Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms - IAEA

1 - 1 -This Glossary has not been updated since 2015-03-24. Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms A A activityA adenineA ampere [unit of electric current] angstroma atto [prefix for SI and metric units, 10-18]a year A1 maximum activity of special form radioactive material that can be transported in a Type A package (IAEA Transport Regulations) A2 maximum activity of any radioactive material other than special form radioactive material that can be transported in a Type A package (IAEA Transport Regulations) AAA awareness, appropriateness and audit AAAID Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development AAA Program Advanced Accelerator Applications Program [In 2003 this developed into the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI).]

2 ] (USA) AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science AAB Audit Advisory Board (India) AAC Austrian Accreditation council AACB Association of African Central Banks AACR Anglo American Cataloguing Rules AADFI Association of African Development Finance Institutions AAEA Arab Atomic Energy Agency AAEC Australian Atomic Energy Commission [This was replaced in 1987 by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).] AAEE American Academy of Environmental Engineers (USA) AAEHC Afghan Atomic Energy High Commission AAES American Association of Engineering Societies (USA) AAFICS Australian Association of Former International Civil Servants AAIS Austrian Accident Insurance Scheme (IAEA) This Glossary has not been updated since 2015-03-24.

3 Please check IAEA term ( ) or email the Terminology and Reference Contact Point for up-to-date information. - 2 - AALCO Asian African Legal Consultative Organization AAMCP Asian Association of Mutagenesis in Crop Plants AAMD American Association of medical Dosimetrists (Canada/USA) AAMI Association for the Advancement of medical Instrumentation (USA) AAP Assistance Action Plan AAPG American Association of Petroleum Geologists (USA) AAPM American Association of Physicists in Medicine AARI Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation) AARINENA Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa AAS American Astronomical Society (USA)

4 AAS atomic absorption spectrophotometer AAS atomic absorption spectrophotometry AASPE Armenian Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth AAT African animal trypanosomosis AATN Argentine Association of Nuclear Technology Asociaci n Argentina de Tecnolog a Nuclear AATPO Association of African Trade Promotion Organizations AAU Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia) AAU agricultural area in use AAVP African AIDS Vaccine Programme (WHO/UNAIDS) ABA abscisic acid ABACC Brazilian Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials Agencia Brasile o-Argentina de Contabilidad y Control de Materiales Nucleares ABAEN Argentinian Brazilian Agency for Nuclear Energy Applications Agencia Argentino-Brasile a de Aplicaciones de la Energ a Nuclear ABB [This is not regarded as an acronym, but is the form that should be used as the company s name.]

5 ] ABCC Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (USA) ABEN Brazilian Nuclear Energy Association Associa ao Brasileira de Energia Nuclear Abidjan Convention Convention for Cooperation in the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Atlantic Coast of the West, Central and Southern Africa Region ABL FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology (IAEA) This Glossary has not been updated since 2015-03-24. Please check IAEA term ( ) or email the Terminology and Reference Contact Point for up-to-date information. - 3 - Laboratory [This was disbanded in 2010.] ABL FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratories [This is the collective name given to the five individual food and agriculture laboratories that form part of the Joint Division.

6 ] (IAEA) ABM anti-ballistic missile ABM Treaty Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems ABPM Fire and Rescue Academy of Malaysia Akademi Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia ABRII Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran) ABS American Brachytherapy Society (USA) ABS anti-lock braking system ABSC ABS Consulting (USA) ABSP Burkina Faso Public Health Association Association burkinab de sant publique ABSSA Beninese Food Safety Agency Agence b ninoise de la s curit sanitaire des aliments ABTR Advanced Burner Test Reactor (USA) Abu Dhabi Declaration Abu Dhabi Declaration on the Future of Environmental Action in the Arab World [This Declaration was issued in 2001 by the council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment (CAMRE).

7 ] ABWR advanced boiling water reactor Ac actinium AC alternating current ACABQ Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (United Nations) ACB Asian corn borer ACC Administrative Committee on Coordination [This was replaced by the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB).] (United Nations) ACC Cuban Academy of Sciences Academia de Ciencias de Cuba ACCA Association of Chartered Certified Accountants AccApp International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators (ANS/IAEA) ACCOBAMS Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous This Glossary has not been updated since 2015-03-24.

8 Please check IAEA term ( ) or email the Terminology and Reference Contact Point for up-to-date information. - 4 - Atlantic area ACCP Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention ACDA Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (USA) ACDA Central African Agency for Agricultural Development Agence centrafricaine de d veloppement agricole (Central African Republic) ace acentric chromosome ACE angiotensin converting enzyme ACEP Asahi chemical exchange process ACF International Action Against Hunger ACF activated carbon filter ACFE Association of Certified Fraud Examiners aCGH array comparative genomic hybridization ACGME Accreditation council for Graduate medical Education (USA) AChE acetylcholinesterase ACHPR African Commission on Human and People's Rights ACHR Advisory Committee on Health Research (WHO) ACHS Chilean Safety Association Asociaci n Chilena de Seguridad ACI Airports council International ACIAR Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research ACL [This is not regarded as an acronym, but is the form that should be used as the name of the company, which no longer uses its former name Audit Command Language.]

9 ] ACM adequacy of consumption measure ACMP American College of medical Physics ACMV African cassava mosaic virus ACNE African Commission on Nuclear Energy [Also known as AFCONE.] ACNW Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (USA) ACOMEN United Action Group of Nuclear Medicine in the South of France Groupe d'Action Concert e en M decine Nucl aire du Sud de la France (France) ACOPS Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea ACP American Centrifuge Plant (USA) ACP Panama Canal Authority Autoridad del Canal de Panam (Panama) This Glossary has not been updated since 2015-03-24. Please check IAEA term ( ) or email the Terminology and Reference Contact Point for up-to-date information. - 5 - ACPAQ Advisory Committee on Post Adjustment Questions [This committee was created by the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) in 1975.

10 ] (United Nations) ACP-EC Partnership Agreement Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part and the European Community and its Member States of the other part [This is also known as the Cotonou Agreement.] ACP States African, Caribbean and Pacific States ACPRO Radiological Protection Advisory and Control Service Asesor a y Control en Protecci n Radiol gica, (Spain) ACPSEM Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine ACR Advanced CANDU Reactor ACR American College of Radiology ACRI Australian Cotton Research Institute ACRS Working Group Working Group on Arms Control and Regional Security ACS American Cancer Society (USA) ACS American Chemical Society (USA) ACS American College of Surgeons (USA)