Browse Acronyms
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H Listing
2H
hydrogen gas or deuterium (also D, d, H2, or H2)
3H
hydrogen or tritium (also T, t, H3, or H3)
3HF
3-hydroxyflaverone
h
– coefficient of heat transfer
– hour [when used with SI, convert to SI: seconds (s)]
H
– chemical blister agent (mustard)
– henry
– histone (e.g., H2A, H3A,...)
– hydrogen (element, Z = 1)
– magnetic field
– magnetizing force
H&AO
Honors and Awards Office
H&R
hoisting and rigging
H&S
health and safety
H&SRR
health and safety readiness review
H&V
heating and ventilating
H/A
hand/automatic
H2
hydrogen gas or deuterium (also D, d, 2H, or H2)
H2
hydrogen gas or deuterium (also D, d, 2H,or H2)
H2H
highest, second highest
H2O
water
H2S
hydrogen sulfide
H3
hydrogen or tritium (also T, t, 3H, or H3)
H3
hydrogen or tritium (also T, t, 3H, or H3)
Ha
hahnium (element, Z = 105)
HA
–Drinking Water Health Advisory
– heat amplifier
ha
hectare
HAD
health assessment document
HALO
high-altitude large optics (DARPA)
HaMTES
Hazardous Materials Transportation Expert System
HAN
hydroxylamine nitrate
HAP
hazardous air pollutant
HARM
Hazard Assessment Rating Methodology
HARM II
Hazardous Airborne Release Monitor, Version II
HAS
heat-actuated system
HASL
Health and Safety Laboratory
HASRD
Health and Safety Research Division (now HSRD) (ORNL)
HAW
high-activity waste
Hawaii
(spell out unless used with ZIP code addresses; state name is not needed with Honolulu)
HAWT
horizontal-axis wind turbine
HAZ
heat-affected zone
HAZCOM
– hazardous compound
– hazardous communication
HAZMAT
hazardous material
HAZOP
hazard and operability study
HAZTRAK
Hazardous Materials Tracking Program
HAZWDDD
hazardous waste development, demonstration, and disposal
HAZWOPER
Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
HAZWRAP
Hazardous Waste Remedial Actions Program
HBCU
historically black colleges and universities
HBRR
high bit-rate recorder
HBT
heterojunction bipolar transistor
HBV
hepatitis B virus
HC
hydrocarbons
HCBP
hexachlorobiphenol
HCBS
– hexachlorobenzene
– hexachlorobutadiene
HCCP
Healy Clean Coal Project
HCF
– Hydroclave Curing Facility
– hydrofluorocarbon (refrigerant)
HCFC
hydrochlorofluorocarbon (refrigerant)
HCl
hydrogen chloride
HCLR
heating collector load ratio
HCP
– Hearing Conservation Program
– Heating Conservation Program
– homocast propylene
hcp
hexagonal close packed
HCS
Hazard Communications Standard
HCTC
Heating and Cooling Technology Center (Energy Division, ORNL)
HCTL
hot-cell test loop
HCW
hazardous chemical waste
HD
– chemical blister agent (distilled mustard)
– high density
HDD
heating degree-day
HDDR
high-density digital recorder
HDF
hierarchical data format
HDL
Harry Diamond Laboratories
HDM
Hedonic Demand Model
HDO
– dilute heavy water
– half-heavy water
HDPE
high-density polyethylene (also PEH)
HDPEX
cross-linked, high-density polyethylene (also PEHX and XHDPE)
HDPO
HEU Disposition Program Office
HDR
horizontal drive
HDS
hydrostatic design stress
HDTV
– high-density television
– high-definition television
HE
– Hanford Environmental Health Foundation
– heating system conversion efficiency
– high explosive
– human error
He
helium (element, Z = 2)
HEA
– health and environmental assessment
– health effects assessment
HEAST
Health Effects Assessment Summary Table
HECP
Herbaceous Energy Crops Program
HED
Human Engineering Laboratory (U.S. Army)
HEDI
high-endoatmospheric defense interceptor
HEDL
Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory
HEDRP
Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project
HeE
helium embrittlement
HEEP
Health and Environmental Effects Profile
HEF
Hot Experimental Facility
HEGL
high-energy gas laser
HEI
– Higher Education Institute
– Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.
