipe (n, adj)

heat-pipe-cooled (adj)

heat pump (n, adj)

heat pump water heater

heat-rate (adj)

heat rate improvement

heat recovery (adj)

heat recovery steam generator HRSG

heat recovery water heater

heat rejection (n, adj)

heat-resistant (adj)

heat sensitive (adj)

heat storage (n, adj)

heat transfer (n, adj)

heat-treatable (adj)

heat-treated (v, adj)

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heat-treatment (adj)

heat-up (n, adj); heat up (v)

heavy actinide (n, adj)

heavy-duty

heavy-duty (adj)

heavy-frame (adj)

heavy fuel (n, adj)

heavy water (n, adj)

heavy water reactor (n, adj)

hectare ha

hecto- (102; hundred) h

HELB high-energy line break

helium-cooled (adj)

henry (sing/pl) H

HEPA high-efficiency particulate-air

hermeticity

HERSA high energy radiographic sensitivity analysis

hertz (sing/pl) Hz

HF high frequency

HFC hydrofluorocarbon

HGMS high-gradient magnetic separator

HHV higher heating value

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HIACA high-intensity adjustable cobalt array

HID high-intensity discharge

hideout (n, adj); hide out (v)

high-alloy

high bearing (n, adj)

high-efficiency particulate-air HEPA

high-energy consumption

high-energy line break HELB

high energy radiographic

sensitivity analysis HERSA

high frequency (n, adj) HF

high gas-release (adj)

high-gradient magnetic
separator HGMS

high-impedance

high-inlet particulate loadings

high-intensity adjustable
cobalt array HIACA

high-intensity discharge HID

high-level radioactive waste HLRW

high-molecular-weight
polyethylene HMWPE

high-order dispersion effects

high oxygen pressure (n, adj) HOP

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high-pass filter

high performance liquid

chromatography HPLC

high-performance thermoplastic HPT

high pressure (n);

high-pressure (adj) HP

high-pressure coolant injection HPCI

high-pressure fluid-filled (adj) HPFF

high-pressure injection system HPIS

high-pressure oil-filled (adj) HPOF

high-pressure safety injection HPSI

high-quality (adj);
high quality (n)

high rise (n); high-rise (adj)

high-service

High-Sulfur Fabric Filter

Pilot Facility

High-Sulfur Test Center

high-temperature (adj)

high-temperature filtration HTF

high-temperature gas-cooled
reactor (n, adj) HTGR

high-temperature
superconductor HTSC

high-temperature Winkler
process HTW process

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high-vacuum distillation

high voltage (n);

high-voltage (adj) HV

high-voltage alternating current

(n, adj) HVAC

high-voltage direct-current
(n, adj) HVDC

High Voltage Transmission

Research Center (EPRI) HVTRC

high-volume (adj);
high volume (n)

high-yield

higher heating value (n, adj) HHV

higher-order moments

HIP hot isostatic processing

HLW high level waste (note: no hyphen in high level)

HMWPE high-molecular-weight polyethylene

hockey-stick function

holdup (n, adj); hold up (v)

home heating (n, adj)

home owner

hookup (n, adj); hook up (v)

HOP high oxygen pressure (n, adj)

horizontal axis wind turbine HAWT

horizontal-axis (adj)

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horsepower (use watt) hp

hot-blast

hot-box (adj)

hot cell (n, adj)

hot coal (n, adj)

hot-dip

hot dry rock (adj)

hot-flow testing

HOT FOIL™ Coking Index

hot-gas (n, adj)

hot-gas-path (adj)

hot isostatic processing HIP

hot leg (n, adj)

hotline (n)

hot rock (n, adj)

hot-rolling

hot side (n); hot-side (adj)

hot spot (n, adj)

hotstick

hot strip mill

hot water (n, adj)

hot well (n, adj)

hour(s) h
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HP high pressure (n); high-pressure

hp horsepower (use watt)

HPCI high-pressure coolant injection

HPFF high-pressure fluid-filled (adj)

HPIS high-pressure injection system

HPLC high performance liquid chromatography

HPOF high-pressure oil-filled

HPSI high-pressure safety injection

HPT high-performance thermoplastic

HRSG heat recovery steam generator

HSPF heating season performance factor

HTF high-temperature filtration

HTGR high-temperature gas-cooled reactor

HTML hypertext markup language

HTSC high-temperature superconductor

HTW process high-temperature Winkler process

human factors (n, adj)

humid air turbine

hundred (102; hecto-)

hundredth (10-2; centi-)

HV high voltage (n); high-voltage (adj)

HVAC heating, ventilation, and air conditioning

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HVAC high-voltage alternating current

HVDC high-voltage direct-current

HVTRC High Voltage Transmission Research Center (EPRI)

HWC hydrogen water chemistry

hybrid pollution abatement

system HYPAS

hydro (adj)

hydrochlorofluorocarbon HCFC

hydrocracking high-temperature
superconductor

hydrodynamic

hydroelectric (n, adj)

hydrofluorocarbon HFC

Hydrogen Control
Owners Group HCOG

hydrogen producing (n);

hydrogen-producing (adj)

hydrogen sulfide (n, adj) H 2S

hydrogen water chemistry HWC

hydrogenation

hydrometeorological

hydropower

hydrothermal (adj)

hydroturbine

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HYPAS hybrid pollution abatement system

hypertext markup language HTML

hypoiodous acid

hypothetical core disruptive

accident HCDA

hysteresis

Hz hertz (sing/pl)

--I--

131I iodine-131

I&E Inspection and Enforcement (NRC I&E Notice)

I&M instruction and maintenance (manual)

i.e., that is

I/O input/output

IAQ indoor air quality

IAS Industry Applications Society

IASCC irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking

IBAD ion beam assisted deposition

IBM-compatible (adj)

IC inductance-capacitance

I&C instrumentation and control

ice-release (adj)

ice-thermal (adj)

ICEA Insulated Cable Engineers Association

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ICFM in-core fuel management

ICP—AES inductively coupled plasma—atomic emission

spectroscopy

ICS intermittent control system

ID induced-draft

ID inner diameter

ID inside diameter

ID/OD inner diameter/outer diameter

ID/OD inside diameter/outside diameter

Idaho National Engineering

Laboratory INEL

IDCOR Industry Degraded Core Rulemaking Group

IDS intelligent decision system

IE intermittent energization

IEA International Energy Agency

IEB Inspection and Enforcement Bulletin (NRC)

IEC International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IF intermediate frequency

IFBA integrated fuel burnable assembly

IG integrated gasification

IGA intergranular attack

IGBT insulated gate bipolar transistor

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IGCC integrated-gasification–combined-cycle systems

IGSCC intergranular stress corrosion cracking

IHSI induction heating stress improvement

ILC individual load center

Illinois no. 6 coal or

Illinois No. 6 Seam coal

ill-suited (adj b/a n)

ILWAS Integrated Lake-Watershed Acidification Study

impactor-precipitator (n, adj)

impedance Z

impeller

important-to-safety (n)

improved quality (adj)

impurity control (adj)

impurity copper (n, adj)

IMR induced magnetic roll

in (when used alone: in.) inch(es) (use meter)

in2 square inch(es) (use square meter)

in3 cubic inch(es) (use cubic meter)

in-between (n, adj)

inch(es) (use meter) in (when used alone: in.)

inch(es) of water (use pascal)

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inch(es) per hour

(use meter per second) in/h

inch(es) per second

(use meter per second) in/s

incipient-failure (adj)

Incoloy; Incoloy alloy 800

(trademark of INCO family of
companies, but not trademarked
in use)

Inconel; Inconel alloy 600

(trademark of INCO family of
companies, but not trademarked
in use)

in-core (adj) (also: in-reactor)

in-core fuel management (n, adj) ICFM

in-core probe–process (adj)

independent power producer IPP

independent system operator ISO

in-depth (adj)

INDEPTH industrial-end-use planning methodology

index; indexes (pl)

(for humanistic copy)
indices (pl) (for scientific copy)

individual load center ILC

individual plant examination IPE

individual plant examination

external events IPEEE

indoor air quality IAQ

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induced-draft (adj) ID

induced magnetic roll IMR

inductance-capacitance (n, adj) IC

induction heating stress

improvement IHSI

induction watthour meter IWM

inductively coupled plasma—

atomic emission spectroscopy ICP—AES

industrial-end-use planning
methodology INDEPTH

Industry Applications Society IAS

Industry Degraded Core

Rulemaking Group IDCOR

industry-related

industry-specific (adj b/a n)

industrywide

INEL Idaho National Engineering Laboratory

inert-gas-insulated (adj)

in-feed (n, adj)

information gathering (n, adj)

infrared IR

infrared thermography

ingress (from outside a system)

in/h inch(es) per hour (use meter per second)

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in-house (adj, adv)

ink-jet printer

in-leakage

in-line

inner diameter ID

inner diameter/outer diameter ID/OD

Innovators (EPRI)

in-phase (adj); in phase (adv)

in-pile (adj)

in-place (adj); in place (adv)

in-plant (adj b/a n);

in plant (adv)

INPO Institute of Nuclear Power Operations

in-process (adj); in process (adv)

input (from within a system)

input (n, adj, v)

input/output (n, adj, v) I/O

in-reactor (adj) (also: in core)

in-rush (n, adj)

in/s inch(es) per second (use meter per second)

in-service (adj); in service (adv)

in-service inspection ISI

inside diameter ID
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inside diameter/outside
diameter ID/OD

in-site (adj)

in situ (adj, adv)

(do not underscore)

Inspection and Enforcement

(NRC I&E Notice) I&E

Inspection and Enforcement

Bulletin (NRC) IEB

in-stack (adj)

instant start operation

Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers IEEE

Institute of Nuclear Power

Operations INPO

Instituto de Investigaciones
Eléctricas (Mexico)

instream (adj)

instreaming

instruction and maintenance

(manual) I&M

Instrument Society of America ISA

instrumentation and control I&C

Insulated Cable Engineers

Association ICEA

insulated-gate (adj)

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insulated gate bipolar transistor IGBT

insulation resistance IR

integrated coal
gasification–combined-cycle
(adj)

integrated fuel burnable

assembly IFBA

integrated gasification IG

integrated-gasification–
combined-cycle systems IGCC

Integrated Lake–Watershed
Acidification Study ILWAS

integrated pressurized
water reactor (n, adj) IPWR

integrated resource planning IRP

integrated-system(s) (adj)

intelligent decision system IDS

interface (n, v)

intergranular (adj)

intergranular attack IGA

intergranular stress
corrosion cracking IGSCC

interharmonic

intermediate-Btu gas

intermediate frequency (n, adj) IF

intermediate load (n, adj)

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intermediate pressure (n, adj)

intermediate pressure–low
pressure IP–LP

intermittent control system

(n, adj) ICS

intermittent energization IE

internal-combustion engine

internal-combustion vehicle ICV

internal rate of return IRR

International Electrotechnical
Commission IEC

International Energy Agency IEA

International Lead Zinc

Research Organization, Inc.

International System of Units SI

international table calorie(s)

(use joule) calIT

Internet

interoffice
(between one office and an
outside office in the same
company)

interrupter

intervenor

intraoffice
(within company walls)

Intraspect/98

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inverse-square law

in-vessel (adj)

investment risk (n, adj)

investor-owned utility

in vitro (adj)
(do not underscore)

iodine laser (n, adj)

iodine-131 131I

ion beam (n, adj)

ion beam assisted deposition IBAD

ion chromatography (n, adj)

ion exchange (n);

ion-exchange (adj)

ionizer-precipitator (n, adj)

IPE individual plant examination

IPEEE individual plant examination external events

IP–LP intermediate pressure–low pressure

IPP independent power producer

IPWR integrated pressurized water reactor

IR infrared

IR insulation resistance

IRP integrated resource planning

IRR internal rate of return

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irradiation assisted stress

corrosion cracking IASCC

irradiation-induced (adj)

ISA Instrument Society of America

ISI in-service inspection

isofootcandle (isolux) line

isolated phase (n);

isolated-phase (adj)

isotop

ISO independent system operator

Ithd current harmonic distortion

IWM induction watthour meter

--J--

J joule(s)

J/K joule(s) per kelvin

J/s joule(s) per second

JANUS Nd-glass laser system

Japan Electric Vehicle

Association JEVA

Jc critical-current density

jet impingement (n, adj)

JEVA Japan Electric Vehicle Association

JFET junction field effect transistors

joint research (n, adj)

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joint sponsorship

joint use (n); joint-use (adj)

joule(s) J

joule(s) per kelvin J/K

joule(s) per second J/s

journal bearing (n, adj)

jump-start (all forms)

junction field effect transistors JFET

--K--

k kilo- (103; thousand)

K thousand (as in 640K RAM) (use capital K)

K (use without degree symbol:

125K) kelvin(s)

K-Factor

Kapton™

KATE knowledge-based autonomous test engineer

kB kilobyte

kc kilocycle(s) (use kilohertz)

kCi kilocurie(s)

kelvin(s) K (use without degree symbol: 125K)

kemil thousand circular mils

Kentucky No. 11 Seam coal;

BUT: no. 11 coal

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keV kiloelectronvolt(s)

keyboard

keystroke

keyword

kg kilogram

kg.m kilogram meter(s)

kg/m3 kilogram(s) per cubic meter

kgf kilogram force (use newton)

kHz kilohertz (sing/pl)

KI stress intensity factor

KIa crack arrest toughness parameter

KIC critical stress intensity or toughness

KId dynamic fracture toughness

kiln-dried (adj)

kiln-dry (v)

kiln drying (n);

kiln-drying (adj)

kiln-fired (adj)

KILnGAS™

kilo- (103; thousand) k

kilobyte kB

kilocalories(s) (use joule) Cal

kilocurie(s) kCi

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kilocycle(s) (use kilohertz) kc

kiloelectronvolt(s) keV

kilogram kg

kilogram force (use newton) kgf

kilogram meter(s) (n, adj) kg.m

kilogram(s) per cubic meter

(n, adj) kg/m3

kilohertz (sing/pl) kHz

kilojoule kJ

kilomegacycle (use gigahertz)

kilometer(s) km

kilometer(s) per hour (n, adj) km/h

kiloton(s) kt

kilovolt(s) kV

kilovolt(s) peak kVp

kilovoltampere(s) kVA

kilowatt(s) kW

kilowatt(s) (electric) kWe

kilowatt(s) (thermal) kWth

kilowatt-hour(s) (n, adj) kWh

kilowatt-hours per year kWh/yr

kip(s) a one-thousand-pound
load (use kilogram[s])

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KIR fracture toughness design curve

kJ kilojoule

km kilometer(s)

km/h kilometer(s) per hour

km2 square kilometer(s)

know-how (n)

knowledge-based autonomous
test engineer KATE

Kocite™

Koppers-Totzek

kt kiloton(s)

kV kilovolt(s)

kVA kilovoltampere(s)

kVp kilovolt(s) peak

kW kilowatt(s)

kWe kilowatt(s) (electric)

kWh kilowatt-hour(s)

kWth kilowatt(s) (thermal)

KYZ contact

--L--

l liter(s) (acceptable for liquid volumes even though

not SI units)

l; ll line; lines

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L lambert (use candela per square meter)

L-1 (L minus 1) next-to-last row (n, adj)

l/min liter(s) per minute (use cubic meter per second)

l/s liter(s) per second (use cubic meter per second)

lab-scale

laboratory loop (n, adj)

laboratory-scale (adj)

labor-intensive (adj)

labor-saver (n, adj)

Lagrangian (adj)

lake-watershed (adj)

lambert (use candela per

square meter) L

laminar-insulated (adj)

lamp (also known as a bulb or

tube)

lamp efficacy

lamp efficacy standard

lamp lumen depreciation LLD

LAN local area network

land use (n, adj)

landfill (n, adj)

laptop (adj)

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large-deviation approximation LDA

large-diameter (adj)

large early release frequency (n) LERF

large eddy simulation LES

large granular lymphocytic

(LGL) leukemia LGL leukemia

largemouth bass

large-parallel-tunnel (adj)

large-scale (adj)

large-scale triaxial chamber LSTC

large-size (adj)

laser-critical (adj)

laser-fusion (n, adj)

laser-heated (adj)

laser light-plasma coupling

(n, adj)

laser pellet (n, adj)

laser-solenoid (n, adj)

laser target (n, adj)

lat. latitude

latitude lat.

lattice physics codes

layup (n, adj); lay up (v)

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lb pound(s) (use kilogram)

lb ap pound(s) (apothecary) (use kilogram)

lb avdp pound(s) (avoirdupois) (use kilogram)

lb.ft pound-foot (use joule)

lb/ft2 pound(s) per square foot (use kilogram per square

meter)

lb/s pound(s) per second (use kilogram per second)

lbf pound-force (use newton)

lbf.ft pound-force foot (use newton meter)

lbf/ft2 pound-force per square foot (use pascal)

lbf/ft3 pound-force per cubic foot (use newtons per cubic

meter)

lbf/in2 pound-force per square inch (use pascal)

LCD liquid crystal display

LCM life cycle management (note: no hyphen in life cycle)

LDA large-deviation approximation

LDD luminaire dirt depreciation

lead time (n, adj)

lead-210 210Pb

lead-acid (n, adj)

lead/acid (adj)

lead-coated (adj)

leadscrew (adj)

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leak-before-break (adj)

leak detection (n, adj)

leaking underground storage

tank LUST

leak proof

leak rate (n, adj)

leak test (n); leak-test (adj, v)

least-cost planning

LED light-emitting diode

LEFM linear elastic fracture mechanics

Legionnaires' disease

LER licensee event report

LERF large early release frequency

LES large eddy simulation

letdown (n, adj); let down (v)

let-through (n, adj);

let through (v)

leveled; leveling

levitated train (n, adj) LT

LF low frequency (n); low-frequency (adj)

LGL leukemia large granular lymphocytic (LGL) leukemia

LHe liquid helium

LHGR linear heat generation rate

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LHV lower heating value

license renewal LR

licensee event report LER

lidar (n, adj)

life cycle (n); life-cycle (adj)

life cycle management (note:

no hyphen in life cycle) LCM

life extension (n, adj)

life form (n); life-form (adj)

lifeline

life span (n, adj)

lifestyle (n, adj)

life-test (adj)

lifetime (n, adj)

light-box (adj)

light-dark cycle

light-emitting diode LED

light-fired (adj)

lighting power density LPD

lighting power density

standards

light loss factor LLF

lightning arrester (n, adj)

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light water (n, adj)

light-water-cooled (adj)

light water reactor (n, adj)

