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F
– Fahrenheit
– farad
– fluorine (element, Z = 9)

F&B
Finance and Budget (Division) (ORNL); sometimes used as F&BD

f.o.b.
free on board

FA
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

FAA
– Federal Aviation Administration
– Food Additives Amendment of 1958 (FDCA)

FAAPC
Field Artillery Ammunition Processing Center

FAB
Fabrication (Division)

FAC
– Federal Administrative Charge
– final acceptance of construction
– free available chlorine
– fuel adjustment charge
– full avoided cost

FACE
free-air CO₂ exposure

FACTS
flexible ac transmission

FADC
facility analog-to-digital converter

FAF
facility antialiasing filter

FaME
Financial Automated Management Environment

FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization

FAQs
frequently asked questions

FAR
– Federal Acquisition Regulation
– Federal Aviation Regulations

FARS
Future Armor Rearm System

FARV
Future Armored Resupply Vehicle (U.S. Army)

FAS
French Academy of Sciences

FAST
Flow and Analysis System for Transportation (Model)

FASTER
Fluorocarbon Absorption System for Effluents from Reprocessors

FAT
– factory acceptance test
– functional acceptance test

FATLC
Fernald Atomic Trades and Labor Council

FAX
facsimile transmission

FB
Federal Building

FBA
Federal Bar Association

FBC
fluidized bed combustion

FBH
flat-bottom hole

FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation

FBI SAC
FBI special agent in charge

FBLR
fully burdened labor rate

FBM
field bus module

FBR
Fast Breeder Reactor

FBT
Fused Biconically Tapered (coupler)

FBTF
Flow Blockage Test Facility (Advanced Neutron Source)

FC
– fluorine and carbon (refrigerant)
– fuel cost

FCA
– Flood Control Act of 1944
– functional configuration audit

FCAP
Facilities Capability Assurance Program

FCB
forms control buffer

FCC
– Federal Communications Commission
– Federal Construction Council
– fluid catalytic cracking

fcc
face-centered cubic

FCCSET
Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Energy, and Technology

FCCV
Future Command and Control Vehicle

FCD
– feed conversion demonstration (AVLIS)
– Flaw Calibration Device

FCF
– Feed Conversion Facility
– Fuel Cycle Facility

FCG-TEM
field commission gun transmission electron microscope (HTML, ORNL)

FCI
fuel-coolant interaction

FCO
final change order

FCP
– field command post
– funding change proposal

FCPA
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

FCR
fixed change rate

FCRF
Field Change Request Form

FCTL
Forced Convection Test Facility

FD
– Fire Department (CS&H)
– fuel damage
– functional description

FDA
– facility disposal area
– U.S. Food and Drug Administration (HHS)

FDAR
facility data and approval record

FDCA
Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act of 1938

FDDI
Fiber Distributed Data Interface

FDER
Florida Department of Environmental Regulation

FDF
Feed Demonstration Facility

FDI
Fluor Daniel, Inc.

FDM
finite difference method

FDNY
frequency-doubled neodymium YAG (yttrium-aluminum-garnet)

FDO
fee determination official

FDOP
Facility Description and Operations Plan

FDS
fuel disassembly system

FDU
fluorescent display unit

Fe
iron (element, Z = 26)

FE
– facility engineering
– finite element
– fossil energy
– Fossil Energy Program (DOE)

FEA
– Federal Energy Administration
– final environmental assessment (see DEA, DEIS, DES, DPEIS, EA, EAW, EIA, EIAP, EIS, ER, ERIS, ESR, FEIS, FES, FPEIS, GEIS, PA/SI, PDEA, PDEIS, PDES, PEIA, PEIS, and SEIS)
– finite-element analysis

FEARTDP
Fossil Energy Advanced Research and Technology Development Program (DOE)

FEC
Federal Express Corporation

FED
Fusion Energy Division

FED ISX
Fusion Energy Research and Development Program Impurity Study Experiment

Fed. Regis.
Federal Register (use in reference lists; use "FR" in text with numbers)