HEL
– high-energy laser
– Human Engineering Laboratory (U.S. Army)
HELB
high-energy line break
HELSTF
High Energy Laser System Test Facility
HEMP
high-altitude electromagnetic pulse
HEMT
high-electron mobility transistor
HEMTT
Heavy Enhanced Mobility Tactical Truck
HEP
Habitat Evaluation Procedures
HEPA
– high-efficiency particulate absolute (filter)
– high-efficiency particulate air (filter)
– high-efficiency particulate arrestance
HEPA-F
high-efficiency particulate air filter
HER
Hazard Evaluation Report
HERMIES
Hostile Environment Robotic Machine Intelligence Experiment Series (ORNL)
HESR
heating energy supply rate
HETF
Hot Engineering Test Facility (Japan PNC)
HETP
height equivalent to a theoretical plate
HETS
height equivalent to a theoretical stage
HETUP
Harmonic Energy Transformed to Useful Power
HEU
highly enriched uranium
HEUR
heating energy use rate
HEW
– high enriched uranium
– U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (now HHS)
HF
– helical field
– hindrance factor
– hydrogen fluoride
hf
high frequency
Hf
hafnium (element, Z = 72)
HFAF
high-frequency antaliasing filter
HFBR
– High-Flux Beam Reactor (BNL)
– High Flux Breeder Reactor
HFC
hydrofluorocarbon (refrigerant)
HFEF
Hot Fuel Examination Facility
HFFU
hold for future use
HFIR
High Flux Isotope Reactor
hfs
hyperfine structure
HFT
heat flux transducer
Hg
mercury (element, Z = 80)
HGA
high-gain array
HGDM
Highway Gasoline Demand Model (ORNL)
HGMIS
Human Genome Management Information System
HGMS
high-gradient magnetic separation
HGN
Human Genome News
HGP
Human Genome Project
HHF
high heat flux
HHIRF
Holifield Heavy Ion Research Facility
HHMS
– Hydrostatic Head Measuring Station
– Hydrostatic Head Monitoring Station (program)
HHRA
human health risk assessment
HHS
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (formerly HEW) (also DHHS)
HHV
high heat value
HI
– Hawaii (use only with ZIP code addresses)
– heavy ion
HIAA
Health Insurance Association of America
HIBP
heavy-ion beam probe
HIC
high-intergrity container
HID
– helium ionization detector
– high-intensity discharge
HIFI
HFIR Irradiation Facility Improvement
HILAC
Heavy Ion Linear Accelerator (UCRL)
HILI
Heavy Ion/Light Ion
HIMAC
Heavy-Ion Medical Accelerator (Japan)
HIOS
hardware-independent operating system
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
HIR
heating input ratio
HISS
Hazelwood Interim Storage Site
HISTRAP
Heavy-Ion Storage Ring for Atomic Physics
HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
HIWDC
Hydrometeorological Information - World Data Center (Obninsk, Russia)
HJTC
heated junction thermocouple
HL&P
Houston Lighting and Power Company
HLCS
high-level control station
HLLM
hot leg level monitor
HLLMS
hot leg level monitor system
HLLV
Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle
HLLW
high-level liquid waste
HLQ
holocellulose:lignocellulose quotient
HLUT
horizontal look-up table
HLW
high-level waste
HLW
high-level waste
HM
hazardous material (MSDS)
HMC
hazardous materials coordinator
HMC&M/HMIS
hazardous materials data base that includes HMIS (DOD repository for MSDS information), SHML, and HMUG
HMCHP
heat-of-mixing chemical heat pump
HMCRI
Hazardous Materials Control Research Institute
HMFSA
Home and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1988
HMI
– hazardous materials incident
– human-machine interface
HMIS
– Hazardous Material Information System
– Hazardous Material Inventory System
HMMWV
high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle
HMO
health maintenance organization