(use acronym) LWR

like-to-like

lime/limestone (n, adj)

limited ltd

limit state (n); limit-state (adj)

limit switch compartment LSC

line; lines l; ll

linear elastic fracture mechanics

(n, adj) LEFM

linear heat generation rate LHGR

linear low-density polyethylene LLDPE

linear programming (n, adj)

linear quadratic LQ

linear variable-differential
transformer LVDT

line item (n); line-item (adj)

line spectra light source

line-to-tower (adj)

liquefaction

liquefier

liquefy

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liquid-cooled (adj)

liquid crystal display LCD

liquid film thickness

liquid helium (n, adj) LHe

liquid-helium-cooled (adj)

liquid-impregnated (adj)

liquid metal fast breeder

reactor
(n, adj) LMFBR

liquid metal plasma valve

(n, adj) LMPV

liquid natural gas (n, adj) LNG

liquid phase (n);

liquid-phase (adj)

liquid-phase methanol
synthesis process LPMeOH™ (trademark only w/acronym)

liquid-solid (n, adj)

liquid steam (n);

liquid-steam (adj)

liter(s) (acceptable for liquid

volumes even though not
SI units) l

liter(s) per minute

(use cubic meter per second) l/min

liter(s) per second

(use cubic meter per second) l/s

liters per minute lpm

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lithium bromide water (n, adj)

lithium-cooled (adj)

lithium/iron (n, adj)

lithium/iron sulfide (n, adj);

lithium-metal sulfide (n, adj)

lithium/sulfur battery

LLD lamp lumen depreciation

LLDPE linear low-density polyethylene

LLF light loss factor

LLW low level waste (note: no hyphen in low level)

lm lumen(s)

LMFBR liquid metal fast breeder reactor

lm.h lumen-hour

lm/m2 lumen(s) per square meter

LMPV liquid metal plasma valve

lm.s lumen-second

lm/W lumen(s) per watt

ln logarithm (natural, base e)

LNB low-NOx burner

LNG liquid natural gas

load bearing (n);

load-bearing (adj)

load carrying (n);

load-carrying (adj)

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load control (n, adj)

load-current-carrying (adj)

load-curve forecasting

load-cycling (adj);
load cycle (v)

load-duration (adj)

load factor (n, adj)

load-follow (v)

load following (n);

load-following (adj)

load forecasting (n);

load-forecasting (adj)

load-growth planning

load leveling (n);

load-leveling (adj)

load leveling partial storage

load management (n, adj)

load model

load-profile (adj)

load shape (n);

load-shape (adj)

load shaping (n);

load-shaping (adj)

load shifting (n);

load-shifting (adj)

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load switching (n);

load-switching (adj)

load-switch (v)

load-tap-changer LTC

LOCA loss-of-coolant accident

local area network LAN

lock step

LOFT loss-of-fluid test

log logarithm (base 10 understood)

logarithm (base 10 understood) log

logarithm (natural, base e) ln

logic tree (n); logic-tree (adj)

LOI loss on ignition (n); loss-on-ignition (adj)

LOLP loss of load probability

LOMI low-oxidation-state metal ion

long. longitude

long-arc (adj)

long-circuit (adj)

long distance (adj)

longitude long.

long-life (adj)

long-line cells

long-range (adj b/a n)

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long rod (adj)

long-run incremental cost

(n, adj) LRIC

long-run marginal cost (n, adj) LRMC

long-term (adj)

long-wavelength (adj)

longwall mining

lookup (n)

loop current step response

loose parts (n);

loose-parts (adj)

loss calculation (n, adj)

loss of availability (n);

loss-of-availability (adj)

loss of boiler (n);

loss-of-boiler (adj)

loss of capacity (n);

loss-of-capacity (adj)

loss of coolant (n);

loss-of-coolant (adj)

loss-of-coolant accident LOCA

loss-of-field (adj)

loss-of-fluid test LOFT

loss of load probability LOLP

loss on ignition (n);

loss-on-ignition (adj) LOI

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LOTUS 1-2-3

low-alloy (adj)

low-Btu (adj)

low-carbon (adj)

low-cost (adj)

lower heating value LHV

low frequency (n);

low-frequency (adj) LF

low-grade

low-heat (adj)

low-level

low level waste

(note: no hyphen in low level) LLW

low-load factor (n);

low-load-factor (adj)

low-NOx (adj)

low-NOx burner LNB

low-oxidation-state metal ion (n) LOMI

low pressure (n);

low-pressure (adj) LP

low-rank coal (n);

low-rank-coal (adj)

low-temperature (adj)

low temperature over pressure LTOP

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low-temperature
superconductor LTSC

low voltage (n);

low-voltage (adj)

low-water-loading (adj)

low-Z (adj)

LP low pressure (n); low-pressure (adj)

LPD lighting power density

lpm liters per minute

LPMeOH™
(trademark only w/acronym) liquid-phase methanol synthesis process

LQ linear quadratic

LR license renewal

LRIC long-run incremental cost

LRMC long-run marginal cost

LSC limit switch compartment

LSTC large-scale triaxial chamber

LT levitated train

LTC load-tap-changer

ltd limited

LTOP low temperature over pressure

LTSC low-temperature superconductor

lubricity

lumbermill

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lumen(s) lm

lumen-hour lm.h

lumens per square meter lm/m2

lumens per watt lm/W

lumen-second lm.s

luminaire (n) (use when

referring to complete lighting
unit)

luminaire dirt depreciation LDD

luminaire efficiency

luminance (not the same

as "brightness")

lump-coal feeder

Lurgi gasifier

LUST leaking underground storage tank

lux (equal to one lumen per

square meter) lx

LVDT linear variable-differential transformer

LWR light water reactor (use acronym)

LWR-type (adj)

lx lux (equal to one lumen per square meter)

--M--

m mass

m meter(s)

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m milli- (10-3; thousandth)

m. noon (meridian)

m2 square meter(s)

m3 cubic meter(s)

µ micro- (10-6; millionth)

M mega- (106; million)

M molarity

m/s meter(s) per second

MA master of arts degree

µA microampere(s)

mA milliampere(s)

Mac Macintosh™

Macintosh™ Mac

macrocycle

macrofouling

macromodel

MAF moisture ash free

magma cooling tower

magnetic mirror (n, adj)

magnetic resonance imaging MRI

magnetohydrodynamics MHD

magnetomotive force (n, adj) mmf

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magnetoreceptor

magnetostrictive (adj)

main steam isolation valve MSIV

main steam line break MSLB

mainframe (n)

maintainability

Maintenance Equipment
Applications Center MEAC

makeup (n, adj); make up (v)

man-hour

man-made (adj)

man-rem

man-shift

man-year(s) man-yr

man-yr man-year(s)

management information
system MIS

MANTG Mid-Atlantic Nuclear Training Group

manual test (n, adj)

manufactured gas plant MGP

marginal-cost (adj)

marginal-cost-based (adj)

marginal cost method

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marginal value analysis MVA

marketplace

market share

mass m

mass-produce (v)

mass-produced (adj)

mass production (n, adj)

mass spectrometry MS

mass-transfer correlation (adj)

master of arts degree (n, adj) MA

master of science degree (n, adj) MS

mathematical modeling (n, adj)

matrix; matrices (pl)

MATRIX/x

max maximal; maximum

maximal; maximum max

maximum continuous
operating voltage MCOV

maximum continuous rating MCR

MB megabyte

mbar millibar

MBtu pounds per million British thermal units

Mc megacycle(s) (use megahertz)

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MCC motor control center

mcCi-d millicurie(s) destroyed

MCFC molten carbonate fuel cell

MCi megacurie(s)

mCi millicurie(s)

MCM mercury cycling model

MCOV maximum continuous operating voltage

MCR maximum continuous rating

md median

MEAC Maintenance Equipment Applications Center

mean effective pressure (n, adj) mp

mean-radiant temperature

mean recurrence interval mri

mean time between failures MTBF

mean time to breakdown (n);

mean-time-to-breakdown (adj)

mean time to failure MTTF

mechanical-electrical (adj)

mechanical equipment
qualification MEQ

mechanical separator MS

mechanical vapor recompression MVR

median md

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median volume pore diameter MVPD

medium frequency (n);

medium-frequency (adj) MF

medium-power (adj)

mega- (106; million) M

megabyte MB

megacurie(s) MCi

megacycle(s) (use megahertz) Mc

megaelectronvolt(s) MeV

megaelectronvolt-curie(s)
(n, adj) MeVCi

megagram(s) Mg

megahertz (sing/pl) MHz

megajoule(s) MJ

megapascal(s) Mpa

megarad Mrd

megaton(s) (energy
measurement; use 106 t if
measuring mass) Mt

megavolt(s) MV

megavoltampere(s) (n, adj) MVA

megawatt(s) MW

megawatt(s) (electric) (n, adj) MWe

megawatt(s) (thermal) (n, adj) MWth

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megawatt-century(ies) (n, adj) MWcen

megawatt-day(s) (n, adj) MWd

megawatt-day(s) per ton (n, adj) MWd/t

megawatt-hour(s) (n, adj) MWh

megawatt-second(s) (n, adj) MWs

megohm(s) M½

MELB moderate energy line break

meltdown

melting point (n);

melting-point (adj) mp

memorandum;
memoranda (pl)

menu-driven (adj b/a n)

MEQ mechanical equipment qualification

µeq microequivalent

meq milliequivalent

mercury arc (n, adj)

mesh generator (n, adj)

Messrs. (pl. of Mr.)

metal alloy (n, adj)

metal-clad (adj)

metal halide (adj)

metal-ion (adj)

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metal-like

metallurgical

metal mechanical (n, adj)

metal oxide (n, adj)

metal oxide semiconductor;

metal oxide silicon (n, adj) MOS

metal oxide silicon field-effect

transistor MOSFET

metal-oxide varistor MOV

metal system (n, adj)

metal-treating (adj)

meteorology (n);
meterologic (adj)

meter reading (n, adj)

meter(s) m

meter(s) per second (n, adj) m/s

meter-kilogram-second system
(n, adj) (use SI units)

meter-kilogram-second-ampere
system (n, adj) (use SI units)

Metglas™

method (preferred over use of

methodology)

methodological

methodology (method is
preferred)

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methyl fuel synthesis (n, adj)

metric ton (see: ton)

metric tons of uranium MTU

MeV megaelectronvolt(s)

MeVCi megaelectronvolt-curie(s)

MF medium frequency (n); medium-frequency (adj)

mf moisture free

Mg megagram(s)

µg microgram(s)

mG milligauss

mg milligram(s)

mg.h milligram-hour(s)

µg/l micrograms per liter

mg/l milligrams per liter

MGD million gallons per day (use cubic meter per

second)

MGP manufactured gas plant

MHD magnetohydrodynamics

MHz megahertz (sing/pl)

mHz millihertz (sing/pl)

mHz/s millihertz per second

mi mile(s) (use kilometer)

MIC microbial corrosion

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micro- (10-6; millionth) µ

microampere(s) PA

microbial corrosion MIC

microequivalent Peq

microfouling

microgram(s) Pg

micrograms per liter Pg/l

microinstability

micrometer(s) µm

micromicro- (use pico-)

micromodel

micron (use µm)

microorganism

microsecond(s) Ps

microstructural

microvolt(s) PV

microwatt(s) µW

mid-1990s

MIDAS multiobjective integrated decision analysis system

Mid-Atlantic Nuclear
Training Group MANTG

Mideast (use Middle East)

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midrange (n, adj)

(But: mid-range
when used with short-range
and/or long-range as
adjectives)

midsummer

midterm (n, adj) (But: mid-term

when used with short-term
and/or long-term as adjectives)

midyear

MIL military specification

mil(s) (unit of length or of

angular measurement;
NOT an abbreviation)

mile(s) (use kilometer) mi

mile(s) per gallon (use kilometer

per liter) mpg

mile(s) per hour (n, adj)

(use kilometer per hour) mph

military specification MIL

mill(s) (equivalent of 1/10 cent)

mill-annealed (adj)

milli- (10-3; thousandth) m

milli-mass-units (n, adj) mmu

milliampere(s) mA

millibar mbar

millicurie(s) mCi

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millicurie(s) destroyed (n, adj) mcCi-d

millicycle(s) per second (use

millihertz per second)

milliequivalent meq

milligauss mG

milligram(s) mg

milligram-hour(s) (n, adj) mg.h

milligrams per liter mg/l

millihertz (sing/pl) mHz

millihertz per second mHz/s

milliliter(s) ml

millimeter(s) mm

millimicro- (use nano-)

million (106; mega-)

million barrels per day 106 bbl/d

million cubic feet

(use cubic meter) 106 ft3

million gallons per day

(use cubic meter per second) MGD

millions of instructions
per second MIPS

millionth (10-6; micro-)

millirem(s) mrem

milliroentgen(s) mr

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milliroentgen(s) per hour mR/h

millisecond(s) ms

millivolt(s) mV

milliwatt(s) mW

milliwatt-hour(s) (n, adj) mWh

min minute(s)

minemouth

mineral matter (n, adj)

minicomputer

minimill

minimum cost (n, adj)

ministudio (n)

minute(s) min

minute(s) (plane angle, e.g., 42') min

MIPS millions of instructions per second

MIS management information system

mixed cooling (n);

mixed-cooling (adj)

mixed-mode (adj)

mixed-oxide (adj)

mixed-oxide-bearing (adj)

mixed-progeny (adj)

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mixed waste (n);

mixed-waste (adj)

mixture of normal
approximation MONA

MJ megajoule(s)

ml milliliter(s)

Pm micrometer(s)

mm millimeter(s)

Pm2 square micrometer(s)

mm2 square millimeter(s)

Pm3 cubic micrometer(s)

mm3 cubic millimeter(s)

mmf magnetomotive force

mmu milli-mass-units

mo month(s)

mock-up (n, adj)

moderate energy line break MELB

moderate temperature (n, adj)

moisture ash free MAF

moisture free mf

moisture separator/reheater MSR

moisture separator/reheater MSR

mol mole

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molar ratio control MRC

mol wt molecular weight (n, adj)

molarity M

mole mol

mole percent mol%

mol% mole percent

molecular weight (n, adj) mol wt

molten carbonate fuel cell MCFC

molten salt (n, adj)

molten salt breeder reactor MSBR

molten salt reactor MSR

MONA mixture of normal approximation

money-saving (adj)

monitored retrievable storage MRS

Monitoring & Diagnostic Center

(EPRI)

Monte Carlo code

month(s) mo

more-or-less

MOS metal oxide semiconductor; metal oxide silicon

MOSFET metal oxide silicon field-effect transistor

motion picture (n, adj)

motor control center MCC

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motor generator (n, adj)

motor operated valve MOV

motor-driven (adj)

MOV metal-oxide varistor

MOV motor operated valve

movable

moving-average (adj)

moving-bed (adj)

mp mean effective pressure

mp melting point (n); melting-point (adj)

Mpa megapascal(s)

mpg mile(s) per gallon (use kilometer per liter)

mph mile(s) per hour (n, adj) (use kilometer per hour)

mr milliroentgen(s)

MRC molar ratio control

mrem millirem(s)

Mrd megarad

mR/h milliroentgen(s) per hour

MRI magnetic resonance imaging

mri mean recurrence interval

MRS monitored retrievable storage

MS mass spectrometry

MS master of science degree

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MS mechanical separator

Ps microsecond(s)

ms millisecond(s)

MS-DOS

MSBR molten salt breeder reactor

MSIV main steam isolation valve

MSLB main steam line break

MSR moisture separator/reheater

MSR molten salt reactor

MSW municipal solid waste

Mt megaton(s) (energy measurement; use 106 t if

measuring mass)

MTBF mean time between failures

MTTF mean time to failure

MTU metric tons of uranium

multiarea (n, adj)

multibeam

multi-billion-dollar (adj)

multicolor

multicomponent

multidimensional

multifluidized

multifrequency

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multigroup

multilayer

multimedia

multiobjective integrated
decision analysis system MIDAS

multiphase

multiple cycle (n);

multiple-cycle (adj)

multiple-degree-of-freedom
(adj)

multiplexor

multiprocessor

multipronged (adj)

multipulse

multi-ring (n, adj)

(to prevent misreading)

multishift

multistage

multitasking

multiterminal

multiturn

multiuser

multivariable

multivariate

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municipal solid waste (n, adj) MSW

MV megavolt(s)

PV microvolt(s)

mV millivolt(s)

MVA marginal value analysis

MVA megavoltampere(s)

MVPD median volume pore diameter

MVR mechanical vapor recompression

MW megawatt(s)

M: megohm(s)

µW microwatt(s)

mW milliwatt(s)

MWcen megawatt-century(ies)

MWd megawatt-day(s)

MWd/t megawatt-day(s) per ton

MWe megawatt(s) (electric)

MWh megawatt-hour(s)

mWh milliwatt-hour(s)

MWs megawatt-second(s)

MWth megawatt(s) (thermal)

Mylar™

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--N--

n nano- (10-9; billionth)

n neutron(s)

N newton(s)

N normality

N.m newton meter(s)

N/m2 newton(s) per square meter

N.s/m2 newton second(s) per square meter

N2O nitrous oxide

NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NaI(Tl) sodium iodide crystals doped with thallium

name brand (adj)

namely, to wit viz.,

nameplate capacity

nameplate rating

nano- (10-9; billionth) n

nanocurie nc

nanogram(s) ng

nanometer(s) nm

nanon(s) (use nanometer)

nanosecond(s) ns

nanowatt(s) nW

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NAPAP National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program

naphtha

naphthenic-based (adj)

NARUC National Association of Regulatory Utility

Commissioners

NAS National Academy of Sciences

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Academy of Sciences NAS

National Acid Precipitation

Assessment Program NAPAP

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration NASA

National Ambient Air Quality

Standards NAAQS

National Association of
Regulatory Utility
Commissioners NARUC

National Center for Earthquake

Engineering Research NCEER

National Council on Air and

Stream Improvement NCASI

National Data System

National Earthquake
Information Center NEIC

National Electrical Code® NEC

National Electrical
Manufacturers Association NEMA

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National Energy Conservation

Policy Act of 1978 NECPA

National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH

National Institute of Standards

and Technology NIST

National Institutes of Health NIH

National Oceanographic and

Atmospheric Administration NOAA

National Pollution Discharge

Elimination System NPDES

National Renewable Energy

Laboratory NREL

National Rural Electric

Cooperative Association NRECA

National Uranium Resource

Evaluation NURE

nationwide

natural gas (n, adj)

natural gas shortage (adj)

natural-gas-producing (adj)

