Acronyms

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

ABM      Anti-Ballistic Missile or Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

BW       Biological Warfare

BWR      Boiling Water Reactor

CCCP     The Soviet Union (Союз Советских Социалистических Республик)

CTBT     Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

CW       Chemical Weapons

CWC      Chemical Weapons Convention

DPRK     Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

FBR      Fast Breeder Reactor

HEU      Highly Enriched Uranium

IAEA     International Atomic Energy Agency

ICBM     Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

IED      Improvised Explosive Device

IFR      Integral Fast Reactor

INF      Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

IR       International Relations

LEU      Low Enriched Uranium

LLFP     Long-Lived Fission Product

LTBT     Limited Test Ban Treaty

MAD      Mutually Assured Destruction

MIRVs    Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles

NFU      No First Use

NIE      National Intelligence Estimate

NP       Nonproliferation
         The prevention of the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

NPT      Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

NSG      Nuclear Suppliers Group

NTBT     Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

NTI      Nuclear Threat Initiative

NWFZ     Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone

OPCW     Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

PTBT     Partial Test Ban Treaty

SALT     Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

SLBM     Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile

SORT     Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty

START    Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

TNTe     TNT Equivalent

TTBT     Threshold Test Ban Treaty

TWR      Traveling Wave Reactor

UNMOVIC  United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission

UNSC     United Nations Security Council

UNSCOM   United Nations Special Commission

UNSCR    United Nations Security Council Resolution

USSR     Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

WMD      Weapons of Mass Destruction