| AEA | Atomic Energy Act |
| AR | Acquisition Regulation |
| ARARs | Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements |
| BS/ BSDs | Blank Spike/Blank Spike Duplicates |
| BHW | Benton Harbor Warehouse |
| BSA | Bin Storage Area |
| CAS | Chemical Abstract Service |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CLP | Contract Laboratory Program |
| CMDU | Commodore Mobile Demonstration Unit |
| CRZ | Contamination Reduction Zone |
| COC | Chain-of-Custody |
| CSB | Container Storage Building |
| DCO | Document Control Officer |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| DQCRs | Daily Quality Control Reports |
| DQOs | Data Quality Objectives |
| DU | Depleted Uranium |
| ECC | Environmental Chemical Corporation |
| EE/CA | Engineering Evaluation/ Cost Analysis |
| EMC | Elevated Measurement Comparison |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| EZ | Exclusion Zone |
| FAR | Federal Acquisition Regulation |
| FS | Field Supervisor |
| FSP | Field Sampling Plan |
| FUSRAP | Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program |
| GPI | Gutierrez Palmenberg Inc |
| HPGe | High Purity Germanium |
| K061 | EPA designation- Cesium-137 contaminated material |
| LLRW | Low Level Radioactive Waste |
| MARSSIM | Multi-Agency Radiation Site Survey and Investigation Manual |
| MDA | Minimum Detectable Activity |
| MDC | Minimum Detectable Concentration |
| MDEQ | Michigan Department of Environmental Quality |
| MS/MSDs | Matrix Spike/ Matrix Spike Duplicates |
| MW | Mixed Waste |
| NaI | Sodium Iodide |
| nCi/g | Nanocuries per Gram |
| NARM | Natural and Accelerator Produced Radioactive Material |
| NEIC | National Enforcement Investigations Center |
| NORM | Naturally Occuring Radioactive Material |
| NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| PARCC | Precision, Accuracy, Representativeness, Completeness, and Comparability |
| PCBs | Polychlorinated Biphenyls |
| pCi/g | Picocuries per Gram |
| PHP | Project Health Physicist |
| PM | Project Manager |
| PPE | Personal Protective Equipment |
| PRM | Program Manager |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QAMP | Quality Assurance Management Plan |
| QAPP | Quaiity Assurance Project Plan |
| QC | Quality Control |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RPD | Relative Percent Difference |
| RSO | Radiation Safety Officer |
| RSS | Radiation Safety Supervisor |
| RST | Radiation Safety Technician |
| SAIC | Science Applications International Corporation |
| SAP | Sampling and Analysis Plan |
| SDG | Sample Delivery Group |
| SHASP | Site Health and Safety Plan |
| SHP | Senior Health Physicist |
| SNM | Special Nuclear Material |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| SSHO | Site Safety and Health Officer |
| TAC | Texas Administrative Code |
| TCLP | Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure |
| TRCR | Texas Regulations for Control of Radiation |
| TSCA | Toxic Substances Control Act |
| TDH | Texas Department of Health |
| TNRCC | Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission |
| TRU | Transuranic |
| USBR | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
| WCS | Waste Control Specialists |
| WSR | Wilcoxon Signed Rank |