Na-void (n, adj)

nc nanocurie

NCASI National Council on Air and Stream Improvement

NCEER National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research

NCIG Nuclear Construction Issues Group

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Nd-glass (n, adj) neodymium-glass

Nd-glass laser system JANUS

NDE nondestructive evaluation

NDE Center Nondestructive Evaluation Center

NDT nondestructive testing

near-atmospheric (adj)

nearby (adj, adv)

near-surface (adj)

near-term (adj)

near-term operating license NTOL

near-zero (adj)

NEC National Electrical Code®

NECPA National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1978

NEDO New Energy and Industrial Technology Development

Organization

needle-shaped (adj)

negative-ion-based

NEI Nuclear Energy Institute

NEIC National Earthquake Information Center

NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association

neodymium-glass Nd-glass

NERC North American Electric Reliability Council (formerly

National Electric Reliability Council)

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net present value NPV

net-to-gross ratio

networking

neutral-beam injection energy

neutron(s) n

New Energy and Industrial

Technology Development
Organization NEDO

New Source Performance

Standards NSPS

newborn (n [sing/pl], adj)

newton(s) N

newton meter(s) N.m

newton(s) per square meter N/m2

newton second(s)
per square meter (n, adj) N.s/m2

next-to-last row (n, adj) L-1 (L minus 1)

ng nanogram(s)

NH3 ammonia

Ni-Hard chromium-nickel-carbon-iron

Nichrome™

nickel base (n, adj)

nickel-based (adj)

nickel-cadmium battery

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nighttime (n, adj)

NIH National Institutes of Health

nil-ductility reference
temperature RTNDT

9 x 9 fuel assembly

ninefold (adj); BUT: 9-fold

niobium-titanium (n, adj)

niobium-titanium-zirconium
(n, adj)

NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

nitrogen dioxide NO2

nitrogen oxide(s) NOx

nitrous oxide N2O

NLI normalized level of impact

nm nanometer(s)

NMAC Nuclear Maintenance Applications Center

NMR nuclear magnetic resonance

NMR nuclear magnetic response

no observed effect concentration NOEC

no. (nos.) number(s)

NO2 nitrogen dioxide

NOAA National Oceanographic and Atmospheric

Administration

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NOEC no observed effect concentration

noise stochastic (adj)

nominal voltage Vn

NOMIS Nuclear Operations and Maintenance Information Service

nonaqueous

nonazeotrope (-ic)

noncaking (adj)

noncircular

noncombustion (adj)

noncontainer

noncost

noncritical

nondestructive evaluation NDE

Nondestructive Evaluation
Center NDE Center

nondestructive testing NDT

nonelectric

non-EPRI (adj)

nonferrous

nonfossil

nonhazardous

nonhazardous

nonhomogeneous

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nonleachable

nonlinear

non-load-leveled (adj)

nonmetallic

nonnaphthenic

nonnuclear

nonparticulate

nonpeak

nonpluggage

nonpower

nonprofit

nonproprietary

nonregenerative

non-safety-related (adj)

nonselective

nonstorage

nontechnical

nonthermal

non-time-differentiated (adj)

nontoxic

nontransferred arc

nonuniform

nonutility
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noon (meridian) m.

normality N

normal temperature and

pressure NTP

normal water chemistry NWC

normalized level of impact NLI

North American Electric NERC

Reliability Council
(formerly National Electric
Reliability Council)

North American Research

Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone (NARSTO)

Northeast Regional Community

Environmental Center (EPRI)

northern California (n, adj)

NOx nitrogen oxide(s)

NPAR Nuclear Plant Aging Research Program (NRC)

NPDES National Pollution Discharge Elimination System

NPRDS Nuclear Power Reliability Data System (INPO)

NPV net present value

NQA nuclear quality assurance

NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NRC Division of Operating

Reactors DOR

NRC Generic Letter

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NRC Office for Analysis and

Evaluation of Operational Data AEOD

NRECA National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory

ns nanosecond(s)

NSAC Nuclear Safety Analysis Center (EPRI service mark)

(use acronym)

NSPS New Source Performance Standards

NSSS nuclear steam supply system(s)

NTOL near-term operating license

NTP normal temperature and pressure

Nuclear Construction Issues

Group NCIG

nuclear core (n, adj)

nuclear energy (n, adj)

Nuclear Energy Institute NEI

nuclear magnetic resonance

(n, adj) NMR

nuclear magnetic response

(n, adj) NMR

Nuclear Maintenance
Applications Center NMAC

Nuclear Management and

Resources Council, now the
Nuclear Energy Institute NUMARC

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Nuclear Operations and

Maintenance Information
Service NOMIS

Nuclear Plant Aging Research

Program (NRC) NPAR

nuclear power (n, adj)

nuclear power plant (n, adj)

Nuclear Power Reliability

Data System (INPO) NPRDS

nuclear pressure (n, adj)

nuclear quality assurance NQA

nuclear reactor (n, adj)

Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

document NUREG

Nuclear Safety Analysis Center

(EPRI service mark)
(use acronym) NSAC

nuclear steam supply system(s) NSSS

Nuclear Utility Group on

Equipment Qualification NUGEQ

nucleus; nuclei (pl)

NUGEQ Nuclear Utility Group on Equipment Qualification

NUMARC Nuclear Management and Resources Council, now

the Nuclear Energy Institute

number(s) no. (nos.)

NURE National Uranium Resource Evaluation

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NUREG Nuclear Regulatory Commission document

NUS Corporation
(now Haliburton NUS
Corporation)

nW nanowatt(s)

NWC normal water chemistry

--O--

O&M operation and maintenance

O-ring

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

OBE operating basis earthquake

object linking and embedding OLE

obs observed; observation

observed; observation obs

Occupational Safety and

Health Administration OSHA

ocean-based (adj)

ocean-thermal (n, adj)

OCR optical character recognition

OCR over consolidation ratios

octupole

OD outer diameter

OD outside diameter

Oe oersted(s) (use ampere per meter)

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OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and

Development

OEM original equipment manufacturer

oersted(s) (use ampere per

meter) Oe

OFA overfire air

off-color

off-gas (n, adj)

off-normal

off-peak (adj, adv)

offset (n, adj, v)

offshore (adj)

off-site (adj, adv)

off-state (adj)

off-the-shelf (adj)

Off the Shelf™ (EPRI)

off-yaw

ohm(s) :

oilborne

oil shale (n, adj)

oil-burning (n); oil-burning (adj)

oil-filled

oil-fired (adj)

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OIT oxidation induction time

OLE object linking and embedding

110-MW Circulating Bed

AFBC Demonstration Facility

135-MW AFBC Conversion

Facility

: ohm(s)

onboard

on-line adj; (adv in utility usage);

online (n) (computer usage)

on-load (adj, adv)

on/off (adj)

on-peak (adj)

on-screen

on-site (adj, adv)

on stream (adj); on stream (adv)

on-time (adj); on time (adv)

once-through (adj)

once-through steam generator OTSG

once-through unit OTU

one-of-a-kind

ongoing (adj)

onshore (adj, adv)

OPCOM Operator Process Communication System

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OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

open architecture (n, adj)

open circuit (n); open-circuit (adj)

open cycle (n); open-cycle (adj)

open lattice (n); open-lattice (adj)

open-structured (adj)

operating basis earthquake OBE

operation and maintenance O&M

Operational Reliability Analysis

Program ORAP

Operator Process Communication

System (n, adj) OPCOM

optical character recognition OCR

option pricing (adj)

ORAP Operational Reliability Analysis Program

orebody (n, adj)

Organization for Economic

Cooperation and Development OECD

Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries OPEC

original equipment
manufacturer OEM

Orimulsion™

ORP oxidation reduction potential

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oscillator-preamplifier
system (n, adj)

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OT oxygenated treatment

OTSG once-through steam generator

OTU once-through unit

ounce (avoirdupois)
(use kilogram) oz

ounce (U.S. fluid)

(use cubic meter) oz

outer continental shelf (n, adj)

outer diameter OD

outflow (n)

out-gassing (n)

out-of-core (adj)

out-of-pile (adj)

outside diameter OD

ovenbaked

overconsolidation ratio OCR

overall

overcapacity

overfire air OFA

overhaul

overmoderated

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overoptimistic

overpower (n, v)

override (n, v)

oversized

overspeed (n, v)

overvoltage

owners group (n, adj)

oxidation induction time OIT

oxidation-reduction redox

oxidation reduction potential ORP

oxide-based (adj)

oxide catalyst (n, adj)

oxide film (n, adj)

oxide reactor (n, adj)

oxy-fuel

oxygen-atomic laser system

(n, adj)

oxygen-functional group

oxygenated treatment OT

oz ounce (avoirdupois) (use kilogram)

oz ounce (U.S. fluid) (use cubic meter)

ozonation

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--P--

p pico- (10-12; trillionth)

p.; pp. page(s)

P peta- (1015; quadrillion)

P poise (use pascal second)

P probability

P&ID piping and instrumentation diagram

p.m. after 12 noon

Pa pascal(s)

PA power amplifier

pacemaker

pad-mounted (adj)

PAFC phosphoric acid fuel cell

page(s) p.; pp.

PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

PAH polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon

palmtop computer

PAM pulse-amplitude modulation

PAN peroxyacetylnitrate

panel bed (n, adj)

panel board (n, adj)

paper cable insulation

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paper mill (n, adj)

paper-polypropylene-paper PPP

paper/oil

paperwork

parallel-connected converter

partial discharge (n);

partial-discharge (adj) PD

partial-oxidation
medium-Btu gasifier

partial-seam testing

particle collection (n, adj)

particle-initiated (adj)

particle phase (n);

particle-phase (adj)

particle size (n);

particle-size (adj)

particle sizing (n);

particle-sizing (adj)

particles per cubic centimeter

(n, adj) particles/cm3

particles/cm3 particles per cubic centimeter

particulate removal (n, adj)

part load (n); part-load (adj)

parts per billion ppb

parts per million ppm

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parts per million by volume ppmv

part-time (adj, adv)

pascal(s) Pa

passerby; passersby (plural)

passive containment
coolant system PCCS

passive rotor temperature sensor PRTS

patch breaking (n);

patch-breaking (adj)

PATs pumps as turbines

pattern recognition (n, adj)

payback

payoff (n); pay off (v)

210Pb lead-210

PBOC pipe breaks outside containment

PC personal computer (do not spell out)

pC picocoulomb(s)

PC polymer concrete

PC pulverized coal

PC-DOS

PCB polychlorinated biphenyl (acronym is commonly

used)

PCB power circuit breaker

PCC point of common coupling

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PCCAP Plant Communications and Computing Architecture

Plan

PCCS passive containment coolant system

PCDD polychlorinated dibenzodioxins

PCDF polychlorinated dibenzofurans

PCI pellet-cladding interaction

PCI peripheral component interconnect

PCM pulse-code modulation

PCP pentachlorophenol

PCR polymerase chain reaction

PCR pulse count rate

PD partial discharge (n); partial-discharge (adj)

PD potential difference

PDI performance demonstration initiative

pdl poundal (use newton)

pdl.ft poundal-foot (use joule)

PDM pulse-duration modulation

PDU process development unit

PE polyethylene

PEAC Power Electronic Applications Center (EPRI)

Peach Bottom 1

peak cladding (n, adj)

peak demand (n, adj)

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peak load (n, adj)

peak load pricing (n);

peak-load-pricing (adj)

peak period (n, adj)

peak responsibility (n, adj)

peak shaving (n);

peak-shaving (adj)

peak use (n, adj)

PEC-R eddy-current loss factor

pellet cladding (n, adj)

pellet implosion (n, adj)

pellet-cladding interaction PCI

pentachlorophenol PCP

PEPS photovoltaic electric power system

per capita (adj, adv)

per se

per unit pu

percent (use % with digits)

performance demonstration
initiative PDI

periodic table (n, adj)

peripheral component
interconnect PCI

permselective

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peroxyacetylnitrate PAN

personal computer
(do not spell out) PC

peta- (1015; quadrillion) P

PETG petroleum, natural gas, and their derivatives

petroleum, natural gas,

and their derivatives PETG

petroleum-based (adj)

PF power factor

PFB bed pressurized fluidized bed (n); pressurized fluidized-

(adj)

PFBC pressurized fluidized-bed combustion

PFM probabilistic fracture mechanics

pH

phase-change (adj)

phase converter (n, adj)

phased cooling (n);

phased-cooling (adj)

phase-locked (adj)

phase modulation (n, adj) PM

phaseout (n); phase out (v)

phase separation model

phase-shift keying PSK

phase-to-phase (adj)

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PhD doctor of philosophy degree

phosphoric acid fuel cell PAFC

photochemical

photosynthetic production/
bioconversion (n, adj)

photovoltaic (adj)

photovoltaic electric
power system PEPS

photovoltaic energy
conversion (n, adj)

photovoltaic power (n, adj)

photovoltaics PV

physical modeling (n, adj)

physiochemical
(physics-chemistry)

physiochemical
(physiology-chemistry)

physiologic

PIC polymer-impregnated concrete

pico- (10-12; trillionth) p

picocoulomb(s) pC

picosecond(s) ps

picowatt(s) pW

piezoelectric

pilot plant (n, adj)

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pilot-scale (adj)

pilot tube

pin-and-sleeve

pin-and-sleeve-type (adj)

pinch technology process integration technology

Ping-Pong™

pint(s) (use cubic meter) pt

pipe break (n, adj)

pipe breaks outside containment PBOC

pipeline (n, adj, v)

pipe-type (adj)

pipe weld (n, adj)

pipe whip (n, adj)

piping and instrumentation

diagram P&ID

piping tee (n, adj)

PISCES Power Plant Integrated System: Chemical Emissions

Study

pivoted-pad (adj)

Plant Communications and

Computing Architecture Plan PCCAP

plant cooling (n, adj)

plant disturbance (n, adj)

plant licensing (n, adj)

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plant life (n, adj)

Plant Modification
Operating Savings

plant-specific (adj b/a n)

plant-to-plant (adj)

plantwide (adj)

platemaking

platinum resistance
temperature detector PRTD

PLBR prototype large breeder reactor

PLC power line carrier (n); power-line-carrier (adj)

PLC programmable logic controller

plug seal (n); plug-seal (adj)

plug-in (n, adj); plug in (v)

plume model validation

plume-dispersion model

plutonia (PuO2, etc.)

plutonium-bearing (adj)

plutonium burner (n, adj)

plutonium fuel (n, adj)

plutonium optimization (n, adj)

plutonium recycle critical facility PRCF

plutonium use (n, adj)

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plutonium-235; 235Pu

PM phase modulation

PM predictive maintenance

PM preventive maintenance

PMCL primary maximum contaminant limit(s)

PMF probable maximum flood

PMP probable maximum precipitation

PMR proton magnetic resonance

PNA prompt neutron activation

PNAA prompt neutron activation analysis

PNN probabilistic neural network

POCE proof-of-concept experiments

point of common coupling PCC

poise (use pascal second) P

policymaker

policymaking

policy-relevant (adj)

pollution-caused (adj)

pollution-free (adj)

polychlorinated biphenyl
(acronym is commonly used) PCB

polychlorinated dibenzodioxins PCDD

polychlorinated dibenzofurans PCDF

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polycrystalline silicon (n, adj)

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon PAH

polycyclic organic material

(n, adj) POM

polyethylene PE

polyethylene-insulated (adj)

polymer concrete PC

polymer-impregnated concrete PIC

polymerase chain reaction PCR

polynuclear aromatic
hydrocarbon PAH

polynuclear organic material POM

Polysil® (EPRI trademark)

polytetrafluoroethylene PTFE

polyvinyl chloride PVC

POM polycyclic organic material

POM polynuclear organic material

poolside

pool-swell (adj)

pore size (n); pore-size (adj)

portable protective gap PPG

portland cement
(note the lowercase "p")

PORV power operated relief valve

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position-dependent gamma-
ray heat deposition (n, adj)

postaccident

post-CHF

postcombustion

postirradiation

postoperative

posttest

potential difference PD

potential transformer PT

potentiodynamic (adj)

pothead

pound(s) (use kilogram) lb

pound(s) (apothecary)
(use kilogram) lb ap

pound(s) (avoirdupois)
(use kilogram) lb avdp

poundal (use newton) pdl

poundal-foot (use joule) pdl.ft

pound-foot (use joule) lb.ft

pound-force (use newton) lbf

pound-force foot
(use newton meter) lbf.ft

pound-force per cubic foot

(use newtons per cubic meter) lbf/ft3

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pound-force per square foot

(use pascal) lbf/ft2

pound-force per square inch

(use pascal) lbf/in2

pound(s) per million British

thermal units MBtu

pound(s) per second

(use kilogram per second) lb/s

pound(s) per square foot

(use kilogram per square meter) lb/ft2

pound(s) per square inch

(use pascal) psi

pound(s) per square inch

absolute (use pascal) psia

pound(s) per square inch gage

(use pascal) psig

pounds per square inch

differential (use pascal) psid

Pourbaix diagrams

pour point (n);

pour-point (adj)

power amplifier (n, adj) PA

power calibration (n, adj)

power circuit breaker (n, adj) PCB

Power Delivery Group (EPRI)

power-electronic (adj)

Power Electronic Applications

Center (EPRI) PEAC

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power factor PF

power-generating (n, adj)

power generation (n, adj)

power line (n, adj)

power line carrier (n);

power-line-carrier (adj) PLC

power-maneuvering (adj)

power-off mode

power-on mode

power operated relief valve PORV

power oscillation (n, adj)

power-peaking (n, adj)

power plant (n, adj)

Power Plant Integrated System:

Chemical Emissions Study PISCES

power pole (n, adj)

power-producing (n, adj)

power purchase agreement PPA

power quality (n, adj)

power reactor (adj)

PowerServe

power system (n, adj)

power time (n, adj)

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power unit (n, adj)

