Acronym Full Form AFRODITE African Omni-purpose Detector for Innovative Techniques and Experiments AMS Accelerator Mass Spectrometry CERN European Centre for Nuclear Research CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research DACST Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology FRD Foundation of Research Development GAMKA Gamma-ray Spectrometer for Knowledge in Africa iThemba LABS iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences JINR Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Programme LHC Large Hadron Collider LRP Long-Range Plan MANuS Accelerator and Nuclear Science programme MARST Master’s Programme in Applied Radiation Science and Technology MatSci Material Science programme MeASURe Metrological and Applied Sciences University Research Unit NAC National Accelerator Centre NECSA South African Nuclear Energy Corporation NMISA National Metrology Institute of South Africa NPRL Nuclear Physics Research Laboratory NRF National Research Foundation PAC Physics Advisory Committee SA-CERN South African CERN Programme SAIF South African Isotope Facility SAINTS Southern African Institute for Nuclear Technology and Sciences SAIP South African Institute of Physics SA-JINR South African JINR Programme SSC Separated Sector Cyclotron SUNI Southern Universities Nuclear Institute TAT Targeted Alpha Therapy TIP Technology Innovation Platform UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNISA University of South Africa