HMR
Hazardous Materials Regulations
HMRB
Hazardous Materials Regulations Board (DOT)
HMT
hazardous materials transport
HMTA
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act of 1975 (Amendments of 1976)
HMTUSA
Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act
HMUG
Hazardous Material Users Guide
HMW
– hazardous and mixed waste
– high molecular weight
HMWMC
Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Consortium
HMWPE
high-molecular-weight polyethylene
HNEI
Hawaiian Natural Energy Institute
HNO3
nitric acid
Ho
holmium (element, Z = 67)
HOA
hands-off-automatic
HOB
height of burst
HOC
– hydrophobic organic compound
– halogenated organic compound
HOE
Homing Overlay Experiment (U.S. Army)
hom
homology (math)
HOV
high-occupancy vehicle
HP
– health physics/physicist
– heat pump
– Hewlett Packard
– high performance
– high pressure
– hydrolyzed protein (see HPP and TPP)
hp
horsepower [convert to SI: watt (W)]
hp·h
horsepower hour [convert to SI: watts per second (W/s)]
HP&RE
Health Physics and Radiological Engineering
HPAC
high-pressure air compressor
HPAS
Hybrid Pollution Abatement System
HPC
– heat pump capacity
– high-performance computing
HPCA
High-Performance Computing Act of 1991
HPCC
High Performance Computing Center (ORNL)
HPCI
high-pressure coolant injection
HPCRC
High Performance Computing Research Center (ORNL)
HPERC
High-Pressure Equipment Review Committee
HPFL
High Performance Fuel Laboratory
HPGe
high-purity germanium
HPGL
Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
HPIA
Hewlett-Packard Impedance Analyzer
HPIC
Health Physics Instrument Committee
HPIMS
Health Physics Information Management System
HPLC
– high-performance liquid chromotograph/chromotography
– high-pressure liquid chromotograph/chromotography
HPMS
Highway Performance Monitoring System
HPO
high phase order
HPOF
high-pressure oil-filled
HPP
– Health Physics Procedures
– hydrolyzed plant protein (see HP and TPP)
HPRA
Hydroelectric Power Resources Assessment (FERC)
HPRR
Health Physics Research Reactor
HPRT
hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase
HPS
– Health Physics Society
– high-pressure sodium (lighting systems)
HPSI
high-pressure safety injection
HPT
– health physics technician
– high-pressure turbine
HPTF
High Power Test Facility
HPV
high production volume
HPWH
heat pump water heater
HQ
headquarters
HQ/SMT
Headquarters/Supply Maintenance and Transportation
HR
– heart rate
– highly reflective
– high reflectance
HRA
– hot repair area
– human reliability analysis
HRB
horizontal radiant barrier
HRCP
Hood River Conservation Project
HRCQ
highway route controlled quantities
HRD
Human Resource Development Department
HRDF
High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Reprocessing Demonstration Facility
HRE
Homogeneous Reactor Experiment (impoundment)
HRIBF
Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (ORNL)
HRIN
Human Resources Information Network
HRLAF
High-Radiation-Level Analytical Facility
HRLAL
High-Radiation-Level Analytical Laboratory
HRLCDL
High-Radiation-Level Chemistry Development Laboratory
HRLEL
High-Radiation-Level Experimental Laboratory
HRO
Human Resources Organization )
HRP
– Homogeneous Reactor Project
– Human Reliability Program
HRPD
high-resolution powder diffractometer
HRS
Hazard Ranking System (EPA)
HRT
Homogeneous Reactor Test
HRT-2
Homogeneous Reactor Test Number 2
HS
hazard screening
Hs
hassium (element, Z = 108)
HS&E
health, safety, and environment
HS&GW
health, safety and general welfare
HSA