PPA power purchase agreement

ppb parts per billion

PPG portable protective gap

ppm parts per million

PPM pulse-position modulation

ppmv parts per million by volume

PPP paper-polypropylene-paper

PRA probabilistic risk assessment

PRCF plutonium recycle critical facility

prebake

preconcentration

preconditioning

precrushing

predictive maintenance (adj) PM

preheated

preirradiation

preliminary safety analysis

report PSAR

preoperational

prepaid

prepress

prepressurization

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preprototype

prescreen

present day (n);

present-day (adj)

present value revenue

requirements PVRR

present worth (n);

present-worth (adj)

preservice

preslug

pressure-flow oscillation

pressure injection (n, adj)

pressure-reducing (n, adj)

pressure regulator set point

pressure-retaining (n, adj)

pressure suspension (n, adj)

pressure-tension (n, adj)

pressure vessel (n, adj)

pressure-void-power feedback

pressure-volume-temperature PVT

pressurized fluidized bed (n);

pressurized fluidized-bed (adj) PFB

pressurized fluidized-bed
combustion PFBC

pressurized thermal shock PTS

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pressurized water reactor

(n, adj) (use acronym) PWR

pressurized water–steam system

(n, adj)

pressurizer relief tank PRT

prestress

pretest (n)

preventive maintenance PM

PRF pulse repetition frequency

primary coolant circuits

primary maximum
contaminant limit(s) PMCL

primary system (n, adj)

primary-to-secondary steam
generator tube leakage

primary water stress corrosion

cracking PWSCC

principal investigator

printout (n); print out (v)

pro forma

proactive

probabilistic

probabilistic fracture mechanics PFM

probabilistic neural network PNN

probabilistic risk assessment PRA

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probabilistic safety assessment PSA

probability P

probable maximum flood PMF

probable maximum precipitation PMP

problem-free (b/a n)

process (n, adj)

process-before-disposal (adj)

process control (n, adj)

process development (n, adj)

process development unit PDU

process engineering (n, adj)

process improvement (n, adj)

Process Industry Coordination

Office

process integration technology pinch technology

process modeling (n, adj)

product-driven (adj)

production cost (adj)

production-costing (adj)

production-grade (adj)

production lot (n, adj)

profilometer

profilometry

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profit-driven (adj)

program formulation (n, adj)

program planning (n);

program-planning (adj)

programmable logic controller PLC

programming (n, adj)

progressing-cavity (adj)

prompt neutron activation PNA

prompt neutron activation

analysis PNAA

proof-of-concept experiments POCE

proof-test (n, adj, v)

propane turbine–driven

proton magnetic resonance

(n, adj) PMR

prototype large breeder reactor PLBR

prototypic (adj)

PRR pulse repetition rate

PRT pressurizer relief tank

PRTD platinum resistance temperature detector

PRTS passive rotor temperature sensor

ps picosecond(s)

PSA probabilistic safety assessment

PSAR preliminary safety analysis report

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pseudonetwork

psi pound(s) per square inch (use pascal)

psia pound(s) per square inch absolute (use pascal)

psid pounds per square inch differential (use pascal)

psig pound(s) per square inch gage (use pascal)

PSK phase-shift keying

pt pint(s) (use cubic meter)

PT potential transformer

PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene

PTM pulse-time modulation

PTS pressurized thermal shock

pu per unit

public relations (n, adj)

Public Utility Regulatory

Policies Act of 1978 PURPA

puffer breaker

pull-out (adj); pull out (v)

pulse-amplitude modulation
(n, adj) PAM

pulse-code modulation (n, adj) PCM

pulse count rate (n, adj) PCR

pulse-duration modulation
(n, adj) PDM

pulse-echo ultrasonics (n, adj)

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pulse-jet (adj)

pulse-position modulation

(n, adj) PPM

pulse repetition frequency PRF

pulse repetition rate (n, adj) PRR

pulse shaping (n);

pulse-shaping (adj)

pulse-time modulation
(n, adj) PTM

pulse-width modulation
(n, adj) PWM

pulverized coal PC

pulverized-coal-fired (adj)

pump casing (n);

pump-casing (adj)

pumped storage (n);

pumped-storage (adj)

pump seal (n, adj)

pumps as turbines PATs

puncture-withstand (adj)

PURPA Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978

push-pull (adj b/a n)

PV photovoltaics

PVC polyvinyl chloride

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PVRR present value revenue requirements

PVT pressure-volume-temperature

pW picowatt(s)

PWM pulse-width modulation

PWR pressurized water reactor (use acronym)

PWSCC primary water stress corrosion cracking

pyritic sulfur

pyro-processed

pyroelectric

pyrolysis

pyrometer

--Q--

Q-List

QA quality assurance

QC quality control

QFD quality function deployment

qt quart (use cubic meter)

quad(s) (quadrillion Btu)

(use 1015 Btu)

quadrillion (1015; peta-)

quadrillionth (10-15; femto-)

quality assurance QA

quality control QC

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quality function deployment QFD

quantum

quart (use cubic meter) qt

quarter century (adj)

quarter-core (n, adj)

quasi-
(all compounds are hyphenated)

quench front (n, adj)

question-and-answer (adj)

quick response (n, adj)

quid pro quo (n, adj)

quintillion (1018; exa-)

quintillionth (10-18; atto-)

--R--

r radius

R resistance

R roentgen(s)

°R degree(s) Rankine

R&D research and development (acronym preferred)

RACT reasonably available control technology

rad radian(s) (SI unit)

rad radiation adsorbed dose

radian(s) (SI unit) rad

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radiation adsorbed dose rad

radiation field (n, adj)

radiation-induced (adj)

radiation monitoring system RMS

radioactive

radioactive waste (n, adj)

radioactive waste
management (n, adj)

radioelement

radio frequency (n);

radio-frequency (adj) RF

radio frequency interference

(n, adj) RFI

radiographic examination

radio interference (n, adj) RI

radio interference voltage RIV

radioiodine

radioisotope thermoelectric
generator RTG

radiologic

radionuclide

radius r

radon-progeny (adj)

radwaste (n, adj)

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rain gauge (n); rain-gauge (adj)

rainwater

RAM random-access memory

RAM reliability, availability, and maintainability

Raman-effect laser (n, adj)

ramp-down

ramp-up

random-access memory RAM

Rankine (degree) qR

Rankine cycle (n);

Rankine-cycle (adj)

RAT resource allocation tool

rate experiment–load research

(adj)

ratemaking (n, adj)

rate of return (n)

rate of rise of recovery voltage RRRV

rate setting (n); rate-setting (adj)

ratepayer (n)

ratio of delta current to

delta time di/dt

raw coal (n); raw-coal (adj)

RBD reliability-based design

RBE relative biological effect

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RBS Rutherford backscattering spectrometry

RC resistance capacitance

RC resistance-capacitance (n, adj)

RCDT reactor coolant drain tank

RCIC reactor core isolation cooling

RCM reliability centered maintenance

RCP reactor coolant pump

RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

RCS reactor coolant system

RCTS resonant column and torsional shear

RD&D research, development, and demonstration (acronym

preferred)

RDF refuse-derived fuel

Re Reynolds number

re-review

reactance X

reactor coolant drain tank RCDT

reactor coolant pump RCP

reactor coolant system RCS

reactor core isolation cooling RCIC

reactor core physics

Reactor Emergency Action

Level Monitor Expert System REALM

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reactor loop (adj)

reactor physics (n, adj)

reactor pressure (n, adj)

reactor pressure vessel RPV

reactor-type (adj)

reactor/capacitor switch

read-only memory ROM

read-out (n)

Ready Now™ (EPRI)

real time (n); real-time (adj)

real world (n); real-world (adj)

real-system (adj)

real-time radiographic
(inspection) RTR

REALM Reactor Emergency Action Level Monitor Expert

System

reanalysis

reasonably available control

technology RACT

rebar

receiving-fuel

reciprocating piston (n, adj)

recirculating-type steam generator

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record keeping (n);

record-keeping (adj)

recording voltmeter RVM

redesign

redox oxidation-reduction

reduced instruction set

computer RISC

re-entry

reevaluate

refill-reflood (adj)

reflood

reflux-condensation (adj)

refractor-lined (adj)

refrigerant fluid (n, adj)

refrigeration-augmented (adj)

refrigerator-liquefier (n, adj)

refuel (v)

refueling water storage tank RWST

re-fuse (v: fuse again)

refuse-derived fuel RDF

Regulatory Guide (NRC) RG

reheal (v)

reheat (v)

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reinspection

reintroduction

reject heat (n, adj)

reject heat aquaculture systems RHAS

RELAP-S/MOD-1

relative biological effect (n, adj) RBE

relative humidity (n, adj) RH

reliability, availability, and

maintainability RAM

reliability-based design RBD

reliability centered maintenance RCM

reload core (adj)

rem (from: roentgen

equivalent man)

remote control (n);

remote-control (adj)

remote-controlled (adj)

remote measurement calibration RMC

remote sensing (n);

remote-sensing (adj)

reoxidation

rep (from: roentgen equivalent

physical)

repower

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request for proposal;

request(s) for proposal (pl) RFP; RFP(s)

required input motion RIM

required response spectrum RRS

research and development

(n, adj) (acronym preferred) R&D

research project(s)
(e.g., RP1234;
RPs 1234 and 1245; note no
space etween RP and the
number)

research, development, and

demonstration (n, adj)
(acronym preferred) RD&D

residential sector (n, adj)

residual heat removal system RHRS

resistance R

resistance-capacitance (n, adj) RC

resistance-inductance-
capacitance (n, adj) RIC

resistance temperature detector RTD

resistor

resonant column and torsional

shear RCTS

resource allocation tool RAT

Resource Conservation and

Recovery Act RCRA

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resource consuming (n);

resource-consuming (adj)

resource-limited (adj b/a n)

Resox™

respirable suspended particles RSP

response matrix (n, adj)

restart

retaining-ring (adj)

retrofit (n, v, adj)

retrofittable

return on investment ROI

return-transfer breaker

reuse

reused

rev revolution(s)

reverse osmosis RO

reverse-gas-cleaned (adj)

revolution(s) rev

revolution(s) per minute (n, adj) rpm

revolution(s) per second (n, adj) rps

Reynolds number Re

RF radio frequency (n); radio-frequency (adj)

RFI radio frequency interference

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RFP; RFP(s) request for proposal; request(s) for proposal (pl)

RG Regulatory Guide (NRC)

R/h roentgen(s) per hour

RH relative humidity

RHAS reject heat aquaculture systems

rheological

Rhm roentgen(s) per hour at 1 meter

RHN Rockwell hardness number

RHRS residual heat removal system

RI radio interference

RIC resistance-inductance-capacitance

rig heat (n, adj)

right(s) of way (plural) (n, adj)

right-hand (adj)

rigid body (n, adj)

RIM required input motion

ringheader

Ringleman

RISC reduced instruction set computer

risk management (adj)

risk management guideline RMG

risk-reliability

risk taking (n); risk-taking (adj)

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RIV radio interference voltage

RMC remote measurement calibration

RMG risk management guideline

RMS radiation monitoring system

rms root-mean-square

RO reverse osmosis

rock socket (n);

rock-socket (adj)

rock-socketed (adj)

rocket sled (n, adj)

Rockwell hardness number RHN

rod block (n, adj)

rod bundle (n, adj)

rod gap (n, adj)

roentgen(s) R

roentgen(s) per hour R/h

roentgen(s) per hour at 1 meter Rhm

ROI return on investment

roll-out marketing

ROM read-only memory

ROM run-of-mine

röntgen (should be: roentgen)

room-and-pillar (adj)

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root-mean-square (adj) rms

rotary separator-turbine RST

rotobore

rotodynamics (n);
rotodynamic (adj)

rotopeening

rotor-bearing (adj)

round robin (n);

round-robin (adj)

round table discussion

round-the-clock

round-trip (n, adj)

roundwood

RP(s) research project(s) (e.g., RP1234; RPs 1234 and 1245;

note no space between RP and the number)

rpm revolution(s) per minute

rps revolution(s) per second

RPV reactor pressure vessel

RRRV rate of rise of recovery voltage

RRS required response spectrum

RSP respirable suspended particles

RST rotary separator-turbine

RTD resistance temperature detector

RTG radioisotope thermoelectric generator

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RTNDT nil-ductility reference temperature

RTR real-time radiographic (inspection)

run pipe (n, adj)

run time (n)

run-arrest (adj)

run-of-mine ROM

rundown (n, adj); run down (v)

runoff (n, adj); run off (v)

Rutherford backscattering
spectrometry RBS

R-value

RVM recording voltmeter

RWST refueling water storage tank

ry rydberg

rydberg ry

--S--

s second(s) (time or plane angle, e.g., 42")

SA surface area

SAE Society of Automotive Engineers

SAE statistically adjusted engineering

safe shutdown earthquake SSE

safeguard

safety analysis report SAR

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safety evaluation report (NRC) SER

safety parameter display system SPDS

safety-related (adj)

safety relief valve SRV

SAFR sodium advanced fast reactor

sag-tension (adj)

SAHP solar-augmented heat pump

Salt River Project

salt water (n); saltwater (adj)

Sandia National Laboratories SNL

sandmold (n, v)

sandmolding (n)

SAR safety analysis report

SATAR simulator automated testing and reverification

satellite-imaging technique

SBLOCA small-break loss-of-coolant accident

SBLOCA sudden break loss-of-coolant accident

SBR styrene butadiene rubber

scabble (v)

scabbling (n)

SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition

scale model (n, adj);

1/10-scale-model (adj)

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scale-up (n, adj); scale up (v)

scanning electron microscopy SEM

scarification (n)

scarify (v)

SCC short circuit current

SCC stress corrosion cracking

SCE Southern California Edison Co.

scf standard cubic foot (feet)

scfd standard cubic foot per day

scfh standard cubic foot per hour

scfm standard cubic foot per minute

scientific-technical (adj)

Scot™ process

SCR short circuit ratio

SCR selective catalytic reduction

SCR silicon-controlled rectifier

SCR-3 stainless steel

scram; scrammed

screening-test

SCS supplementary cooling system(s)

SCSI small computer system interface

SCSP single-crystal silicon photovoltaics

SCT short contact time

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SD standard deviation

SDOF single degree of freedom

SE standard error

seam coal (n)

Seam coal (when used with a

specific coal, such as Illinois
No. 6 Seam coal)

seasonal energy efficiency ratio SEER

seasonal time-of-day (adj) STD

seawater

second(s) (time or plane angle) s

secondary side (n);

secondary-side (adj)

secondary steam generator SSG

secondary-system (adj)

secondary water chemistry

second-generation (adj)

sectoral

SEE-IN Significant Event Evaluation Information Network

(INPO)

SEER seasonal energy efficiency ratio

Seismic Center

Seismic Qualification Utility

Group SQUG

seismic wave

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Seismicity Owners Group SOG

selective catalytic reduction SCR

selective non-catalytic reduction SNCR

Selexol™

self-checking (adj b/a n)

self-contained (adj b/a n)

self-heating (adj b/a n)

self-supporting (adj b/a n)

self-sustaining (adj b/a n)

SEM scanning electron microscopy

semiannual (twice a year;

synonym for biannual)

semiautomatic

semiconducting

semiconductor

semicontinuous

semielliptical

semiempirical

semifinished

semiflexible

semimonthly (twice a month)

semiscale

semiscale PWR simulation facility

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semiweekly (twice a week)

Senior Seismic Review and

Advisory Panel SSRAP

sensible-heat thermal-energy
storage SHTES

sensitive-paper technique

sensitive-surface technique

SEP Systematic Evaluation Program (NRC)

separate-effects (adj)

separation-purification (n, adj)

SER safety evaluation report (NRC)

SER Significant Event Report (INPO)

series-tuned (adj)

serviceability

service-aged (adj)

service-related (adj)

service stress (n, adj)

service-water (adj)

servocontrolled (adj)

servoreel (n, adj)

setback (n, adj); set back (v)

set point (n); set-point (adj)

setup (n); set up (v)

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sevenfold (adj); BUT: 7-fold

SF6 sulfur hexafluoride

SF6-filled (adj)

SFC steam flow controller

SFI stepped frequency imaging

SFP spent-fuel pool

SG steam generator

SG superconducting generation

SGML standard generalized markup language

SGOG Steam Generator Owners Group

SHAC solar heating and cooling

SHACOB solar heating and cooling of buildings

shaft horsepower (n, adj)

(use watt)

shakedown (n, adj);

shake down (v)

shakeout

shake-table (adj)

shale oil (n, adj)

shape memory alloys SMA

shareware (n, adj)

SHE standard hydrogen electrode

shear-model propagation

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shell-form (adj)

SHF superhigh frequency

shielded cavity (n, adj)

short circuit (n);

short-circuit (adj, v)

short circuit current SCC

short circuit ratio SCR

short contact time SCT

shortcut (n, adj, v)

short duration variation (n)

shortfall

short-range (adj)

short residence time SRT

short-rotation woody crop SRWC

short-run marginal costs SRMC

short-term (adj)

short-wavelength (adj)

shortwave SW

shrink wrap

SHTES sensible-heat thermal-energy storage

shutdown (n, adj);

shut down (v)

shutoff (n, adj); shut off (v)

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SI International System of Units

SIC Standard Industrial Classification

sideband

sideport

sidestream (n, adj)

sidewall

signal-averaging (adj)

signal-phase (adj)

signal-processing (adj)

signal-to-noise ratio (n, adj) S/N; SNR

Significant Event Evaluation

Information Network (INPO) SEE-IN

Significant Event Report (INPO) SER

significant operating experience

reports SOER

silica gel–tritium (n, adj)

Silicon Valley

silicon-controlled rectifier
(n, adj) SCR

silicone rubber SR

simple cycle (n);

simple-cycle (adj)

Simquake I, II, and III

simulant (n, adj)

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simulator automated testing

and reverification SATAR

sin sine

sine sin

single-bundle (adj)

single-cell (adj)

single circuit (n);

single-circuit (adj)

single crystal (n);

single-crystal (adj)

single-crystal silicon
photovoltaics SCSP

single degree of freedom SDOF

single-degree-of-freedom
model

single fluid (n); single-fluid

(adj)

single-frequency (adj)

single heated tube (n, adj)

single line-to-ground fault SLGF

single nozzle spray

single pass (n); single-pass (adj)

single-phase (adj)

single-purpose (adj)

single rate (n); single-rate (adj)

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single rod (n); single-rod (adj)

single sideband (n, adj) SSB

single-spray header

single-stage (adj)

single tube (n);

single-tube (adj)

SIP state implementation plan

site-dependent (adj b/a n)

site-deployable (adj)

site-sensitive (adj b/a n)

site-specific (adj b/a n)

siting (selecting and building)

6- x 6-ft AFBC Pilot Facility

sixfold (adj) BUT: 6-fold

sizable

size analysis (n, adj)

size-composition (n, adj)

size consist (n)

SLB steam line break

SLBA steam line break accident

sleeve bearing (n, adj)

SLGF single line-to-ground fault

slide gate (n)

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slipstream

slow strain-rate tensile test

slurry flow (adj)

SMA shape memory alloys

Small Artificial Reasoning

Toolkit SMART

small-break (adj)

small-break loss-of-coolant
accident SBLOCA

small computer system interface SCSI

small hydro (n);

small-hydro (adj)

small-scale (adj)

small-size (adj)

