LIST of ABBREVIATIONS 

AEC  Atomic Energy Commission
Bq   becquerel
CFA  Central Facilities Area
CMS        community monitoring station
Ci curie
DCG       Derived Concentration Guide
DOE      U.S. Department of Energy
DOE – ID  U.S. Department of Energy Idaho Operations Office
EAL  Environmental Assessment Laboratory
EFS Experimental Field Station
EPA  Environmental Protection Agency
ERAMS    Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring System
ESER Program  Environmental Surveillance, Education, and Research Program
g gram
INEEL Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
ISU Idaho State University
L liter  
MDA minimum detectable activity
MDC  minimum detectable concentration
M&O  Management and Operations  
mi mile
mL milliliter
mR  milliroentgens
mrem     millirem
NRTS  National Reactor Testing Station
µCi  microcurie
pCi     picocurie
PM10 particulate matter less than 10 micrometers in diameter
QA/QC  Quality Assurance/Quality Control
R roentgen
rem roentgen-equivalent-man
s standard deviation
SDWA  Safe Drinking Water Act
SI Systeme International d'Unites
Sv seivert
UI University of Idaho
µCi microcurie (10-6 curies)
µSv  microseiverts (10-6 seiverts)
WSU  Washington State University
y year

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