FEDC
Fusion Engineering Design Center

FEEP
Fossil Energy Environmental Project

FEI
Financial Executives Institute

FEIC
Fossil Energy Information Center

FEIS
final environmental impact statement (see DEA, DEIS, DES, DPEIS, EA, EAW, EIA, EIAP, EIS, ER, ERIS, ESR, FEA, FES, FPEIS, GEIS, PA/SI, PDEA, PDEIS, PDES, PEIA, PEIS, and SEIS)

FEL
free-electron laser

FEM
finite element method

FEMA
– Finite Element Model of Material Transport Through Aquifers
– U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency

FEMP
– Federal Energy Management Program
– Fernald Environmental Management Project (formerly FMPC)
– Fossil Energy Materials Program

FENDL
Fusion Evaluated Nuclear Data Library

FEP
– fluorinated ethylene-propylene copolymer
– Fossil Energy Program
– tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer

FERC
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FERN
Fernald Site Office (DOE)

FeS
iron sulfide

FES
– Federal Executive Schedule
– final environmental statement (see DEA, DEIS, DES, DPEIS, EA, EAW, EIA, EIAP, EIS, ER, ERIS, ESR, FEA, FEIS, FPEIS, GEIS, PA/SI, PDEA, PDEIS, PDES, PEIA, PEIS, and SEIS)

FeS₂
– iron disulfide
– pyrite

FESA
– Front-End System Analysis
– U.S. Army Facilities Engineering Support Agency

FESEM
Forced Entry Safeguards Effectiveness Model

FET
– field-effect transistor
– folded entry type

FETEP
Fossil Energy Technology Environmental Program

FETS
Facilities Energy Technology Service (U.S. Army)

FEVA
Facility Environmental Vulnerability Assessment

FEVARI
Facility Environmental Vulnerability Assessment Recommendations Implementation

FEW
Federally Employed Women

FEWA
Finite Element of Water Flow through Aquifers

FF
flip-flop (or bistable multivibrator)

FFA
Federal Facilities Agreement

FFCA
– Federal Facility Compliance Act
– Federal Facility Compliance Agreement

FFDCA
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

FFE
Federal Field Exercise

FFM
Fuel Failure Mockup

FFP
firm fixed price (contract)

FFRDC
federally funded research and development center

FFT
fast Fourier transform

FFTF
Fast-Flux Test Facility

FGD
flue gas desulfurization

FGGE
First Global GARP Experiment

FHA
– Federal Housing Administration
– fire hazard analysis

FHAA
Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988

FHS
fuel handling system

FHWA
Federal Highway Administration

FI
flow increase

FI&S
Facilities, Infrastructure and Services

FIC
Federal Identification Card

FICA
Facility Interface Capability Assessment

FID
– field interface device
– flame ionization detector

FIFA
fissions per initial fissile atom

FIFO
first in first out (buffer)

FIFRA
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act of 1947 (USDA)

Fig(s).
Figure(s) [use when followed by number(s); spell out at beginning of sentence]

FII
Foreign Intelligence Information

FIM
– field-ion microscopy
– Fluidization Indicator Module

FIM-AP
field-ion-microscope atom probe

FIMA
fissions per initial metal atom

FIMIS
Fire Inspection Management Information System

FIMS
Facility Information Management System

FIN
– financial (plan)
– financial identification number (NRC)
– Fish Information Network (data base)

FIP
federal implementation plan

FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standards (NIST)

FIR
– far-infrared
– finite impulse response

FIRP
Facilities and Infrastructure Recapitalization Program

FIS
– federal interim storage
– Financial Information System (data base)
– fluoroimmunosensor (fiber-optic based)
– fuel identification system
– Funding Information System

FIT
– field investigation team
– Fix-It Team
– flight instrument trainer

FIVRS
Financial Information Variance Reporting System

FIWG
Feedback and Improvement Working Group

FL
Florida (use only with ZIP code addresses)

FLA
full-load amperes

Fla.
Florida (use after city names in references, lists, tables, footnotes, bibliographies, and indexes; spell out in text; state name is not needed with Miami)

FLC
Federal Laboratory Consortium

FLES
facility local emergency supervisor

FLM
federal land manager (e.g., National Park Service)