SMART Small Artificial Reasoning Toolkit

SMCRA Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act

SMES superconducting magnetic energy storage

smoke-suppressant (n, adj)

SMSA Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area

S/N signal-to-noise ratio

snap-on (adj); snap on (v)

snapover (n, adj)

SNCR selective non-catalytic reduction

SNG substitute natural gas

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SNG synthetic natural gas

SNL Sandia National Laboratories

SNM strategic nuclear material

snowpack

SNR signal-to-noise ratio

so-called (adj)

SO2 sulfur dioxide

SO3 sulfur trioxide

SOAPP state-of-the-art power plant

Society of Automotive Engineers SAE

socioacceptability

socioeconomics (n);
socioeconomic (adj)

sodium advanced fast reactor SAFR

sodium-based (adj)

sodium iodide crystals doped

with thallium NaI(Tl)

sodium/sulfur (n, adj)

SOER significant operating experience reports

software (n, adj)

SOG Seismicity Owners Group

soil response (n);

soil-response (adj)

soil structure (n, adj)

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soil-structure interaction

solar-assisted (adj)

solar-augmented heat pump SAHP

solar cell (n, adj)

solar-collected (adj)

solar collector (n, adj)

solar conversion (n, adj)

solar cooling (n, adj)

solar-electric (adj)

solar energy (n, adj)

solar farm (n, adj)

solar heat (n, adj)

solar-heated (adj)

solar heating (n, adj)

solar heating and cooling

(n, adj) SHAC

solar heating and cooling

of buildings (n, adj) SHACOB

solar insulation (n, adj)

solar power (n, adj)

solar-powered (adj)

solar space (n, adj)

solar-thermal (adj b/a n)

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solar-thermal central receiver

generating station (n, adj)

solenoid valve SOV

solid-dielectric cable

solid-electrolite fuel cell

solid fuel (n); solid-fuel (adj)

solid particle erosion SPE

solid polymer electrolite (adj) SPE

solid state (n); solid-state (adj)

solid waste (n); solid-waste (adj)

solid-waste environmental
studies SWES

solid-waste utilization system SWUS

solvent refining (n);

solvent-refining (adj)

solvent-refined (adj)

solvent-refined coal
(SRC-I; SRC-II) SRC

sootblowing (adj)

source receptor (n, adj)

source term (n, adj)

sourcebook

southern California

Southern California Edison Co. SCE

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southern pine (n, adj)

SOV solenoid valve

SOx sulfur oxide(s)

sp gr specific gravity

space conditioning (n);

space-conditioning (adj)

space cooling (n);

space-cooling (adj)

spacer-damper

space heat (n, adj)

space power (n, adj)

space program, the

sparkover

SPC stabilizing predictive control

SPD surge protective device

SPDS safety parameter display system

SPE solid particle erosion

SPE solid polymer electrolite

special waste (n);

special-waste (adj)

species analysis (n, adj)

specific gravity (n, adj) sp gr

spectra (pl of spectrum)

spent-fuel (adj)

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spent-fuel pool SFP

spin-off (n, adj); spin off (v)

spinning reserve

sport fish

sport fishery

sportfishing

spot-welding (adj)

spreadsheet (n, adj)

SPT standard penetration test

square centimeter(s) cm2

square foot (feet)

(use square meter) ft2

square foot (feet) per minute

(use square meter per second) ft2/min

square foot (feet) per second

(use square meter per second) ft2/s

square inch(es)
(use square meter) in2

square kilometer(s) km2

square meter(s) m2

square micrometer(s) µm2

square millimeter(s) mm2

square root of the sum of

the squares SRSS

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square yard(s)
(use square meter) yd2

SQUG Seismic Qualification Utility Group

SR silicone rubber

SRAM static random-access memory

SRC solvent-refined coal (SRC-I; SRC-II)

SRMC short-run marginal costs

SRP Standard Review Plan (NRC)

SRSS square root of the sum of the squares

SRT short residence time

SRV safety relief valve

SRWC short-rotation woody crop

SS stainless steel

SSB single sideband

SSC system, structure or component

SSE safe shutdown earthquake

SSG secondary steam generator

SSRAP Senior Seismic Review and Advisory Panel

ST superconducting transmission

stabilizing predictive control SPC

stack gas (n, adj)

stack plume

staff (takes sing or plural verb)

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stainless steel (n, adj) SS

stakeholder

stand-alone (adj)

standard atmosphere(s)
(use pascal)

standard cubic foot (feet) scf

standard cubic foot per day scfd

standard cubic foot per hour scfh

standard cubic foot per minute scfm

standard deviation (n, adj) SD

standard error (n, adj) SE

standard generalized
markup language SGML

standard hydrogen electrode SHE

Standard Industrial
Classification SIC

standard-lattice (adj)

Standard Metropolitan
Statistical Area (n, adj) SMSA

standard penetration test SPT

standard product line (n, adj)

Standard Review Plan (NRC) SRP

standard temperature and

pressure STP

standby (n, adj); stand by (v)

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standing-wave ratio(s) (n, adj) SWR

standoff (n, adj); stand off (v)

standpipe (n)

STARS steam turbine acoustic response system

startup (n, adj); start up (v)

state implementation plan

(n, adj) SIP

state of the art (n);

state-of-the-art (adj)

state of the science (n)

state-of-the-science (adj)

state-of-the-art power plant SOAPP

state point (n); state-point (adj)

static-controlled (adj)

static random-access memory SRAM

static VAR compensator SVC

static VAR generator SVG

statistically adjusted
engineering (adj) SAE

stator-coil wedges

STD seasonal time-of-day (adj)

steady state (n);

steady-state (adj)

steam binding (n);

steam-binding (adj)

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steam-bottoming (adj)

steam-coal (n, adj)

steam curing

steam cycle

steam-electric (adj)

steam-electric power

steam flow (n, adj)

steam flow controller SFC

steam-generating (adj)

steam generator (n, adj) SG

Steam Generator Owners

Group SGOG

Steam Generator Project Office

steam-injected (adj b/a n)

steam jet (n, adj)

steam line (n, adj)

steam line break SLB

steam line break accident SLBA

steam oxidation (n, adj)

steam side (n); steam-side (adj)

steam tube (n, adj)

steam turbine acoustic

response system STARS

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steam turbine–blading alloys

steam turbine–gas turbine

(n, adj)

steam turbine generator

steam-water (n, adj)

steel mill (n); steel-mill (adj)

steelmaking (n, adj)

stellarator

Stellite 6™

stemflows

STEP Subchannel Thermal-Hydraulic Experimental

Program

step load

step-down (n, adj);

step down (v)

stepped frequency imaging SFI

stepping-stone (n, adj)

step-up (n, adj); step up (v)

stockpile (n, v)

STP standard temperature and pressure

strain-gauge (adj)

strain measuring (n, adj)

stranded-aluminum (adj)

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strategic nuclear material

(n, adj) SNM

streambed

streamflow

stress analysis (n, adj)

stress corrosion (n, adj)

stress corrosion cracking (n, adj) SCC

stress-corrosion-initiated (adj)

stress-enhancer

stress-intensity (n, adj)

stress intensity factor KI

stress-intensity rate (n, adj)

stress mapping

stress-strain (n, adj)

strip mine (n, adj); strip-mine (v)

strip miner

strip-chart recorder

structural-ceramic

styrene butadiene rubber SBR

Styrofoam™

subbituminous (adj)

Subchannel Thermal-Hydraulic
Experimental Program STEP

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subconsultant

subcontractor

subcool

subcycle outages

submicrometer

sub-part-per-billion (adj)

subprogram

subroutine

substitute natural gas SNG

sub-subprogram (n, adj)

subgrid-scale (adj)

success path (n, adj)

sudden break loss-of-coolant

accident SBLOCA

Sulfate Regional Experiment

(n, adj) SURE

sulfidation

sulfur (not sulphur)

sulfur-bearing (adj)

sulfur capture (n, adj)

sulfur-containing (adj)

sulfur dioxide (n, adj) SO2

sulfur hexafluoride SF6

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sulfur meter

sulfur oxide(s) (n, adj) SOx

sulfur trioxide SO3

sulfuric acid (n, adj)

summer-peaking (adj)

sunray

superalloy

superconducting generation
(n, adj) SG

superconducting magnetic
energy storage (n, adj) SMES

superconducting transmission
(n, adj) ST

superconductivity

supercritical

superefficient (adj)

superflexible

superheat (n)

superheater

superheterodyne

superhigh frequency (n, adj) SHF

super video graphic adaptor SVGA

supervisory control and data

acquisition SCADA

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supplementary cooling
system(s) (n, adj) SCS

supplementary-fired (adj)

supramicronic (adj)

SURE Sulfate Regional Experiment

surface area (n, adj) SA

Surface Mining Control and

Reclamation Act SMCRA

surge arrester (n, adj)

surge protective device SPD

SVC static VAR compensator

SVG static VAR generator

SVGA super video graphic adaptor

SW shortwave

SWES solid-waste environmental studies

switch control (n);

switch-control (adj)

switched-impedance (adj)

switchgear (n)

switching-surge (adj)

switchover (n, adj);

switch over (v)

SWR standing-wave ratio(s)

SWUS solid-waste utilization system

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solution-based

symposium(s)

syncrude

SYNF synthetic gaseous and liquid fuels

syngas

synthesis gas

synthetic gaseous and

liquid fuels SYNF

synthetic natural gas SNG

synthetic-gas-fueled (adj)

Systematic Evaluation Program

(NRC) SEP

systems-effect (adj)

system effectiveness (n, adj)

system-level (adj)

system peak

system, structure or component SSC

systemwide

--T--

t ton(s); 1000 kg

t ton(s); 1000 kilograms (use 106 t, not Mt)

T tera- (1012; trillion)

T tesla

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T transmittance

T&D transmission and distribution

t/d ton(s) per day

t/h ton(s) per hour

Table 1, 2, or 3, etc.
(in text, captions)

tables 1, 2, and 3 (in text)

tabletop

TAG Technical Assessment Guide (EPRI service mark)

tail water (n, adj)

tailings (n, adj)

tailored collaboration (n, adj)

tan tangent

tangent tan

tar sands (n)

TAS Technology Assessment Service

TBC thermal barrier coating

Tc critical temperature

TCB tri/tetrachlorobenzene

TCLP toxicity characteristic leaching procedure

TCP/IP transmission control protocol/Internet protocol

TCR total capital requirement

TD theoretical density

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TDAC time-differentiated rates with average costs

TDD total demand distortion

TDF tire-derived fuel

TDMC time-differentiated rates with marginal costs

TE transverse electric

teardown (n); tear down (v)

Technical Assessment Guide

(EPRI service mark) TAG

technical information document TID

Technical Interest Profile (EPRI) TIP

Technical Planning Study TPS

technical working group (n, adj)

technoeconomic

technological (adj)

Technology Assessment Service TAS

Teflon™

television interference (n, adj) TVI

TEM transmission electron microscopy

TEM transverse electromagnetic

temp temperature

temperature temp

temperature-actuated (adj)

temperature-dependent (adj)

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temperature-pressure (n, adj)

temperature-sensitive (adj)

ten (10; deka-)

106 bbl/d million barrels per day

106 ft3 million cubic feet (use cubic meter)

tenfold (adj); BUT: 10-fold

Tennessee Valley Authority TVA

tenth (10-1; deci-)

tera- (1012; trillion) T

terahertz THz

teraohm(s) T:

terawatt(s) TW

TES thermal energy storage

tesla T

test-bed (n, adj)

Test Reference Year TRY

test response spectra TRS

test tube (n); test-tube (adj)

test-year average

TFM trapped field magnet

TFT thin-film transistor (n, adj)

TFTR tokamak fusion test reactor

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TGA thermogravimetric analysis

that is i.e.,

THD total harmonic distortion

theoretical density (n, adj) TD

thermal barrier coating TBC

thermal capture (n);

thermal-capture (adj)

thermal cycling (n);

thermal-cycling (adj)

thermal energy storage TES

thermal fatigue (n);

thermal-fatigue (adj)

thermal fission (n);

thermal-fission (adj)

thermal gradient (n);

thermal-gradient (adj)

thermal-hydraulic (adj)

thermal hydraulics (n, adj)

thermal imaging (n);

thermal-imaging (adj)

thermal life indicator TLI

thermal needle (n, adj)

thermal overload (n, adj)

thermal power (n, adj)

thermal reactor (n, adj)

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thermal sintering (n);

thermal-sintering (adj)

thermal storage (n, adj)

Thermal Storage Applications

Research Center (EPRI) TSARC

thermal stress (n, adj)

thermal vapor recompression TVR

thermionics (n); thermionic (adj)

thermochemical calorie(s)
(use joule) calth

thermocouple (n, adj)

thermodynamics (n)

thermogravimetric (adj)

thermogravimetric analysis TGA

thermoluminescent dosimeter
(n, adj) TLD

thermomechanical

thermomechanical energy
conversion and storage

thermomechanical energy
storage

thermomechanical pulp TMP

thermophotovoltaic TPV

thermoplastic

thermoset

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theta pinch (n, adj)

thin slab (n); thin-slab (adj)

thin-film (adj)

thin-film technology

thin-film transistor (n, adj) TFT

thin-slab caster

Third World

thorium-based (adj)

thousand (103; kilo-)

thousand (as in 640K RAM)

(use capital K) K

thousand circular mils kemil

thousandth (10-3; milli-)

Three Mile Island Unit 2 TMI-2

three-conductor (adj)

3-D three-dimensional

three-dimensional 3-D

threefold (adj); BUT: 3-fold

three-phase (adj)

three-stage (adj)

300-series austenitic steel

through hold (n);

through-hole (adj)

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through-fall

through-fault (adj)

through-load (adj)

throughput (n, adj)

through-wall (adj)

throwaway (n, adj);

throw away (v)

thyratronlike

thyristor

THz terahertz

TID technical information document

TID total integrated dose

tie line (n); tie-line (adj)

tie-in

time-consuming (adj b/a n)

time-dependent (adj)

time-differentiated (adj)

time-differentiated rates with

average costs TDAC

time-differentiated rates with

marginal costs TDMC

time domain (n);

time-domain (adj)

timeframe (n, adj)

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time-of-day (adj) TOD

time-of-use (adj) TOU

time-response (adj)

time series (n); time-series (adj)

time-series data

time-sharing (n, adj)

time step (n); time-step (adj)

timetable

time to failure (n);

time-to-failure (adj)

time-varying (adj)

time-weighted (adj)

timewise (adj)

TIP Technical Interest Profile (EPRI)

TIP transversing in-core probe

tire-derived fuel TDF

TIV tracking index voltage

TLD thermoluminescent dosimeter

TLI thermal life indicator

TLMRC
(EPRI) Transmission Line Mechanical Research Center

TLTA two-loop test apparatus

TM transverse magnetic

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TMI typical meteorological information

TMI-2 Three Mile Island Unit 2

TMP thermomechanical pulp

TMY typical meteorological year

TOC total organic carbon

TOD time-of-day

tokamak fusion test reactor TFTR

tokamak(s)

ton-hour

ton(s); 1000 kilograms

(use 106 t, not Mt) t

ton(s) of uranium tU

ton(s) per day t/d

ton(s) per hour t/h

ton(s) per square inch

(use kilogram[s] per square
meter) tsi

tonne (metric ton)

toolkit

top-down (adj)

top injection (n, adj)

top oil (n, adj)

topographic

topsize (n)

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Tormac (n)

tornado-driven (adj)

tornado-propelled (adj)

toroidal fusion (n, adj)

ToscoDyne process

total capital requirement TCR

total demand distortion TDD

total harmonic distortion THD

total integrated dose TID

total organic carbon TOC

total organic halides TOX

total-plant (adj)

total resource cost TRC

total suspended particulates TSP

total suspended solids TSS

total-system (adj)

TOU time-of-use

toward

tower testing (n, adj)

TOX total organic halides

Toxic Release Inventory TRI

Toxic Substance Control Act TSCA

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toxicity characteristic leaching

procedure TCLP

toxicological (adj)

TPS Technical Planning Study

TPV thermophotovoltaic

trace element (n, adj)

trace metal (n, adj)

tracking index voltage TIV

trade name (n, adj)

trade-off (n, adj); trade off (v)

transferred arc

transient flow (n, adj)

transient heating (n, adj)

transient oxidation (n, adj)

transient voltage surge

suppressor TVSS

transmission and distribution

(n, adj) T&D

transmission control protocol/

Internet protocol TCP/IP

transmission electron
microscopy TEM

transmission line (n, adj)

Transmission Line Mechanical

Research Center (EPRI) TLMRC

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transmittance T

transuranic

transverse electric (n, adj) TE

transverse electromagnetic
(n, adj) TEM

transverse magnetic (n, adj) TM

transversing in-core probe TIP

trapped field magnet TFM

traveling water screens TWS

traveling-wave tube (n, adj) TWT

TRC total resource cost

tree analysis

tree-resistant (adj)

tri/tetrachlorobenzene TCB

trillion (1012; tera-)

trillionth (10-12; pico-)

triple-expansion (adj)

troubleshooting

TRS test response spectra

TRY Test Reference Year

TSARC Thermal Storage Applications Research Center (EPRI)

TSCA Toxic Substance Control Act

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tsi ton(s) per square inch (use kilogram[s] per square

meter)

TSP total suspended particulates

TSS total suspended solids

tU ton(s) of uranium

tube cleaning (n);

tube-cleaning (adj)

tube face (n, adj)

tube gap (n); tube-gap (adj)

tube seat

tubesheet (n, adj)

tube support (n, adj)

tunable

tuned-circuit (adj)

turbine alloy specimen

turbine blade (n, adj)

turbine blading (n);

turbine-blading (adj)

turbine generator (n, adj)

turbine inlet (n, adj)

turbine rotor (n, adj)

turbocompressor

turboexpander

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turbogenerator

turbulent heating (n);

turbulent-heating (adj)

turnaround (n, adj);

turn around (v)

turndown (n, adj);

turn down (v)

turnkey

turnoff (n, adj); turn off (v)

turn-on (n, adj);

turn on(v)

TVA Tennessee Valley Authority

TVI television interference

TVR thermal vapor recompression

TVSS transient voltage surge suppressor

T: teraohm(s)

TW terawatt(s)

TWACS two-way alarm and control system

two-axis tracking (adj)

twofold (adj); BUT: 2-fold

two-loop test apparatus

(n, adj) TLTA

two-part costing

two-phase (adj)

two-stage (adj)

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two-state go/no-go component

