Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms

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Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms

A

A A A ? a a A1

A2

AAA AAAID

AAA Program

AAAS

AAB AAC AACB AACR AADFI

AAEA AAEC

AAEE AAEHC AAES AAFICS

AAIS

activity adenine ampere [unit of electric current] angstrom atto [prefix for SI and metric units, 10-18] year maximum activity of special form radioactive material that can be transported in a Type A package maximum activity of any radioactive material other than special form radioactive material that can be transported in a Type A package awareness, appropriateness and audit Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development Advanced Accelerator Applications Program [In 2003 this developed into the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI).] American Association for the Advancement of Science Audit Advisory Board Austrian Accreditation Council Association of African Central Banks Anglo?American Cataloguing Rules Association of African Development Finance Institutions Arab Atomic Energy Agency Australian Atomic Energy Commission [This was replaced in 1987 by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).] American Academy of Environmental Engineers Afghan Atomic Energy High Commission American Association of Engineering Societies Australian Association of Former International Civil Servants Austrian Accident Insurance Scheme

(IAEA

Transport

Regulations)

(IAEA

Transport

Regulations)

(USA)

(India)

(USA) (USA)

(IAEA)

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AALCO AAMCP AAMD AAMI

AAP AAPG AAPM AARI AARINENA

AAS AAS AAS AASPE

AAT AATN

AATPO

AAU AAU AAVP ABA ABACC

ABAEN

ABB

ABCC ABEN

Abidjan Convention

ABL

Asian?African Legal Consultative Organization Asian Association of Mutagenesis in Crop Plants American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Assistance Action Plan American Association of Petroleum Geologists American Association of Physicists in Medicine Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa American Astronomical Society atomic absorption spectrophotometer atomic absorption spectrophotometry Armenian Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth African animal trypanosomosis Argentine Association of Nuclear Technology Asociaci?n Argentina de Tecnolog?a Nuclear Association of African Trade Promotion Organizations Addis Ababa University agricultural area in use African AIDS Vaccine Programme abscisic acid Brazilian?Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials Agencia Brasile?oArgentina de Contabilidad y Control de Materiales Nucleares Argentinian?Brazilian Agency for Nuclear Energy Applications Agencia Argentino-Brasile?a de Aplicaciones de la Energ?a Nuclear [This is not regarded as an acronym, but is the form that should be used as the company's name.] Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission Brazilian Nuclear Energy Association Associa?ao Brasileira de Energia Nuclear 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 FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology

(Canada/USA) (USA) (USA) (Russian Federation) (USA)

(Ethiopia) (WHO/UNAIDS)

(USA)

(IAEA)

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ABL

ABM ABM Treaty

ABPM

ABRII

ABS ABS ABSC ABSP

ABSSA

ABTR Abu Dhabi Declaration

ABWR Ac AC ACABQ

ACB ACC

ACC

ACCA AccApp

ACCOBAMS

Laboratory [This was disbanded in 2010.] 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.] anti-ballistic missile Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems Fire and Rescue Academy of Malaysia Akademi Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran American Brachytherapy Society anti-lock braking system ABS Consulting Burkina Faso Public Health Association Association burkinab? de sant? publique Beninese Food Safety Agency Agence b?ninoise de la s?curit? sanitaire des aliments Advanced Burner Test Reactor 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).] advanced boiling water reactor actinium alternating current Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Asian corn borer Administrative Committee on Coordination [This was replaced by the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB).] Cuban Academy of Sciences Academia de Ciencias de Cuba Association of Chartered Certified Accountants International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous

(IAEA)

(Islamic Republic of Iran) (USA) (USA) (USA)

(United Nations) (United Nations)

(ANS/IAEA)

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ACCP ACDA ACDA

ace ACE ACEP ACF International ACF ACFE aCGH ACGME

AChE ACHPR

ACHR ACHS

ACI ACIAR

ACL

ACM ACMP ACMV ACNE

ACNW ACOMEN

ACOPS ACP ACP

Atlantic area Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Central African Agency for Agricultural Development Agence centrafricaine de d?veloppement agricole acentric chromosome angiotensin converting enzyme Asahi chemical exchange process Action Against Hunger

(USA) (Central Republic)

activated carbon filter Association of Certified Fraud Examiners array comparative genomic hybridization Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education acetylcholinesterase African Commission on Human and People's Rights Advisory Committee on Health Research Chilean Safety Association Asociaci?n Chilena de Seguridad Airports Council International Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research [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.] adequacy of consumption measure American College of Medical Physics African cassava mosaic virus African Commission on Nuclear Energy [Also known as AFCONE.] Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste 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 Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea American Centrifuge Plant Panama Canal Authority Autoridad del Canal de Panam?

