APPENDIX C LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS This volume uses the following abbreviations, including the current and commonly accepted designations of LANL, LASL, NTS, and PPG: LLNL MED MCNTPR NAS NAAV NNTPR NPRC NRC NTPR NTS OEHL OTA PPG REECo rem SWC VA Centers for Disease Control Coordination and Information Center Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination Continental United States + Division of Military Application Defense Nuclear Agency Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of Energy/Nevada Operations Office Department of Labor Edgerton, Germeshausen, & Grier, Inc. (former name) Field Command Nuclear Test Personnel Review History Associates Incorporated Joint Chiefs of Staff Los Alamos National Laboratory, previously the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, previously the University of California Radiation Laboratory (UCRL) Manhattan Engineer District Marine Corps Nuclear Test Personnel Review National Academy of Sciences National Association of Atomic Veterans Navy Nuclear Test Personnel Review National Personnel Records Center National Research Council (National Academy of Sciences) Nuclear Test Personnel Review Nevada Test Site, known as the Nevada Proving Ground (NPG) prior to 1955 Occupational and Environmental Health Laboratory Office of Technology Assessment Pacific Proving Ground, sometimes called the Enewetak Proving Ground or Bikini Proving Ground Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Company, Incorporated roentgen equivalent man Special Weapons Command Veterans Administration 211 Sy cDC cICc CIRRPC CONUS DMA DNA DOD DOE DOE/NVOO DOL EG&G FCNTPR HAI JCS LANL Atomic Energy Commission Air Force Base Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Air Force Nuclear Test Personnel Review Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute Air Force Special Weapons Center Armed Forces Special Weapons Project Argonne National Laboratory Army Nuclear Test Personnel Review Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem (Veterans Administration) bs. AEC AFB AFIP AFNTPR AFRRI AFSWC AFSWP ANL ANTPR BIRLS