FLOPS
floating-point operations per second (measure of computer processing ability)

FLOT
front line of own troops

FLP
fixed log periodical

FLPMA
Federal Land Policy and Management Act

FLRA
Federal Labor Relations Authority

FLS
first-line supervisor

FM
– facility manager
– Factory Mutual System
– field manager
– frequency modulation

Fm
fermium (element, Z = 100)

FMCS
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

FMD
Facilities Management Division (formerly MUD)

FMEA
failure mode and effects analysis

FMECA
failure-mode effect and criticality analysis

FMECAs
failure-modes effects and criticality analyses

FMEF
Fuels and Materials Examination Facility

FMF
Federal Methanol Fleet

FMFIA
Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act

FMIS
Facility Management Information System

FMIT
Fusion Material Irradiation Test

FMLA
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

FMP
– Facility Management Plan
– friction microprobe
– U.S. Navy Fleet Modernization Program

FMPC
Feed Materials Production Center (now Fernald Environmental Management Project)

FMR
Field Material-Handling Robot

FMS
– Finance, Materials & Services Division (PGDP)
– flexible manufacturing system

FMT
field monitoring team

FN/GSO
Foreign National/Guest Services Office

FN/GSO
Foreign National/Guest Services Office

FNA
French National Academy

FNAL
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

FNARS
FEMA National Radio System

FNATS
FEMA National Teletype System

FNO
Foreign National Office

FO
fiber-optic

FOAM
Fates of Aromatics Model

FOB
federal office building

FOCI
foreign ownership, control, or influence

FOF
Factory of the Future

FOIA
Freedom of Information Act of 1966

FONSI
finding of no significant impact

FOR
Fiber Optics Ring (computer system)

FORAST
Forest Response to Anthropogenetic Stress (model)

FORCM
Fiber Optic Refrigeration Cycle Monitor

FORET
Forest of East Tennessee (model)

FORPS
Forth-based production system

FORSCOM
Forces Command (U.S. Army)

FORTRAN
formula translation

FOS
Funding Opportunities System

FOV/WIMC
Fiber-Optic Vehicle Weigh-in-Motion and Classification (system)

FP
– fire protection
– flash point
– fuzzy (logic) production

fp
freezing point

FP&L
Florida Power &Light Company

FPA
– Federal Power Act of 1920
– focal plan array
– Fusion Power Associates

FPC
Federal Power Commission

FPD
Fort Peck District (DOE)

FPDF
Finishing Process Development Facility

FPDL
Fission Product Development Laboratory

FPEA
fire protection engineering assessment

FPED
Fire Protection Engineering Department (OLP)

FPEIS
final programmatic environmental impact statement (see DEA, DEIS, DES, DPEIS, EA, EAW, EIA, EIAP, EIS, ER, ERIS, ESR, FEA, FEIS, FES, PA/SI, PDEA, PDEIS, PDES, PEIA, PEIS, and SEIS)

FPICE
free-piston internal-combustion engine

FPM
Federal Personnel Manual

FPMCS
Four-Plant Medical and Industrial Hygiene Computer System

FPMR
Federal Property Management Regulation

FPO
– File Purpose Only (internal document)
– Fleet Post Office

FPP
field planning proposal

FPPA
Farmland Protection Policy Act of 1981

FPPC
fixed-price prime contractor

FPPU
first pilot production unit

FPR
– Federal Procurement Regulations
– Fuel Processing Restoration

FPS
– Fine Particle Society
– Floating Point System

fps
– foot-pound-second (measurement system) (replaced by SI)
– frames per second

FPSC
fixed-price subcontractor

FPSE
free-piston Stirling engine

FPSE/HP
free-piston Stirling engine heat pump (also FPSEHP)

FPSEHP
free-piston Stirling engine heat pump (also FPSE/HP)

FPT
first production train

FPU
– first production unit
– floating point unit

FQA
facilities quality assurance

FR
– facility representative
– frame reset

FR
Federal Register (use with numbers in text; use "Fed. Regis." in reference lists)

Fr
– francium (element, Z = 87)
– franklin [convert to SI:coulomb (C)]