(USA) (WHO)

(USA) (France) (USA) (Panama)

African

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ACPAQ

ACP-EC Partnership Agreement

ACP States ACPRO

ACPSEM

ACR ACR ACRI ACRS Working Group ACS ACS ACS ACS ACSAD

ACSS

ACSV

ACT ACTDO Agreement ACTH ACTMalaria ACUNS ACUS

ACV

Advisory Committee on Post Adjustment Questions [This committee was created by the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) in 1975.] 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.] African, Caribbean and Pacific States Radiological Protection Advisory and Control Service Asesor?a y Control en Protecci?n Radiol?gica, S.L. Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine Advanced CANDU Reactor American College of Radiology Australian Cotton Research Institute Working Group on Arms Control and Regional Security American Cancer Society American Chemical Society American College of Surgeons Association of Caribbean States Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands Advisory Commission on Safety Standards [This was replaced by the Commission on Safety Standards (CSS).] Advisory Committee on Safeguards and Verification within the Framework of the IAEA Statute [This Committee was established in 2005.] artemisinin-based combination therapy American Centrifuge Technology Demonstration and Operations Agreement adrenocorticotropic hormone Asian Collaborative Training Network for Malaria Academic Council on the United Nations System Atlantic Council of the United States [This full form and the abbreviation no longer appear to be used and the entity just refers to itself as the Atlantic Council.] Austria Center Vienna

(United Nations)

(Spain)

(USA) (USA) (USA) (IAEA) (IAEA) (USA)

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ACW AD AD AD AD ADA ADAB

Adabas ADAI ADAM ADAMS

ADAVION

ADB

ADB

ADC ADC ADCL ADCP ADD ADDIS ADEME

ADENI

ADEP

anticlockwise Active Directory Alzheimer's disease aromatic diamidine Aujeszky's disease Austrian Development Agency Bahia State Agency for Animal Health and Plant Protection Ag?ncia Estadual de Defesa Agropecu?ria da Bahia adaptable database system Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General autonomous data acquisition module Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

Association of Friends and Volunteers of the National Oncology Institute Asociaci?n de Amigos y Voluntarios del Instituto Oncol?gico Nacional Asian Development Bank [The same acronym is used for the African Development Bank. The acronym AsDB is also sometimes used.] African Development Bank [This is part of the African Development Bank Group (ADB Group).The same acronym is used for the Asian Development Bank. The acronym AfDB is now the more widely used acronym.] analogue to digital converter Austrian Development Cooperation accredited dosimetry calibration laboratory Aquaculture Development and Coordination Programme acute diarrhoeal disease Animal Disease Diagnosis Information System French Environment and Energy Management Agency Agence de l'environnement et de la ma?trise de l'?nergie Association for the Development of International Nuclear Instruction Association pour le d?veloppement de l'enseignement nucl?aire international Association for the Development of Earthquake

(Computing)

(Brazil) (India) (United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission) (Panama)

(FAO/UNDP) (IAEA) (France) (France) (Japan)

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ADF ADF ADFIAP ADG ADI ADIMAB ADN

ADNR

ADP ADP ADP ADP ADR

ADRA ADS ADS ADS AdSec ADSS

Prediction acid detergent fibre African Development Fund [This is part of the African Development Bank Group (ADB Group).] Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific Assistant Director General Investment Promotion Agency Agencia de Desarrollo de Inversiones Burkina Faso Medical Imaging Association Association d'imagerie m?dicale au Burkina Faso European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways Accord europ?en relatif au transport international des marchandises dangereuses par voies de navigation int?rieures [The acronym is derived from the French keywords accord, dangereuses and navigation.] Regulations for the Carriage of Dangerous Substances on the Rhine R?glement pour le transport de mati?res dangereuses sur le Rhin [The acronym indicates the link with the ADN acronym with the R standing for Rhine.] adenosine diphosphate Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action air displacement plethysmography automatic data processing European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Accord europ?en relatif au transport international des marchandises dangereuses par route [The acronym is derived from the keywords accord/ agreement, dangereuses/dangerous and route/road.] Adventist Development and Relief Agency accelerator-driven system accelerator-driven subcritical system automatic depressurization system Advisory Group on Nuclear Security Administrative Support Section [This Section, which was part of the Division of General Services (MTGS), was replaced by the Travel and

(IAEA) (Argentina)

(UNFCCC)

(IAEA) (IAEA)

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ADTF ADU AE AE a.e. AEA AEA

AEB AEC AEC AECA

AECB

AECC AECI

AECID

AECL AECS AED AEE AEF AEGiS AEKI

AELB AEM AEMC AEN

Transportation Section (TTS) with effect from 15 November 2004.] Accelerator Driven Test Facility ammonium diuranate acoustic emission actual evapotranspiration atom excess Atomic Energy Act Atomic Energy Authority [This was disbanded in November 2014.] Atomic Energy Board Atomic Energy Commission Atomic Energy Council Spanish Association of Accounting and Business Administration Asociaci?n Espa?ola de Contabilidad y Administraci?n de Empresas Atomic Energy Control Board [This was replaced by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC).] Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Complex Spanish Agency for International Cooperation Agencia Espa?ola de Cooperaci?n Internacional Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation Agencia Espa?ola de Cooperaci?n Internacional para el Desarrollo Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Atomic Energy Commission of Syria aerodynamic equivalent diameter Atomic Energy Establishment advanced European fuel AIDS Education Global Information System Atomic Energy Research Institute Atomenergia Kutat?int?zet [In January 2012 this merged with the Institute of Isotopes to form the Centre for Energy Research.] Atomic Energy Licensing Board Atomenergomash Atomic Energy Minerals Centre Nuclear Energy Agency Agencia de Energ?a Nuclear [The name was subsequently changed to Agency for Nuclear Energy and Advanced Technologies (AEN.T.A).]

(USA)

(USA) (Sri Lanka) (Sri Lanka) (India) (Uganda) (Spain)

(Canada)

(Russian Federation)

(Libya)

(Hungary)

(Malaysia) (Russian Federation) (Pakistan) (Cuba)

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