(adj)

two-way alarm and

control system TWACS

TWS traveling water screens

TWT traveling-wave tube

Type 304 stainless steel

typical meteorological
information TMI

typical meteorological year TMY

--U--

235U uranium-235

U-bend

U-gas (n, adj)

U-tube (n, adj)

U-value

UBC unburned carbon

UCA Utility Communications Architecture

UCS unconfined compressive strength

UCS Union of Concerned Scientists

UHF ultrahigh frequency

UHP ultrahigh power

UHV ultrahigh voltage

UK United Kingdom

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UL Underwriters Laboratories

ultra lightweight

ultrahigh (adj)

ultrahigh frequency (n, adj) UHF

ultrahigh power UHP

ultrahigh speed (adj)

ultrahigh temperature
water-cooled gas turbines
(n, adj)

ultrahigh voltage (n, adj) UHV

ultralow carbon

ultrasonic imaging (adj)

ultrasonic pulse-echo signals

ultrasonic testing UT

ultraviolet UV

unburned carbon UBC

unc uncorrected

unconfined compressive
strength UCS

uncorrected unc

uncovery (n)

undercapacity

underground (n, adj, adv)

underground pumped hydro UPH

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underground residential
distribution URD

underground storage tank UST

underwater (adj, adv)

underway (adj, adv)

Underwriters Laboratories UL

unidirectional

uninterruptible power supply UPS

Union of Concerned Scientists UCS

unirradiated

unit (capitalize when part of

plant name; e.g., Browns Ferry
Unit 3)

unit cell zero (n adj)

United Kingdom UK

United States (n); U.S. (adj)

universal product code UPC

universal time UT

university-level (adj)

Unresolved Safety Issue (NRC) USI

up-to-50% (adj)

UPC universal product code

update

upflow

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upgrade (v)

upgradient

UPH underground pumped hydro

uprate (v)

uprating (n, adj)

UPS uninterruptible power supply

upstream (adj, adv)

uptime

upwind

uranium-235 235U

uranium-plutonium (n, adj)

URD underground residential distribution

U.S. (adj); United States (n)

user's manual; user's guide

user-friendly (adj)

user-oriented (adj)

users group

USI Unresolved Safety Issue (NRC)

UST underground storage tank

USWAG Utility Solid Waste Activities Group

UT ultrasonic testing

UT universal time

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Utility Communications
Architecture UCA

utility-owned (adj)

utility-scale (adj)

Utility Solid Waste Activities Group USWAG

utility trenching (n, adj)

utilize (use is preferred)

UV ultraviolet

UWMAK I, II, III

--V--

V velocity

V volt(s)

V&V verification and validation

VA voltampere

vacuum arc (n, adj)

vacuum pressure impregnated VPI

vacuum pumping (n, adj)

Vapam™

vapor compression evaporation VCE

vapor-liquid (n, adj)

vapor phase (n);

vapor-phase (adj)

VAR volt-ampere-reactive

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variable air volume (n, adj)

variable frequency drive VFD

variable pressure operation VPO

variable-speed (adj)

variable-speed wind turbine

VAWT vertical axis wind turbine

VAX virtual address extension

V-belt

VCE vapor compression evaporation

Vdc volts direct current

VDT video display terminal

VDU video display unit

velocity V

ventilated storage cask VSC

venturi; venturis (pl)

verification and validation V&V

Version 1.0

versus vs.

vertical axis (n);

vertical-axis (adj)

vertical axis wind turbine VAWT

very high frequency VHF

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very-high-temperature
gas reactor (n, adj) VHTGR

very large scale integration VLSI

very low frequency (n, adj) VLF

VFD variable frequency drive

VGA video graphic adaptor

VHF very high frequency

VHTGR very-high-temperature gas reactor

vice chairman (n)

videocassette

videoconferencing

video display terminal VDT

video display unit VDU

video graphic adaptor VGA

videotape (n)

virtual address extension VAX

virtual memory system VMS

vis à vis

viscosity

viscosity blending (n, adj)

viz., namely, to wit

VLF very low frequency

VLSI very large scale integration

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VM volatile matter

VMS virtual memory system

Vn nominal voltage

V-notch

VOC volatile organic compound

vol volume

vol% volume percent

vol. volume (published work)

volatile matter VM

volatile organic compound VOC

volt(s) V

voltampere VA

volt-ampere-reactive (n, adj) VAR

volt-ohm meter VOM

voltage-current (adj)

voltage-handling (adj)

Voltalit precast-epoxy
dielectric system (n, adj)

voltametric

voltmeter

volts direct current Vdc

volume vol

volume (published work) vol.

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volume percent vol%

VOM volt-ohm meter

Vorlex™

vortex; vortices (pl)

VPI vacuum pressure impregnated

VPO variable pressure operation

vs. versus

VSC ventilated storage cask

Vthd harmonic voltage distortion

--W--

W watt(s)

W/(cm.s) watt(s) per centimeter per second

wafer cell (n, adj)

wake-induced (adj)

walkdown (n)

walk through (n)

Waltz Mill Test Facility

warm-up (n, adj); warm up (v)

washwater (n, adj)

waste-derived fuel

waste disposal (n, adj)

waste gas

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waste heat (n, adj)

waste processing (n, adj)

waste to energy WTE

wastewater (n, adj)

water-activated (adj)

water balance (n, adj)

waterborne (adj)

waterbox

water-cooled (adj)

water cooling (n, adj)

water-curtain (adj)

water flow (n, adj)

water-gap (adj)

water gauge Wg

water hammer (n, adj)

water heating (n, adj)

water-induction (adj)

waterjet (n, adj)

water-loop heat pump

water metering (n);

water-metering (adj)

water quality (n, adj)

water reactor (n, adj)

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water reactor safety (n, adj)

water-sample (adj)

Water Saw

waterside (n, adj)

water slurry (n);

water-slurry (adj)

water-soluble (adj)

water splitting (n);

water-splitting (adj)

water table (n)

water use (n); water-use (adj)

water wash (v)

water washing (n)

water-source heat pump

water-steam (n, adj)

water-to-fuel ratio (n, adj)

waterwall (n, adj)

waterwheel

watt(s) W

watt(s) per centimeter

per second (n, adj) W/(cm.s)

watthour(s) Wh

waveform (adj)

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wave propagation (n);

wave-propagation (adj)

WDPF Controls Westinghouse Distributed Process Family Controls

wear-out (n, adj); wear out (v)

weather case (n);

weather-case (adj)

Weather Year for Energy

Calculations WYEC

Web site (n)

WECS wind energy conversion system

wedge-opening load WOL

week(s) wk

weight wt

weight-loss (adj)

weight percent (n, adj) wt%

weight per volume (n, adj) wt/vol

weight ratio (n, adj) wt/wt

weld-heat-affected (adj)

weld-overlay-baseplate (adj)

weldment

well field (n); well-field (adj)

well-being

well-established

wellhead (n, adj b/a)

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well-known

West Coast, the

western coal (n, adj)

Western North America WNA

western red cedar (n, adj)

Western United States WUS

Westinghouse Distributed
Process Family Controls WDPF Controls

wet bulb (n); wet-bulb (adj)

wet-bulb temperature

wet-dry cooling

wet-flow

wet scrubber system

wet scrubbing (adj)

Wet/Dry Cooling Tower

Pilot Facility

wetwell

Wg water gauge

Wh watthour(s)

"what if" studies

whole tree burn

Whole Tree Energy™ WTE™

whole-body dose

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whole-body exposure

whole-house (adj)

wholly-owned (adj)

width of cut (n);

width-of-cut (adj)

wildlife

windbox

wind energy conversion system WECS

wind farm (n, adj)

wind power (n, adj)

wind power plant

wind speed (n);

wind-speed (adj)

wind speed frequency

distribution

wind tunnel (n, adj)

wind-tunnel-like (adj)

wind turbine (n, adj)

wind turbine generator WTG

Windows™

winter-peaking (adj)

wire mesh (n, adj)

withstand (n, adj, v)

wk week(s)

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WNA Western North America

WOL wedge-opening load

wood-destroying (adj)

wood pole (n, adj)

wood power pole (n, adj)

word processing (n);

word processing (adj)

work force (n, adj)

work sheet (n, adj)

working fluid (n, adj)

working group (n, adj)

workplace

workspace

workstation (n, adj)

worldwide

World Wide Web (n, adj) WWW

worst case (n); worst-case (adj)

wrap-up (n); wrap up (v)

wraparound (n, adj)

write-off (n, adj); write off (v)

write-up (n, adj); write up (v)

wrong unit, train,

component (adj) WUTC

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wt weight

wt% weight percent

wt/vol weight per volume

wt/wt weight ratio

WTE waste to energy

WTE™ Whole Tree Energy™

WTG wind turbine generator

WUS Western United States

WUTC wrong unit, train, component

WWW World Wide Web (n, adj)

WYEC Weather Year for Energy Calculations

--X--

X ray (n); X-ray (adj, v)

X reactance

X-ray absorption fine structure XAFS

X-ray photoelectron
spectroscopy XPS

XAFS X-ray absorption fine structure

xerography

XLPE cross-linked polyethylene

XLPO cross-linked polyolefin

XPS X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

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--Y--

yag yttrium-aluminum-garnet

yard(s) (use meter) yd

yd yard(s) (use meter)

yd2 square yard(s) (use square meter)

yd3 cubic yard(s) (use cubic meter)

year(s) yr

year-end (n, adj)

yellow cake (n, adj)

yig yttrium-iron-garnet

yr year(s)

yttrium-aluminum-garnet yag

yttrium-iron-garnet yig

--Z--

Z impedance

Z ceramic (n, adj)

ZEG zero energy growth (n); zero-energy-growth (adj)

Zener diode

zero discharge (n, adj)

zero energy growth (n);

zero-energy-growth (adj) ZEG

zero liquid release (n);

zero-liquid-release (adj)

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zero period acceleration ZPA

zinc bromide (n, adj)

zinc/bromine (n, adj)

zinc chloride (n, adj)

zinc/chlorine (n, adj)

Zircaloy™; Zircaloy 4™
(n, adj)

Zircaloy-clad

Zircaloy cladding (n);

Zircaloy cladding (adj)

Zircaloy-steam (n, adj)

Zircaloy-water (n, adj)

ZPA zero period acceleration

Zytel™

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EPRI SOFTWARE

* = production code

** = research code

ABAQUS-EPGEN** A General-Purpose Finite Element Program

ABAQUS-ND** A Finite Element Code for Nonlinear Dynamic

Analysis

ABC* Advisor on Blade Coatings

ACDCLINE**

ACOM* Availability Cost Optimization Methodology

ADEPT**

Advanced PRISM**

AERAM** Air Emissions Risk Assessment Model

AFBVAL** Integrated Engineering and Financial Assessment of

AFBC Power Plants

AGCSIM2*

AIRTOX** Air Toxics Risk Management Model

AMINECON*

AMINMOD*

AMPS**

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ANNSTLF**

APLUS™* Analysis of Plant Utility Systems

ARA* Acid Rain Advisor

ARCHSPEC**

ARDT**

ARROTTA* Advanced Rapid Reactor Operational Transient

Analysis

ASAPP™* Accounting Software Application for Pollution

Prevention

ASCON-I* Adjustable Speed Drive Analysis Technique

ASHDAL**

ASK**

ATHOS3* Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of Steam Generators

AWARE™** Methodology for the Allocation of Water Resources

BARRIER**

BaSES* Battery Storage Evaluation Software

BEEM™* Building Energy Estimation Module

BIASTEST**

BIOPOWER**

BLADE-CT* Blade-Life Algorithm for Dynamic Evaluation—

Combustion Turbines

BLADE-ST* Blade-Life Algorithm for Dynamic Evaluation

BLESS* Boiler Life Evaluation and Simulation System

BMW* Boiler Maintenance Workstation

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BROWSER Demo*

BROWSER*

BTA™* Bearing Troubleshooting Advisor

BULKTRAN**

C2ALM*

CABAMP™* Cable AMPacity

CABLPUL** Maximum Pulling Lengths for Solid Dielectric

Insulated Cable

CAFTA Window*

CAFTA Windows Demo*

CAST**

CAT Workstation™* Clean Air Technology Workstation

CEM RW™* Continuous Emissions Monitoring Reporting

Workstation™

CG-DAMS™* Concrete Gravity Dam Analysis Modular Software

CHEC*

CHEC-NDE*

CHEC-THK*

CHECMATE*

CHECWORKS*

CHEMWORKS*

CHEXPERT*

CHF Data**

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CHIRON* Prediction of Failed Fuel Rods

CHROMAT™* The Soil Chromium Attenuation Evaluation Model

CIP DATABASE* Concentrations of Indoor Pollutants

CIRTOU** Commercial-Industrial Time-of-Use Rates Model

CITOU** Commercial-Industrial Time-of-Use Response Model

CLASSIFY-PLUS* Customer Preference and Behavior

CLEAN* Comprehensive Least Emissions Analysis

COCOA* Concrete Containment Integrity Analysis

COFERS* Coburning Feed Rate Simulator

COGENADVISOR™** Expert System for Providing Guidance on

Cogeneration and Electric Alternatives

COGENMASTER* Evaluation of Cogeneration Projects

COJOUR** Dynamic Coefficients for Fluid Film Journal Bearings

COMLOGS* Computerized Overhaul Maintenance Logging

System

COMMEND*

Compact Simulator™**

COMPBRN-IIIE**

COMTECH* Commercial Technologies Screening Model

CONDENSER*COR** Corrosion of Condenser Materials

CONTRACTMIX* EPRI Fuel Contract Mix Model

COOLADD** Generic Cooling Water Additives

COOLAID* Thermal Energy Storage/Demand-side

Planning/Load and Market Research

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COOLCALC*

COOLTA™** Cooling Tower Advisor

CORAL™** Control Retrofits Assessment Library

CORETRAN/A**

CORRIDOR**

COSTECON**

CPM-3**

CQE*

CQIM™* Coal Quality Impact Model

CQIS** Coal Quality Information System

CRAFT** Customer Restoration and Fault Testing

CREAM* Composite Reliability Assessment

Creep-Fatigue Pro*

CRFLOOD™* Uplift Pressure Distribution and Drain Effectiveness

Software

CSRAM/CSR386**

CUFAD** Compression/Uplift Foundation Analysis and

Design—TL Workstation™ Module

CUFAD+™* Compression and Uplift Foundation Analysis and

Design

D&E Decas**

DA/DN**

DEFECT**

DELTA*

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DERAD* Decommissioning Economic and Risk Advisor

DESIGN** Duty Cycle-Based Sample Design

DESK BOOK™* Residential End-Use Technologies

DIRECT** Direct Stability Analysis Program

DLFTM**

DROPTIMA*

DSAS** Distribution System Analysis and Simulation

Program

DSMANAGER* Demand-Side Management Analysis Software

DSMLINK*

DSMRANK** A Demand-Side Management (DSM) Alternatives

Selection and Screening Model

DSPSEVAL**

DUCSYS**

DYNAMP** Dynamic Capacity Program—TLWorkstation™

Module

DYNASTORE™* Quantifying Dynamic Energy Storage Benefits

DYNRED* Dynamic Reduction Program

EA Manager™* SO2 Compliance and Emission Allowance Strategy

Planning

EAM**

EBAC* EPRI—Blume Anchorage Code

EDAS** Evaluating Distribution Automation Systems

EDEAC-PC™** Cracking of Structural Materials in Nuclear

Environments

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Efficiency–MAP* Efficiency Maintenance Analysis Program

EfficiencyMap* Efficiency Maintenance Analysis Program

EGEAS* Electric Generation Expansion Analysis System

EGEASPM* Presentation Manager interface/editor for EGEAS

EMB Management Handbook**

EMF—LIT* EMWorkstation Module—EMF Literature Database

Manager

EMI Advisor™* Electromagnetic Transient Sources, Coupling,

Mitigation

EMTP WORKSTATION* Electromagnetic Transients Program Workstation

EMTP* Electromagnetic Transients Program

EMTPIN* EMTP Input Program

EMWorkstation* EPRI Electric and Magnetic Fields Workstation

ENVIRO** EMWorkstation Module

EOOS*

EPAM**

EQHAZARD** Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis

ESCORE* A Steady-State Fuel Performance Code

ESP**

ESPERT**

ESPM™* Electrostatic Precipitator Performance Model

ESPRE* EPRI Simplified Program for Residential Energy

ETA-II Mac Version**

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ETA-II**

ETADS** EPRI Tower Analysis and Design System—

TLWorkstation™ Module

ETADSEZ**

ETMSP* Extended Transient-Midterm Stability Package

EXPLORE-EX*

EXPOCALC* EMWorkstation Module

FASTCHEM™** Code for Predicting Groundwater Flow and Solute

Migration

Fatigue Management Handbook**

FATIGUEPRO™*

FEATURE* Finite-Element Analysis Tool for Utility Rotodynamic

Evaluation

FEDB**

FGDCOR™* Materials Selection and Failure Analysis in Wet Flue

Gas Desulfurization Systems

FGDCOST* FGD Cost Estimating Model

FGDPRISM™* Flue Gas Desulfurization Process Integration and

Simulation Model

Fish Entrainment Immortality

Study Decision Model**

FIVE™**

FLET**

FLOSCAL**

FODESC**

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FOMS/TMM*

FORECASTING
WORKSTATION*

FORECASTMASTERPLUS** Short-Term Forecasting Package

FORETELL** EPRI Forecasting Toolkit

FOULCOMP**

FOWL-GH™* Fossil Fuel Combustion Waste Leaching Code

FRAMER** H-Frame Design, Analysis, and Reliability

FRANC II Prototype**

FRANC**

FREY-01*

Fuzzy Logic Turbine Controller*

GADSRAM* Conversion of NERC GADS Data Files into UNIRAM

Availability Models

GAPPIPE**

GasPlan* A Gas Procurement and Operations Planning Tool

GATE-CYCLE* Gas Turbine and Combined-Cycle Design Evaluation

GATL** Grounding Analysis of Transmission Lines—

TL Workstation™2.4 & SGWorkstation Module

GENCAT™* Electronic Product Catalog and Benefits Estimator

Generation, Storage, and Environmental Control

GENRS* Response Spectrum Analysis Program

GENTECH™*

GLOCO™* The Global Carbon Cycling Model

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GOTHIC** Generation of Thermal Hydraulic Information in