FRA
– Federal Railroad Administration
– Formerly Restricted Area

FRACAS
facility radiation and contamination alarm system

FRAM
Functions, Responsibilities, and Authorities Manual

FRC
– Federal Regional Center
– Federal Response Center

FRD
– Formerly Restricted Data (classification)
– Fuel Recycle Division [now Robotics and Process Systems Division (RPSD)] (ORNL)

FRDMC
Facility Records Document Management Center

FRERP
Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan

FRG
Federal Republic of Germany

FRHOB
flame-retention-head oil burner

FRK
fiberglass-reinforced kraft paper

FRLP
fast reciprocating Langmuir probe

FRMAC
Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center

FRMAP
Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Plan

FRMS
facility radiation monitoring system

FRP
– fiber-reinforced plastic
– fiberglass-reinforced plastic (tanks)

FRPCC
Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee

FRRPA
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Planning Act of 1974

FS
– feasibility study
– firearms safety
– Food Services
– Forest Service (USDA)
– fractional savings
– full scale

FS-EIS
feasibility study -environmental impact statement (see DEA, DEIS, DES, DPEIS, EA, EAW, EIA, EIAP, EIS, ER, ERIS, ESR, FEA, FEIS, FES, FPEIS, PA/SI, PDEIS, PDES, PEIA, PEIS, and SEIS)

FSA
Food Security Act of 1981

FSAR
final safety analysis report

FSD
Foundation for Science and Disability (AAAS affiliate)

FSE
– facility safety engineer
– facility safety evaluation

FSEAG
Facility Safety Evaluation Application Guide

FSER
facility safety evaluation report

FSET
Facility Safety Evaluation Team

FSEV
Full-Scale Experimental Voloxidizer (facility)

FSI
– ull-scale input
– furnace sorbent injection

FSM
Facility Safety Management/Manager

FSN
federal stock number

FSO
full-scale output

FSV
Fort St. Vrain (location of reactor)

FT
– Fourier transform
– full time

ft
foot [convert to SI: meter (m)]

ft-c
footcandle [convert to SI: lux (lx)]

ft-L
footlambert [convert to SI: candelas per square meter (cd/m²)]

ft-lb
foot-poundal [convert to SI: joule (J)]

ft²
square foot [convert to SI: square meter (m²)]

ft³
cubic foot [convert to SI: cubic meter (m³), which is preferred over liters per second (L/s); see restrictions listed under "L" for "liter"]

FTA
field task agreement

FTC
Federal Trade Commission

FTCA
Federal Tort Claims Act

FTE
– full-time employee
– full-time equivalent

FTIR
Fourier transform infrared

FTMS
Fourier transform mass spectometer

FTP
– Fast Track Program (SDI)
– field task proposal
– File Transfer Protocol (computer term)

FTP/A
field task proposal/agreement

FTR
– Fast Test Reactor
– federal travel regulations

FTRC
Federal Telecommunications Records Center

FTS
– Federal Telecommunications System
– Flight Telerobotic Servicer

FTU
– first training unit
– flight test unit
– Formazin turbidity unit
– Frascati Tokamak Upgrade

FTW
Flying Training Wing (USAF)

FTX
field training exercise

FUA
Fuel Use Act of 1978

FUIT
Federal Unemployment Insurance Tax

FUSRAP
Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program

FVA
frit vent assembly

FVCA
frit vent cup assembly

fvcl
vacancy cluster fraction

FVS
Fighting Vehicle System (DOD)

FW
feedwater

FWA
Fish and Wildlife Agency

FWB
first wall and blanket

FWCA
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958

FWCD
fast-wave current drive

FWE
Field Welding Engineer

FWG
– folded waveguide
– functional working group

FWHM
full width at half maximum

FWM
food web model

FWMS
Federal Waste Management System

FWP
field work proposal

FWP/A
Field Work Package/Agreement

FWPCA
Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972

FWS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

FY
fiscal year

FYI
for your information

FYNSP
Future Years Nuclear Security Plan

FYTD
fiscal year to date

FZ
float zoned

°F
degrees Fahrenheit [convert to SI: degrees Celsius (°C) or kelvins (K)]