FWHM

Full width at half maximum.
Gram

GAR

Gated Analogue Router.

GM

Geiger-Muller

GZ

Ground Zero. Land surface directly beneath or at the site of a nuclear test. SGZ and
AGZ occasionally used to distinguish between tests at the surface and in the air.
hour, as in R/h.

H&N

Holmes & Narver, Inc., Orange, CA. Logistics and base support contractor for DNA
and DOE.

HEPA

High Efficiency Particulate Air (type of filter).
Mercury.

HP

Hewlett-Packard.

Electronics

manufacturer,

laboratory equipment.

including

desktop

computers

and

HPGe

High Purity Germanium - crystal for detection of gamma rays (also referred to as IG)

HQ

Headquarters.

HV

High voltage.

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency.

ICRP

international Commission on Radiological Protection.

IG
IMF
IMP

Intrinsic Germanium (detector). Also referred to as high purity germanium (HPGe)

detector.

Instrument Maintenance Facility.

oa

Not an acronym, but a trademark owned by the DeLorean Manufacturing Company.

Although actually the manufacturer's name for the tracked vehicle used to house the

in situ measurement equipment, this term was often used to refer to the entire
system.

JCS

Joint Chiefs of Staff, DOD.

JTG

Joint Task Group.

KAFB

Kirtland Air Force Base.

keV

Kilo electron volt.

KT

Kilotons (nuclear tests are rated in thousands of tons of TNT).

LAB

Laboratory. See RADLAB.

LASL

Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.

LARC

Landing Amphibious Recovery Craft.

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