Acronyms
| AEC | Atomic Energy Commission |
| AMS | Aerial Measuring System |
| ATV | all-terrain vehicle |
| BEEF | Big Explosives Experimental Facility |
| BREN | Bare Reactor Experiment, Nevada |
| C4ISR | command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance |
| CAD | computer aided design |
| CBRNE | chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive |
| CEMP | Community Environmental Monitoring Program |
| CHE | Conventional high explosive |
| CMHT | Consequence Management Home Team |
| CMRT | Consequence Management Response Team |
| CONUS | continental United States |
| CRADA | Cooperative Research and Development Agreement |
| CSI | Continuous Safety Improvement |
| CTOS | Counter Terrorism Operations Support |
| DAF | Device Assembly Facility |
| DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
| DNA | Defense Nuclear Agency |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| E-MAD | Engine Maintenance Assembly and Disassembly |
| ECN | Emergency Communications Network |
| EEOICP | Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program |
| EG&G | EG&G Energy Measurements, Inc. |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERDA | Energy Research and Development Administration |
| ESA | Endangered Species Act |
| F&R | Fire and Rescue |
| FCDA | Federal Civil Defense Administration |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
| FRERP | Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan |
| FRMAC | Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| GOCO | government-owned, contractor-operated |
| gpm | gallons of water per minute |
| HAZTRAK | Hazardous Materials Tracking System |
| HENRE | High Energy Neutron Reaction Experiment |
| HLOS | Horizontal Line of Sight |
| IHE | insensitive high explosive |
| IND | improvised nuclear device |
| JASPER | Joint Actinide Shock Physics Experimental Research |
| JGMS | J.G. Management Systems, Inc. |
| JIC | Joint Information Center |
| LACEF | Los Alamos Critical Experiments Facility |
| LANL | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| LDRD | laboratory-directed research and development |
| LLE | Laboratory for Laser Energetics |
| LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| LTBT | Limited Test Ban Treaty |
| M&O | Management and Operating |
| MICP | Mobile Incident Command Post |
| MPDV | multiplexed photonic Doppler velocimetry |
| MSTS | Mission Support and Test Services, LLC |
| MX | Air Force Peacekeeper |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NCERC | National Criticality Experiments Research Center |
| NDPC | National Domestic Preparedness Consortium |
| NEPA | National Environmental Protection Act |
| NERVA | Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application |
| NEST | Nuclear Emergency Support Team |
| NFO | Nevada Field Office |
| NIF | National Ignition Facility |
| NNSA | National Nuclear Security Administration |
| NNSS | Nevada National Security Sites, Nevada National Security Site |
| NNSSWAC | Nevada National Security Site Waste Acceptance Criteria |
| NPTEC | Nonproliferation Test and Evaluation Complex |
| NRAT | Nuclear/Radiological Advisory Team |
| NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NRDS | Nuclear Rocket Development Station |
| NRF | National Response Framework |
| NRIA | Nuclear/Radiological Incident Annex |
| NSE | Nuclear Security Enterprise |
| NSSAB | Nevada Site Specific Advisory Board |
| NTA | Nuclear Testing Archive |
| NTS | Nevada Test Site |
| NWPA | Nuclear Waste Policy Act |
| OCC | Operations Command Center |
| OCONUS | outside the continental United States |
| OPSEC | Operations Security |
| PDV | photonic Doppler velocimetry |
| R&D | research and development |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RDD | radiological disposal device |
| REECo | Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Co., Inc. |
| RF | Radio Frequency |
| RNCTEC | Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures Test and Evaluation |
| ROD | Record of Decision |
| RSL | Remote Sensing Laboratory |
| RWAP | Radioactive Waste Acceptance Program |
| SCE | subcritical experiment |
| SDRD | Site-Directed Research and Development |
| SNL | Sandia National Laboratories |
| SNM | special nuclear material |
| STL | Special Technologies Laboratory |
| SWEIS | Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement |
| T&E | test and evaluation |
| TTBT | Threshold Test Ban Treaty |
| UAS | unmanned aerial system |
| UAV | unmanned aerial vehicle |
| VISAR | Velocity Interferometer System for Any Reflector |
| VLOS | Vertical Line of Sight |
| VPP | Voluntary Protection Program |
| WMD | weapon of mass destruction |