Standards, Metrology and Laboratory Resources

National and international Metrology, Standards and Laboratory sites.

Australian Sites

CSIRO  —  Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organizations
SAA —   Standards Australia
JAS-ANZ — Joint Accreditation System, Australia and New Zealand
MSA —   Metrology Society of Australia
SAI  —  Global Information Services Division
ANSTO —   The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
NMI —   The National Measurement Institute  
NATA —   The National Association of Testing Authorities

 

International Standards Organizations

ISO — The International Organization for Standardization
IEC — International Electrotechnical Commision
IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
CIE — International Commission on Illumination
ITU — International Telecommunication Union
ASME —   American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM — The American Society for Testing and Materials
SAA —  Standards Australia
NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
EIA — Electronic Industries Association
IEEE —   Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISA — Instrument Society of America
OSA — Optical Society of America
SMPTE — Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
SPIE — The International Society for Optical Engineering

 

International Accreditation Services and Accreditation Cooperation

A2LA — American Association for Laboratory Accreditation
ANAB —   ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board
ACLASS - ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board
JAS-ANZ — Joint Accreditation System, Australia and New Zealand
IAS — International Accreditation Service
L-A-B — Laboratory Accreditation Bureau (U.S.)
CNAS — China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment
NMISA — (U.S.) The National Metrology Institute of South Africa
NACLA — (U.S.) National Cooperation for Laboratory Accredition
NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
DOE —  Laboratory Accreditation Program — US Department of Energy
UKAS — United Kingdom Accreditation Service
ILAC — International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
APMP — Asian Pacific Metrology Programme
COOMET — Euro-Asian Cooperation of National Metrological Institutions
EURAMET — European Association of National Metrology Institutes
SIM —  Inter-American Metrology System
AFRIMETS — Intra-Africa Metrology System
APMP — Asian Pacific Metrology Programme
COOMET — Euro-Asian Cooperation of National Metrological Institutions
EURAMET — European Association of National Metrology Institutes
SIM —  Inter-American Metrology System
AFRIMETS — Intra-Africa Metrology System

International Metrology Organizations

MSA —   Metrology Society of Australia
CMSC — Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference
IMEKO — International Measurement Confederation
MSC — Measurement Science Conference
NCSL — National Conference of Standards Laboratories
IMS — Israel Metrological Society
AIP — American Institute of Physics
AIST — Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (JAPAN)
ASQ —  American Society for Quality
BMTA  - British Measurement and Testing Association
IMEKO — International Measurement Confederation
ISWM —   International Society for Weighing and Measurements
IMS — Israel Metrological Society
MIL-SPEC - US Defense Standardization Program
DOE —   US Department of Energy Technical Standards
GIDEP — US Government Industry Data Exchange Program
NPSL —   US Navy Primary Standards Laboratory
NIST — US National Institute of Standards and Technology
TMDE —   USATA Army Metrology Page 

International Standards Bodies

Australia —   SAA — Standards Australia
Austria — ON — Osterreich Normungsinstitut (Austrian Standards Institute)
Belgium — IBN/BIN — Belgian Institute of Normalization
Canada — SCC — Standards Council of Canada
Colombia —   ICONTEC — Instituto Colombiano de Normas Tecnicas y Certificacion
Czech Republic — CSNI — Czech Institute of Normalization
Denmark — DS — Dansk Standard
Finland — SFS — Finnish Standards Association
France — AFNOR — Association française de normalisation
Germany — DIN — Deutsches Institut fur Normung
Greece — ELOT — Hellenic Organization for Standardization
Hong Kong — Hong Kong Laboratory Accreditation Scheme
Hungary — National Office of Measures
Ireland —NSAI — National Standards Authority of Ireland
Iceland — STRI — Icelandic Council for Standardization
Italy — UNI — Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione
Japan —    JISC — Japanese Industrial Standards Committee
Luxumbourg —   SEE — Service de l’Energie de l’Etat
Malaysia — DSM — Department of Standards Malaysia
Morocco —   SNIMA — Service de Normalisation Industrielle Marocaine
Netherlands —  NEN — Nederlands Normalisatie-instituut
New Zealand — SNZ — Standards New Zealand
Norway — NSF — Norges Standardiseringsforbund
Portugal —  IPQ — Instituto PortuguÍs da Qualidade
Russia — Technormativ  - Russian Standards and Technical Regulations
Saudi Arabia —  SASO — Saudi Arabian Standards Organization
Slovenia —  SMIS — Standards and Metrology Institute
Spain — AENOR — Asociacion Espanola de Normalizacion y Certificacion
Sweden — SIS — Standardisaeringen i Sverige
Switzerland — SNV — Schweizerische Normen Vereinigung
United Kingdom — BSI — British Standards Institution
USA —  ANSI — American National Standards Institute
USA  —  NSSN — ANSI National Standards System Network

World National Laboratories

Australia —   CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organizations
Austria —    BEV-Bundesamt fur Eich- und Vermessungswesen
China — CAS-Chinese Academy of Sciences
Canada —  INMS-NRC Institute for National Measurement Standards
Denmark —   DFM-Danish Institute of Fundamental Metrology    
Europe —  CERN-European Organization for Nuclear Research
Germany —   PTB-Physikalsch-Technische Bundesanstalt
India —    NPL-National Physical Laboratory of India
Ireland —  NSAI-Irish National Metrology Laboratory
Japan —     ETL-Electrotechnical Laboratory
Korea —  KRISS-Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
Malaysia —   SIRIM BERHAD
The Netherlands —  VSL-Dutch Metrology Institute
Slovenia —  SMIS-The Slovenian Standards and Metrology Institute
South Africa —   CSIR-National Metrology Laboratory
Sweden —  SP-Technical Research Institute of Sweden
United Kingdom —  NPL-National Physical Laboratory

Laboratories in the U.S.A.

ACL — Advanced Computing Laboratory
USDE — The Ames Laboratory
ANL — Argonne National Laboratory
BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
NUSTL — The National Urban Security Technology Laboratory
Fermilab — Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
INEEL — Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
LLNL — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LANL  —  Los Alamos National Laboratory
NERSC — The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
NASA — WSTF White Sands Test Facility
NREL —   National Renewable Energy Laboratory
ORNL —   Oak Ridge National Laboratory
PNNL —    Pacific Northwest National Lab
PPPL —   Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
SNL  —   Sandia National Laboratories
SLAC  —  Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
DOE  —  Department of Energy National Laboratories