Containments

GSHPM** Ground Source Heat Pump Model

GTOP* Gas Turbine Overhaul Plan

GTOP-5* Gas Turbine Overhaul Plan for GE Frame 5

GTOP-7* Gas Turbine Overhaul Plan for GE Frame 7

GTPROB**

GTPROB/386**

GTREL**

GTX**

GWQA™**

HARMFLO* Harmonic Power Flow Program

HARMFLO+™* Harmonic Simulation and Analysis Tools

HEATRT**

HELM-PC* The Hourly Electric Load Model

HEW*

Hideout Return Spreadsheet*

HOTCALC* Commercial Water Heating Performance Simulation

Tool

HPAHR**

HPEAK*

HPSCAN* Heat Pump Screening Analysis

HWC ECONOMIC ADVISOR** Hydrogen Water Chemistry Economic Advisor

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HWCA™** Hydrogen Water Chemistry Assistant

IASCC Database** Irradiation Assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking

Database

ICProgram™** Insulation Coordination Program

ICRS** I&C Requirements and Standards Database

IGSCC REPORTS* Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking

IMCAP**

IMIS** Industrial Market Information System

IMPOSSM**

INFORM* Industrial End-Use Forecasting Model

Intelligent Dynamic Heat Rate

Expert System**

INTURB* Informational Database of Gas Turbine Engines

IOSS OF LLW* Interim On-Site Storage of Low-Level Waste

IPFLOW* Interactive Power Flow

IPI*

IPM** Impact Prediction Model

IRPMANAGER*

LCMECON**

LDAW* Load Data Analysis Workstation

Leak Reduction Database**

Life Cycle Cost Management*

LightCAD™* Lighting Design/Engineering Efficient Lighting

Systems

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LightPAD™*

LOADSYN** Load Modeling for Power Flow and Transient

Stability Computer Studies

LPDW™* Lightning Protection Design Workstation

LREP* Lighting Rebate Entry Program

LTSP* Long Term Stability Program

MAAP*

MACS**

MADE1* Database for the Macrodispersion Experiment

MADE2* Database for the Second Macrodispersion Experiment

MAG3D** TLWorkstation™ module for performing three-

dimensional magnetic field calculations

MANAGES™* Management and Evaluation of Groundwater

Monitoring Data

MarketTREK™* A Market Penetration Forecasting Tool

MCM* Mechanistically simulates mercury behavior in lakes

MCPOSSM**

MELTSPREAD**

MERLIN*

MFAD** Moment Foundation Analysis and Design—

TLWorkstation™ Module

MICAA™* Machine Insulation Condition Assessment Advisor

MICPro™** Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion

MICRO-AXCESS* Building Energy Analysis Program

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MIDAS Gold* Multiobjective Integrated Decision Analysis System

MINIDES** Preliminary Design Module—TLWorkstation™

Module

MOONS** Methods of Overlapping Networks Statistics

MOSES* Mineral Oil Spill Evaluation System

MOV General Information Motor-Operated Valves General Information

Database** Database

MULTEQ-REDOX* Calculates the composition, pH, and electrochemical

potential of an aqueous solution at elevated
temperature and pressure

MULTI-FLASH** Multiple Phase Lighting Flash-Over of Transmission

Towers—TLWorkstation™ Module

MUMAKER*

MYGRT* Migration of Organic and Inorganic Chemicals in

Groundwater

NATBWR**

NAUAHYGROS**

NCW MANAGER™* Non-Combustion Waste Management

Nox Predictor*

NuCM* Nutrient Cycling Model

Obsolete Items Database**

ORAM™* Outage Risk Assessment and Management

ORGRISK**

OTS* Operator Training Simulator

P-T CALCULATOR**

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PBTT DATA**

PCBFIRE**

PCFACET**

PCTRANS* Simulates groundwater flow and contaminant

transport

PICEP**

PIM** Project Input Module—TLWorkstation™ Module

PISCES Database**

PISCES Model**

PISCESPC**

PLAN60**

PLANETS** Plant Network Simulation Program

PMOS™* Plant Modification Operating Savings

PMW* Plant Monitoring Workstation

PODIS** Prediction of Damage In Service

POET*

POLDAR** Pole Design, Analysis, and Reliability—TL

Workstation™ Module

Pollution Prevention
Workstation*

PORTHOS* Thermal-hydraulic analyzer for simulation of two-

phase flow in recirculating-type steam generators

POWERCOACH™* Decision Analysis for Bulk Power Marketing

Transactions

POWERMIX™** Power Mix Model

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PRAQUANT**

PREP3**

PTLOAD™**

PVTOOL**

PWR Plant Chemistry Database*

QUICKTANKS™** Underground Tank Risk Management Model

R&R API*

RADSOURCE**

RAFCAP**

RAFT**

RAMAS/GIS* Links landscape data from geographical information

systems with a detailed metapopulation model for
extinction risk assessment, viability analysis,
bioreserve design, and wildlife management

RAMAS/space* Spatially Structured Models for Conservation Biology

RAMAS/stage* Generalized Stage-Based Modeling for Population

Dynamics

RANKING (Prototype)**

RAPID/TAG*

RateManager* Rate Manager

RAYTRACE/RAYNEW**

RCM Workstation*

REEPS* The Residential End-Use Energy Planning System

RELAY**

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RELOAD** DSM Customer Response

REMLIF* Remaining Life Analysis of Hot Gas Path Parts

RESICALC* Magnetic Field Modeling Program

Resource Allocation Framework*

Restaurant Heat Recovery**

RETOU-WIN* Residential Response to Time-of-Use Rates

RETRAN-02-M* One-Dimensional Transient Thermal-Hydraulic

Analysis

RETRAN-03* A Program for Transient Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis

RIOPF**

RISKLINK** Allows transfer of data from the Electric Generation

Expansion Analysis System (EGEAS)

RISKMIN** An Approach to Risk Evaluation in Electric Resource

Planning

RMATCH**

RMQS**

RNOISE** Radio Noise Profiles—TLWorkstation™ Module

ROAM* Remedial Options Assessment Model

ROBAL** Roto Balancing Advisor

Rotating Machinery
Workstation*

ROWPAK** Right-of-Way Packing—TLWorkstation™ Module

RRING-LIFE*

RVEM**

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SACTI** Seasonal/Annual Cooling Tower Plume and Drift

Impact Prediction Codes

SAFER-PC* Stress and Fracture Evaluation of Rotors

SAMBA**

SARA™** The Safety Review Advisor

SCALE** Simplified Calculation of Loss Equations

SCC/IGA-600™** Stress Corrosion Cracking & Intergranular Attack of

Alloy 600 in Steam Generators

Secondary Chemistry Simulator*

SENTINEL**

SEQUIL** Determines chemical interactions and characteristics

of an aqueous system based on the total amount of
key species and system temperature

SERV* Sizing of Energy Recovery Ventilator

SES** Security Enhancement System

SG Databases**

SGA* Substation Grounding Analysis

SGA-ACDCFLT* AC/DC Fault Analysis

SGA-DCGRND* DC Grounding System Model

SGA-SGSYS* Substation Grounding Analysis— SGWorkstation

Module

SGA-SMECC** Substation Maximum Earth Current Computation—

SGWorkstation Module

SGA-SOMIP* Soil Measurement Interpretation Program—

SGWorkstation Module

SGA-TGRND* Transient Grounding System Model

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SGAP* Steam Generator Analysis Package

SGDSM Database**

SGW-SGSYS*

SGW-SOMIP**

SGW-TGRND**

SGWORKSTATION** System Grounding Workstation

SHUFFLEWORKS*

SIMULATE-E* Three-Dimensional Steady-State Analysis of LWR

Power Reactors

SITES™* Contaminated Site Risk Management System

Slagging Advisor™**

SLIC2** Steam Line Inspection Code

SOAPP™* State-of-the-Art Power Plant

SOAPP Repowering Combined State-of-the-Art Power Plant—Repowering

Cycle* Combined Cycle

SOAPP Repowering Screening State-of-the-Art Power Plant—Repowering Screening

Module* Module

SOFTEN** Code for simulating the aqueous chemistry and

process operations of lime-soda water softening
systems

SOURCEDK**

SPEED** Solid Particle Erosion Economic Decision

SQUG Database** Database System of Power Plant Equipment Seismic

Experience

SRPIPE™** Snubber Reduction/Piping Enhancement

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SSPS™* Site Screening and Priority-Setting System

SSRVT**

SSSM** Steady-State Stability Monitor

SSSP* Small Signal Stability Program

STARRS™** Expert Analytical Tool for Assessing PWR Steam

Generator Tube Rupture Events

STARRS™-MMS** Expert Analytical Tool for Assessing PWR Steam

Generator Tube Rupture Events

STARS** Statistical Transient Analysis by Response Surface

State-of-the-Art Cooling Water

Treatment*

SUBCALC* EM Workstation Module—Magnetic Field Modeling

SURIS* DSM Survey Information System

SW*COR™** Materials Selection, Corrosion Failure Analysis, &

Corrosion Countermeasures in Service Water Systems

TCM**

Terry Turbine Database**

THERMO-STOR 100* Designing/Estimating Electric Storage Heating

Systems

THIRMAL**

TLIM* Transmission Limitation Program

TLOP/TLOPWT/SAGT** Transmission Line Optimization/Transmission Line

Optimization with Terrain/Sag Tension—
TLWorkstation™ Module

TLWorkstation™** Transmission Line Workstation

TRACE*

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TRANSG-01**

TREGRO* Response of Plants to Interacting Stresses

TRELSS* Transmission Reliability Evaluation for Large Scale

Systems

TRIM**

TUBELIFE**

Turbine Efficiency
Improvement**

UCA/DAIS™* Utility Communications Architecture/Database

Access Integration Services

UDPM**

UFIM* Utility Fuel Inventory Model

ULTRAMAX*

UNCERT**

UNCERT/386**

UNIRAM* Power Generation System Availability Assessment

Model

UNSAT1D**

UPSTUDY/TLOPGR** Upgrading Study/Transmission Line Optimization

with Grounding—TLWorkstation™ Module

UTWORKSTATION™* Underground Transmission Workstation

VALOR™* Simulating Immiscible Contaminant Transport in

Subsurface Systems

VDA™* Valve Diagnostic Advisor

VESSEL**

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VIPRE* A Thermal Hydraulic Analysis Code

VISIRISK** Visibility Risk Management Framework

VSTAB* Voltage Stability

VTester™* A Tool for Managing Reactor Vessel Embrittlement

Decisions

WARP**

WASTECOST (Liquid)*

WASTECOST DAW
(Dry Active Waste)*

Water Resource Evaluation**

WATERMAN** Integrated Power Plant Water Management

WATSIM* Water Heating Simulation Program

WEIPLOT**

WELL**

WINDPWR**

WINPLC* EMWorkstation Module—Power Line Calculator for

Windows™

WIRELDS** Wire Loads—TLWorkstation™ Module

WISE/SIMPLE**

WTESCREEN**

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WORD USAGE

Capitalization

EPRI Terms

1. The EPRI name is always written in full caps. (For use of the official EPRI
wordmark, see the Graphic Standard Guide (www.epri.com/design/).

2. Names for EPRI, its governing bodies, and its advisory committees ordinarily are
caps and lowercase, even when the names appear in shortened form.

Board of Directors; the Board; Board members; Board policy

EPRI's Advisory Council; the Council

Research Advisory Committee (RAC); the Committee

3. Full names of EPRI groups, business units, and targets are caps and lowercase.

Energy Conversion Division; the division

Residential Heat Pump Technology Target; the target

4 Official names of off-site centers are caps and lowercase, but shortened names or
paraphrases are usually lowercase.

Center for Materials Fabrication; the materials fabrication center; the center

Non-EPRI Terms

Capitalization of the names of government agencies, institutions, companies, universities, and

associations generally follows the style for EPRI groups, business units, and targets.

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Department of Energy; DOE

Edison Electric Institute; EEI; the institute

Oregon State University; the university

But: Oregon State and George Washington universities

Personal Titles

In text, official and professional titles are caps and lowercase when they precede personal
names, but they are normally lowercase otherwise.

Dr. John Morgan, the president of Electric Utilities, Inc.

President Morgan; the president

However, in listings such as the title page of an EPRI report, official and professional titles are
caps and lowercase regardless of whether they follow the name or are used alone.

Jack Smith, Project Manager

Doris Black

Principal Investigator

In Titles, Headlines, and Other Display Matter

1. Cap and lowercase all words in a title or head, with the exception of articles (the, an, a),
coordinating conjunctions (for, and, or, but, nor), and prepositions of three letters or less
(unless they are the first or last word of the title or head). Prepositions of four or more
letters are capped.

The Coal Outlook for the 1990s

This rule applies to all hyphenated compounds in a title or head as well.

Solar-Thermal Generating Stations

State-of-the-Art Feedwater Heater Technology

Merry-Go-Round Tactics

But: An Expert System for On-Line Diagnostics

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A Survey of Off-the-Shelf Equipment

An Assessment of In Situ Experiments

2. In a title or head, the first word following a colon is always capitalized.

Municipal Solid Wastes: A Problem or an Opportunity?

3. To avoid being misread, most scientific abbreviations follow their normal capitalization
style, regardless of the style of the title or head in which they appear:

Rating of 40 mHz Questioned

RATING OF 40 mHz QUESTIONED

But: AC and DC Transmission Studies

Miscellaneous

Locations and Directions

Nouns and adjectives designating parts of the world or regions of a continent or a

country generally are caps and lowercase, but compass directions and adjectives that
are not part of an accepted geographic name are lowercase.

Southeast Asia coalfields west of the Rockies

the West eastern coal

southern California Middle East

Trademarks

An effort should be made to determine if a name, slogan, or other form of commercial

identification used in the text has been trademarked. The trademark should be used as
an adjective followed by the generic name of the product. Trademarks should not be
used in plural or possessive cases.

Lucite acrylic Kleenex tissue

Masonite hardboard Inconel alloy 600

Incoloy alloy 800

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Note: If the trademark is an acronym, it may take full caps.

LOMI decontamination process

To designate a trademark or service mark (service-related trademark) held by EPRI,

capitalize the first letter of the trademark (unless it is an acronym, in which case it takes
full caps) and follow the name with a superior ™ (which represents the owners claim to
the term as a trademark) or ® (registered trade- or service mark).

Clor-n-Oil® detection kit

Polysil® dielectric material

If a company uses a ™ or ®, the trademark should be cited at first reference in the title,
Table of Contents, and text. Thereafter, if the company allows it, the term may be cited
without the ™ or ®.

Acronyms

When an acronym is introduced, the words from which it derives are given first and
the acronym follows, full caps and in parentheses. Thereafter, only the acronym need
be used, although in long documents, it may be helpful to spell out acronyms once in
each section in which they occur.

The lockout program has been demonstrated to dramatically reduce the volume
of solid low level waste (LLW) generated and to substantially decrease the cost
of LLW management programs.

Computer Programs

The terms from which a computer program name derives are upper and lower case.

the Transmission Line Workstation (TLWorkstation™)

If including the version of the program, cite:

TLWorkstation™ Version 2.4.

If using the program and version in a sentence, cite it in the following manner:

TLWorkstation™ Version 2.4 ties together several transmission line programs.

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Generic Terms

In text, generic terms are lowercase, even when they are used to refer to specifics.

Wilsonville pilot plant the test facility

volumes 4 and 5 section 10

phase 3 class A rating

But: Browns Ferry Unit 3

When referencing a multivolume report, cite it in the following manner:

A comprehensive study of methods for increasing SO2 removal at Merom Station

is found in EPRI report TR-103923, Vols. 1-3.

Abbreviations

Names of Countries

In text, the abbreviation U.S. may properly be used as an adjective but not as a noun.

U.S. foreign policy is changing rapidly.

But: The diplomat returned to the United States.

States

1. When standing alone, the names of states, territories, and possessions of the United
States should always be spelled out. It is also preferable to spell them out in text
when they follow the name of a city or other geographic term.

He arrived in Seattle, Washington, last week.

2. In lists, tables, footnotes, bibliographies, and indices, the names of states, territories,
and possessions may be abbreviated, generally using the two-letter zip code
designations.

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Compound Words

A compound word is a combination of two or more words used to express a single

concept. Consistency in the treatment of compounds is always difficult. There are
wide variations in acceptable style, and the rules that do exist sometimes conflict or
overlap. More important than absolute consistency in the formation of compounds is
the union or separation of the elements so that terms can be easily read, understood,
and pronounced.

Compound Nouns

1. A compound noun or adjective consisting of a short verb plus a word that normally
functions as a preposition or an adverb is usually solid, unless a hyphen is needed
for readability.

runoff tie-in

breakdown burnup

2. It is preferable to spell out the name of a chemical compound (lowercase) in text the
first time it is used. Subsequently, the chemical symbols can be used, especially in
equations and formulas.

3. An isotope of an element that is designated by its chemical symbol should be

written with the mass number displayed as a superscript preceding the symbol.

use of 238U for fuel

the shipping of 60C

An isotope written out in text is lowercase and is followed by a hyphen and the
mass number written on the baseline.

uranium-238 plutonium-32 cobalt-60

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Compound Adjectives

1. Hyphenate words and abbreviations that form a compound adjective immediately

preceding a noun, particularly if one element is a past or present participle or if
meaning or readability is enhanced.

EPRI-sponsored study

two-phase flow

well-known Chexal-Lellouche correlation method

real-time power system applications

light-dark cycle

2. Hyphenate compound adjectives containing units of measure and time.

a 24-ft (7.3-m) room 1-in.-(2.54-cm-)diameter pipe

one-half hour six-year-old study

a 3-m pole a 600-MW plant

10-year period 200-hp engine

3. If a compound adjective does not contain a past or present participle, if there is no

chance of misreading it, or if the adjective contains a symbol ($, qC, %), no hyphen is
necessary.

fossil fuel plant $20 million budget

air quality standards an 800qC metal temperature

low energy rate 4% solution

4. Do not hyphenate compound adjectives formed from scientific terms (e.g., chemical,
disease, and plant names) unless a hyphen appears in their noun form.

carbon dioxide gas methyl bromide mixture

sodium chloride solution prickly pear cactus

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whooping cough vaccine equivalent uranium content

But: hydrogen-oxygen reaction (to differentiate two elements versus one

chemical compound)

5. In almost all cases, hyphenate high- and low- adjectival compounds.

high-voltage transmission high-energy physics

But: lower energy rates high coal prices

low level waste (see Style Guide for other exceptions due to industry standards)

6. Hyphenate a compound adjective formed by an adverb plus an adjective or

participle, especially if the adverb can be misread to modify the noun following the
compound.

best-equipped plant long-awaited results

above-mentioned criteria well-preserved specimen

wholly-owned taxable subsidiary

7. Omit the hyphen if a compound adjective is preceded by an adverb that modifies

only the first word of the compound.

a well-equipped plant; a very well equipped plant

8. A compound adjective that follows the noun is ordinarily not hyphenated unless it is
shown with a hyphen in the dictionary.

