ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

ADC

Analogue Digital Converter.

AEC

Atomie Energy Commission. AEC was abolished on 19 January 1975 and many
functions transferred to the newly created ERDA (cf).

Am

Americium. Specifically, the isotope 2414m when the mass numberis omitted.

AS

Amersham-Searle.

AFRRI

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute.

BAF

Brush Attenuation Factor. More accurately BCF (ef).

BCF

Brush Correction Factor. Factor applied to the in situ gamma measurement to adjust
for the presence of vegetation in the detector field of view.

BX

Base Exchange.
Commander; ef CJTG.

CDC

Control Data Corporation.

CEQ

Council on Environmental Quality.

CHEM

Chemistry. Usually refers to the wet chemistry component of the Enewetak
Radiation Laboratory complex.

Ci

Curie. The quantity of any radioactive species undergoing 3.7 x 1010 nuclear
disintegrations per second (dis/seq).
Millicurie = 0.001 curie = 3.7 x 10‘ dis/sec.

Microcurie = 0.000001 curie = 3.7 x 104 dis/sec.

CJTG

Commander, Joint Task Group.

ecm

Centimeter.

Co

Cobalt. Specifically the isotope 60Co,

CONEX

Container Express. Metal shipping container with approximate dimensions 4' x 6' x 8',

CONPLAN

Concept Plan. An information technique used within DOD to provide general
guidance for justifying a proposed major project. See OPLAN,

epm

Counts per minute.

eps

Counts per second.

CR

Congressional Record.

CRT

Cathode Ray Tube.

Cs

Cesium. Specifically the isotope 137s,

DES

Draft Environmental Impact Statement.

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