– Health Studies Agreement (between Tennessee and DOE, effective August 15, 1992)
– Historic Sites Act of 1935
HSC
– Health Services Center
– heating seasonal cost
HSD
Health and Safety Division
HSEA
– Health, Safety, and Environmental Affairs
– health, safety, and environment assessment
– Health, Safety, Environment, and Accountability (Organization)
HSEED
Hispanic Summer Educational Experience for the Disadvantaged (program)
HSEOS
hard-sphere equation of state
HSF
heating solar fraction
HSI
Habitat Stability Indices
HSL
Hazardous Substance List (EPA)
HSPF
heating seasonal performance factor (also SPFH)
HSRD
Health Sciences Research Division [formerly Health and Safety Research Division (HASRD)]
HSRR
Health and Safety Readiness Review
HSS
handling, storage, and shipping
HSSI
Heavy-Section Steel Irradiation (Program) (ETD, ORNL)
HSST
Heavy-Section Steel Technology (Program) (ETD, ORNL)
HSWA
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (amendments to RCRA)
HT
– chemical blister agent (distilled mustard and an inorganic compound)
– hydrogen-tritium
HT-UPS
high-temperature-ultrafine-precipitate-strengthened (steel)
HTA
hypothetical thermal accident
HTC
heated thermocouple
HTFS
Highway Traffic Forecasting System (DOT)
HTGR
high-temperature gas-cooled reactor
HTHSFC
high-temperature, high-sensitivity fission counter
HTML
– High Temperature Materials Laboratory (ORNL facility; new in 1987)
– HyperText Markup Language (subset of SGML used with WWW)
HTO
tritiated water
HTR
high-temperature reactor
HTS
high-temperature superconductivity/superconductor
HTSPC
High Temperature Superconductivity Pilot Center
HTTR
High-Temperature Test Reactor (Japan)
HTU
– heat transfer unit
– height of transfer unit
HUD
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUR
Huron District Office (DOE)
HUT
hold-up tank
hv
high voltage
HVAC
– heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning
– high-voltage alternating current
HVAL
High-Voltage Accelerator Laboratory
HVDC
high-voltage direct current
HVEM
high-voltage electron microscopy
HVI
high-volume impactor
HVIC
high-voltage integrated circuit
HVL
– half-value layer
– High-Voltage Laboratory
HVP
hydrolyzed vegetable protein
HW
– heavy water
– hot water
HWBEG
Headwater Benefits Energy Gains (FERC model)
HWBF
high-water base fluid
HWC
hazardous waste code
HWCVD
heavy water collection, venting, and draining
HWDMS
Hazardous Waste Data Management System
HWDU
hazardous waste disposal unit
HWEAHRT
Hazardous Waste Expert Advisor and Hypertext Reference Tool
HWERL
– Hazardous Waste Engineering Research Laboratory
– Hazardous Waste Environmental Research Laboratory
HWGWTF
Hazardous Waste Ground Water Task Force
HWIE
Hazardous Waste Information Evaluation (Subcommittee of CCEHRP)
HWLDS
heavy water leak detection system
HWM
hazardous waste management
HWMA
hazardous waste management area
HWOCR
heavy-water-moderated organic-cooled reactor
HWOG
Hazardous Waste Operations Group
HWP
Hazardous Waste Program
HWR
heavy-water reactor
HWRAP
Hazardous Waste Remedial Actions Program
HWSA
Hazardous Waste Storage Area
HWSF
Hazardous Waste Storage Facility
HWSTS
heavy water storage and transfer system
HWTC
Hazardous Waste Treatment Council
HWTP
Hazardous Waste Technology Program (ORNL)
HWTS
Hazardous Waste Tracking System
HWU
hot water usage
HWUDB
heavy water upgrading and detritiation building
HWUDF
heavy water upgrading and detritiation facility
HWVP
Hanford Waste Vitrification Plant
HX
heat exchanger
HYPO
Los Alamos (high-power) Boiling Water Reactor
Hz
hertz