That plant is best equipped for the job.

Their energy policy was ill-advised.

9. A compound adjective whose second element is a letter or a numeral is usually not

hyphenated.

phase 1 results Type 304 stainless steel

10. A compound adjective that is a foreign language phrase is not hyphenated unless it
is hyphenated in the original language.

per diem rate in situ experiment

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11. With compound adjectives that drop a repeated element, the hyphen is retained to
indicate parallel relationships. This guideline also holds true for adjectives formed
with prefixes or suffixes.

diamond- or rotary-drill rig

long-, mid-, or short-range plans

30- to 40-year plant life

pre- and post-1995 data

However, if the last adjective or a prefix is ordinarily solid, it remains so.

surface- and groundwater studies

pre- and postcombustion cycles

mono- and polycellular materials

12. A slash is used to indicate alternatives, to separate the numerator and denominator
in numerical fractions, to designate certain electrochemical notation, and with the
phrase "and/or." It does not replace a hyphen or a dash.

go/no-go gage

high-heat and/or high-speed applications

on/off cycling

input/output device

ac/dc transmission lines

sodium/sulfur battery

3/4-in. (1.9-cm) steel pipe

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Prefixes and Suffixes

1. A word combined with a prefix is ordinarily solid (one word), even if the
combination results in a double vowel.

pretest; posttest microorganism

milliwatt subbituminous

deemphasize nonnuclear

2. Hyphens are used to set prefixes and suffixes off from proper nouns, proper
adjectives, and numerals.

post-Copernican Florida-like pre-1995 intra-AIAA

3. A hyphen is used to distinguish between words with the same spelling but different
meanings and to prevent misreading, mispronunciation, or visual confusion.

re-treat (to treat again) bell-like

re-fuse (to fuse again) de-ashing

de-alloying supra-auditory

4. A hyphen is used with a prefix that applied to a two-word hyphenated compound

and with a prefix that is doubled.

non-heat-producing machinery

sub-subprogram

5. A hyphen is used to connect a prefix and an open compound.

pre-Civil War days

post-industrial revolution technology

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Measurements, Numbers, and Equations

EPRI uses the International System of Units (SI) measures to meet the global information
needs of its customers. In text, where both U.S. and SI units are used, the U.S. unit is followed
by the SI unit in parentheses. Where the joint format inhibits readability, authors may use
footnotes or provide supplementary SI tables in the text or appendixes. In some cases, it may
be preferable to develop two versions of a document, one with U.S. measures and one with SI
measures. In some instances, certain technologies may require the use of SI units only.

Because billion means a thousand million (prefix giga) in the United States but a million
million (prefix tera) in many other countries, the term should be avoided and scientific
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notation 10*9 or 10 used instead.

In general, avoid using M to indicate thousands, MM to indicate millions, or C to indicate

hundreds, as they conflict with SI prefixes. However, there are certain units outside the SI
which are recognized as having to be retained because of their practical importance or because
of their use in specialized fields. Such usages should be clearly explained.

For example, “M” used with English fuel and energy units may mean thousands (for example,
Mcf for thousand cubic feet of natural gas) and MM may mean millions (for example,
MMBtu). “M” applied to capacity is used to mean millions and “M” used with metric fuel and
energy units means millions.

Authors may use their judgment about rounding. A precise conversion may be
advisable in technical reports; in other documents a level of precision comparable to the
original unit may be appropriate.

For further information about using SI units, see the American National Standard for Metric
Practice. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. New York. October 1992.

Measurements

As with numbers, there are variations in the treatment of units of measure. What is
important is the consistent use of one style within an EPRI publication. The following
general rules apply:

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1. A unit of measure is usually abbreviated or expressed as a symbol when it is used

with a numeral. Used alone, however, it is spelled out (unless its abbreviated form
is an accepted term).

75 kg/s

But: The calculation is based on kilograms per second.

17%

But: What percent of the nation's energy supply depends on oil imports?

The plant's Btu-generation level was high.

2. Even when used with a numeral, units of time that are not considered units of
measure (i.e., days, weeks, months, years) are not abbreviated, unless they are used
in relation to another unit of measure.

The project team saw a successful end to their 12-year program.

Evidence showed the five-month goal was unattainable.

On average, the mine's coal output was 6 t/d (5.4 t/d).

3. A measurement appearing infrequently may be expressed by a numeral with a

spelled-out unit.

700 kilograms 6-minute intervals

4. Periods are not ordinarily used with abbreviations for units of measure.

Hz gal kg kWh

But: To distinguish the preposition in, in. should be used as the abbreviation for
inch when it stands alone (e.g., 6 in.). When used with an exponent (in 2) or as part
of a compound unit of measure (in/s), the period is omitted.

5. The singular and plural forms of most abbreviated units of measure are the same.

1 m; 40 m

1 bbl; 5 bbl

1 Btu; 100 Btu

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6. The plurals of spelled-out units of measure are formed in the usual way.

1 volt; 15 volts

1 joule; 200 joules

1 ohm; 100 ohms

7. Spelled-out units of measure are singular when the absolute quantity is less than 1.

3/4 kilometer 0.5 volt

10-18 curie 0.09 mill

8. A singular verb is ordinarily used with a unit of measure conveying the idea of a
whole, regardless of the quantity given.

The record showed that 300 t/d (272 t/d) was solid waste.

Of the total budget, $2,172,000 goes to research.

9. A unit of measure or a symbol is usually not repeated in a range or a series if the

unit follows the numeral.

1-5% 1, 5, and 10qF (-17.2, -15, and -12.2qC)

300 to 500 microseconds 6- x 6-ft (1.8- x 1.8-m) facility

However, if a symbol representing the unit of measure precedes the numeral, it is

repeated.

$10-$20

$6 million to $10 million

10. For temperatures and angles, the degree symbol should be used rather than the
spelled-out form or an abbreviation.

100qC 180qangle

But: 5 K

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11. A space (preferred) or a hyphen is used to indicate multiplication in spelled-out

compound units of measure.

newton meter newton-meter

When the compound is abbreviated, a dot centered vertically (multiplication

symbol) is used.

N.m

12. The word per is used to indicate division in spelled-out units of measure.

meter per second

A slash is used when the compound is abbreviated.

m/s kg/m3

Only one slash should be used in an expression unless parentheses are used.

J/(mol.K) or (J/mol)/K

13. In displayed equations and in tables, a slash may be used to save space even though
per is used in the text.

300/h

Numbers

Arabic numerals are preferred to Roman numerals, except as page numbers in front matter.

In general, a numerical figure is easier to understand than a numerical word expression,

particularly in technical and scientific text. However, the following represent some
exceptions:

1. Use words to express

• Numbers from zero through nine that are not used with units of measure

• A number that begins a sentence, whether it is greater or less than 10 (if

possible, recast a sentence to avoid beginning it with a spelled-out number)

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• Fractions, except with units of measure or scale

two-thirds of the scientists one-half of the samples

• Ordinal numbers when used in text

third phase first priority

twentieth century twenty-third report

2. Numerals are preferred for all numbers in the following cases:

• All numbers 10 and above

• In tables and illustrations

• With units of measure (which include units of time less than a day), whether
these units are spelled out, abbreviated, or expressed in symbols

5-mg doses 4000 Btu/h (4420 kJ/h) 10 L/min

12qC 5 Hz

• Percentages

a 30% heat loss

• Arithmetic expressions

divided by 8

• Decimals or fractions used with units of measure or scale

1.63 cm 3/4-in (1.9-cm) pipe 1/4-scale reactor 0.001 ml

• Ratios

1:1000

• Clock times and dates (except centuries)

The meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m.

The workshop, held October 5-6, 1995, attracted 300 utility representatives.

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• Page numbers

seen on page 7

• Sums of money

• Points on a scale

a Richter reading of 6.8

• Actual numerals

excluding rows 4 through 9

• Series of four or more numbers

2, 4, 6, and 8

• Acidity or alkalinity

a pH of 3

• Size or configuration

6- x 6-ft (1.8- x1.8m) facility 9 x 9 assemblies 70x magnification

3. Numerals may be combined with units of millions and above but not with
thousands

400 million people

But: 220,000, not 220 thousand

4. Use scientific notation for numbers over 1k.

10**6 for million 10**9 for billion.

5. When two numbers are used in sequence, one number (usually the first) is spelled out.

At that time, the company had designed eleven 2.5-MW prototypes.

6. Similar numbers within a sentence or a paragraph are treated alike, usually

following the style of the highest number.

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The risk is 1 in 100.

The three phases of the study will take 5, 8, and 10 years, respectively.

However, numbers in different categories need not be treated alike, even if they
appear in the same sentence; and numbers in the same category need not be treated
alike if one begins the sentence.

EPRI has scheduled 23 projects to begin over the next six years.

Twenty-four of the scientists were men, and 16 were women.

7. Commas are ordinarily used in numerals of five digits or more but not in four-digit
numerals.

1563 rad/s $75,000

However, in table columns combining four-digit numerals and numerals of five

digits or more, commas should be used for all.

33,200 1000

4,500 2000

126,300 3000

164,000 6000

8. A zero is ordinarily used before a decimal point.

0.01%

9. Plurals of spelled-out numbers take s without an apostrophe; so do plurals of

numerals unless they would be misread.

in twos and threes the nineties

1980s 1s, 2s, and 3s

But: three Roman numeral I's.

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10. Ratios may be expressed several ways:

• Numerical ratios usually take a colon.

a ratio of 1:1000

• Symbolic ratios usually take a slash

the x/y ratio

• Ratios expressed in words usually take a hyphen.

a cost-benefit ratio

• For clarity, the word to may be used with either words or numerals.

signal-to-noise ratio a ratio of 1000 to 1

11. When enumerating items in a sentence, use a number with a single parenthesis and
divide items by commas.

The field test and analytical measurements included: 1) coal and tire-derived fuel
consumption, 2) boiler thermocouple readings, and 3) laboratory analyses of coal,
bottom ash, and fly ash samples collected during each test.

12. Use an en-dash to represent to between numbers.

Equations

1. Displayed equations may or may not contain punctuation. If punctuation is used in

one series of equations, it must be used in all.

2. One space is generally inserted before and after each operation sign (+, -, y, x, =) in
an equation. When not in equations, operational signs or other symbols
immediately precede the numeral with no space (e.g., ±800, <50).

3. If equations in a report are numerous, they should be numbered by section.

However, if the report contains few equations, they may be numbered consecutively
throughout the report.

4. The style for text references to equations is eq. 1 (or eq. 1-1 if the equations are
numbered by section).

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Notes, References, and Bibiliographies

Notes

1. Explanatory footnotes should be used sparingly; information important enough to

be given at all can usually be incorporated in the text without disrupting continuity.
If a footnote is required (e.g., to clarify ambiguous terms), it usually appears at the
foot of the page or column where it is cited.

2. In addition to explanatory footnotes, a note may be inserted to credit the source

(document, date, and page number) of previously published materials, to
acknowledge sponsorship or aid, or to comment on the table or illustration as a
whole. A source note may be introduced by the word source or sources; a general
note, by the word note.

Source: Electrical World, September 1995, p. 64.

References

A list of references, either at the end of each report section or in a separate section at the
end of the report, is preferred to a bibliography. In proceedings, references are
presented at the end of each technical paper.

Entries in reference lists are single-spaced, with one line of space between entries.
Numbered references should correspond to text citations. The following examples,
cited according to The Chicago Manual of Style, indicate EPRI's style preferences:

U.S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Statistical Abstract of the United
States, 1990. 110th ed. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1991.
[government publication]

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Analysis and Evaluation of

Operational Data. Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: October-December 1984.
NUREG-0090. Washington, D.C.: Office of Analysis and Evaluation of Operational
Data, p. 191. [government publication with serial number]

Robert Jastrow, William Nirenberg, and Frederick Seitz. Scientific Perspectives in the
Greenhouse Problem. Marshall Press, Ottawa, IL 1990, pp. 71-98. [book]

"The Push for Advanced Batteries." Customer Systems Division Report, EPRI Journal,
April/May 1991, p. 36. [magazine article]

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Feedwater Heater Survey. Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA: August 1991.
Report GS-7417. [report]

B.S. Phull, T.S. Lee, N.H. Martin, and B.C. Syrett, "Corrosion Inhibitors for FGD
Systems," Paper No. 252, presented at the NACE Annual Conference CORROSION 187,
San Francisco, CA (March 1987). [conference paper]

B.S. Phull, T.S. Lee, N.H. Martin, and B.C. Syrett, "Corrosion Inhibitors for FGD
Systems," Materials Performance. Vol. 27, No. 2, p. 12 (1988). [scientific journal]

Across the Great Divide, produced by Arthur R. Dubs, written and directed by Stewart
Raffill, starring Robert Logan, 102 min, distributed by Video Treasures, Inc., 1990,
videocassette. [general videocassette recording]

Doffing Procedures for Firefighters' Contaminated Turnout Gear. Electric Power Research
Institute, Palo Alto, CA: December 1991. Videocassette VT-100414. [EPRI
videocassette recording]

Bibliography

Entries in the bibliography are listed alphabetically by author and are single-spaced,
with one line of space between entries. Examples are shown below:

Barbour, I., et al. Energy and American Values. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1982.
[book, 4 or more authors]

Buringh, P. "Organic Carbon in Soils of the World." The Role of Terrestrial Vegetation in
the Global Carbon Cycle. New York: Wiley, 1984. [chapter in a book]

Caponetti, Roberto. "Sodium Cleaning Procedures for PEC Prototype Mechanisms."

Nuclear Technology 70(3):408-423. [magazine article, single author]

Feasibility and Design of the Massive Aerometric Tracer Experiment (MATEX). EA-4305, 3
vols. Palo Alto, CA: Electric Power Research Institute, November 1985. [multivolume
EPRI report]

Mukherjee, K., S. Sircar, and N.B. Dahotre. "Thermal Effects Associated with Stress-
Induced Martensitic Transformation in TiNi Alloy." Materials Science and Engineering,
September 1985, p. 75. [magazine article, 3 authors]

Schwartz, Peter. The Art of the Long View. New York: Doubleday, 1991. [book]

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Phone Numbers

When including a general EPRI contact phone number in a document, use the EPRI
Customer Assistance Center number, 1-800-313-3774, and the number 1-650-855-2121,
which can be accessed outside the United States. Do not use alpha designations in
phone numbers because many phones outside the United States do not have letters to
correspond with numbers.

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TABLE OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS

Name Symbol

Actinium Ac

Aluminum Al

Americium Am

Antimony Sb

Argon Ar

Arsenic As

Astatine At

Barium Ba

Berkelium Bk

Beryllium Be

Bismuth Bi

Boron B

Bromine Br

Cadmium Cd

Calcium Ca

Californium Cf

Carbon C

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Cerium Ce

Cesium Cs

Chlorine Cl

Chromium Cr

Cobalt Co

Copper Cu

Curium Cm

Dysprosium Dy

Einsteinium Es

Erbium Er

Europium Eu

Fermium Fm

Fluorine F

Francium Fr

Gadolinium Gd

Gallium Ga

Germanium Ge

Gold Au

Hafnium Hf

Helium He

Holmium Ho

Hydrogen H

Indium In
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Iodine I

Iridium Ir

Iron Fe

Krypton Kr

Lanthanum La

Lawrencium Lr

Lead Pb

Lithium Li

Lutetium Lu

Magnesium Mg

Manganese Mn

Mendelevium Md

Mercury Hg

Molybdenum Mo

Neodymium Nd

Neon Ne

Neptunium Np

Nickel Ni

Niobium Nb

Nitrogen N

Nobelium No

Osmium Os

Oxygen O
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Palladium Pa

Phosphorus P

Platinum Pt

Plutonium Pu

Polonium Po

Potassium K

Praseodymium Pr

Promethium Pm

Protactinium Pa

Radium Ra

Radon Rn

Rhenium Re

Rhodium Rh

Rubidium Rb

Ruthenium Ru

Samarium Sm

Scandium Sc

Selenium Se

Silicon Si

Silver Ag

Sodium Na

Strontium Sr

Sulfur S
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Tantalum Ta

Technetium Tc

Tellurium Te

Terbium Tb

Thallium Tl

Thorium Th

Thulium Tm

Tin Sn

Titanium Ti

Tungsten W

Uranium U

Vanadium V

Xenon Xe

Ytterbium Yb

Yttrium Y

Zinc Zn

Zirconium Zr

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Symbol Name

Ac Actinium

Ag Silver

Al Aluminum

Am Americium

Ar Argon

As Arsenic

At Astatine

Au Gold

B Boron

Ba Barium

Be Beryllium

Bi Bismuth

Bk Berkelium

Br Bromine

C Carbon

Ca Calcium

Cd Cadmium

Ce Cerium

Cf Californium

Cl Chlorine

Cm Curium

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Co Cobalt

Cr Chromium

Cs Cesium

Cu Copper

Dy Dysprosium

Er Erbium

Es Einsteinium

Eu Europium

F Fluorine

Fe Iron

Fm Fermium

Fr Francium

Ga Gallium

Gd Gadolinium

Ge Germanium

H Hydrogen

He Helium

Hf Hafnium

Hg Mercury

Ho Holmium

I Iodine

In Indium

Ir Iridium
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K Potassium

Kr Krypton

La Lanthanum

Li Lithium

Lr Lawrencium

Lu Lutetium

Md Mendelevium

Mg Magnesium

Mn Manganese

Mo Molybdenum

N Nitrogen

Na Sodium

Nb Niobium

Nd Neodymium

Ne Neon

Ni Nickel

No Nobelium

Np Neptunium

O Oxygen

Os Osmium

P Phosphorus

Pa Palladium

Pa Protactinium
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Pb Lead

Pm Promethium

Po Polonium

Pr Praseodymium

Pt Platinum

Pu Plutonium

Ra Radium

Rb Rubidium

Re Rhenium

Rh Rhodium

Rn Radon

Ru Ruthenium

S Sulfur

Sb Antimony

Sc Scandium

Se Selenium

Si Silicon

Sm Samarium

Sn Tin

Sr Strontium

Ta Tantalum

Tb Terbium

Tc Technetium
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Te Tellurium

Th Thorium

Ti Titanium

Tl Thallium

Tm Thulium

U Uranium

V Vanadium

W Tungsten

Xe Xenon

Y Yttrium

Yb Ytterbium

Zn Zinc

Zr Zirconium

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