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NCRP—National Council on Radiation Protection and
Measurements (U.S.)
NCS—Notification of Compliance Status (U.S.)
ND—Not (None) Detected (Detectable)
NDA—New Drug Approval (Application)
NDA—Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (UK)
NDIR—Nondispersive Infrared
NEA—Nuclear Energy Agency (UK)
NEAT—National Environmental Achievement Award
NECI—Network Coordinating Institute
NEDO—New Energy and Industrial Technology
Develop ment Organization (Japan)
NEERI—National Environmental Engineering Research
Institute (India)
NEL—No Effect Level
NEP—National Energy Policy (U.S.)
NEPA—National Environmental Policy Act (U.S.)
NEPA—National Environmental Protection Agency (PRC)
NERC—National Environmental Research Council (UK)
NERI—National Environmental Research Institute
(Denmark)
NERI—Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
NERL—National Exposure Research Laboratory (U.S.)
NESCAUM—Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use
Management (U.S.)
NESDIS—National Environmental Satellite Data and
Information Center
NESHAP—National Emissions Standards for Hazardous
Air Pollutants (U.S.)
NESS—National Environmental Satellite Service (U.S.)
NETA—New Electricity Trading Agreements (UK)
NETCEN—National Environmental Technology Centre
(UK)
NETL—National Energy Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
NEXRAD—Next Generation Radar
NF—Nanofiltration
NFFO—Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation
NFIP—National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.)
NFMA—National Forest Management Act (U.S.)
NFPA—National Fire Protection Association (U.S.)
NG—No Guideline Value
NGO—Non-Government Organization (UN)
NGV—Natural Gas Vehicle
NHC—National Hurricane Center (U.S.)
NHEERL—National Health and Environmental Effects
Research Laboratory (U.S.)
NHER—National Home Energy Rating (UK)
NHS—National Health Service (UK)
NIAID—National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Disease (U.S.)
NIBS—National Institute of Building Sciences (U.S.)
NICOLE—Network for Industrially Contaminated Land in
Europe
NIEHS—National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences (U.S.)
NIH—National Institute of Health (U.S.)
NII—Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (UK)
NIMBY—Not in My BackyardNIOSH—National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (U.S.)
NIREX—Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive
(UK)
NIST—National Institute of Standards and Technology
(U.S.)
NLER—Nitrogen-Limited Enrichment
NL/h—Normal Liters per Hour
NLM—National Library of Medicine
NMFS—National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.)
NMC—National Meteorological Centre (UK)
NMHC—Non-Methane Hydrocarbon
NMMAPS—National Morbidity, Mortality and Air
Pollution Study (U.S.)
NMOC—Non-Methane Organic Carbon
NMR—Neonatal Mortality Rate
NMR—Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
NMSE—Normalized Mean of the Square of the Error
NMVOC—Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compound
NNI—Noise and Number Index
NNR—National Nature Reserve (UK)
NNR—Net Reproductive Rate
NOAA—National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Admin istration (U.S.)
NOAEL—No Observable Adverse Effect Level
NOEC—No Observable Effects Concentration
NOEL—No Observed Effect Level
NOHSCP—National Oil and Hazardous Substance
Contin gency Plan (U.S.)
NOM—Natural Organic Matter
NONHEL—Non-Highly Erodible Land
NOS—National Occupational Standard
NOS—National Ocean Survey (U.S.)
NO2, 3—Nitrite Plus Nitrate
NOx—Nitrogen Oxides
NOy—Reactive Nitrogen
NP—Neutralization Point
NPAA—Noise Pollution and Abatement Act (U.S.)
NPCA—National Parks and Conservation Association
(U.S.)
NPDES—National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(U.S.)
NPL—National Priority List (U.S.)
NPP—Net Primary Production (Productivity)
NPP—Nonprecipitated Phosphorous
NPP—Nuclear Power Plant
NPR—National Performance Review (U.S.)
NPRI—National Pollution Release Inventory (Canada)
NPRM—Notice of Proposed Rule Making (U.S.)
NPS—National Park Service (U.S.)
NPSH—Net Positive Suction Head
NRA—National Rivers Authority (UK)
NRC—Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
NRC—National Research Council (Canada) (U.S.)
NRCS—Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRD—Natural Resources Damage
NRDA—Natural Resource Damage Assessment
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