Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms

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Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms

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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¨CAmerican 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

-1-

(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¨CAfrican 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¨ªa Nuclear

Association of African Trade Promotion

Organizations

Addis Ababa University

agricultural area in use

African AIDS Vaccine Programme

abscisic acid

Brazilian¨CArgentine Agency for Accounting and

Control of Nuclear Materials Agencia Brasile?oArgentina de Contabilidad y Control de Materiales

Nucleares

Argentinian¨CBrazilian Agency for Nuclear Energy

Applications Agencia Argentino-Brasile?a de

Aplicaciones de la Energ¨ªa 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

-2-

(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

-3-

(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

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¨¢

-4-

(USA)

(Central

Republic)

(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¨ªa 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

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(United Nations)

(Spain)

(USA)

(USA)

(USA)

(IAEA)

(IAEA)

(USA)

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