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General Information (Basic terms, Radiation info and Short essays)

Regulatory Information (DOE, NRC, EPA, etc)

Professional Information (HP info, E-mail, Areas of Interest, Archives)

Organizations, Societies, etc (HP, Radiation, etc.)

Information in Specialties and Related Field (Waste, Space, Shielding, etc.)

Research data and data bases (Labs, Data Bases, Listings)

Educational Resources (Student, Training and Other Related Information)

Miscellaneous Information (Help and Other Information)

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This WWW HomePage contains information and links related to Radiation and the professions of Radiation Protection.

New

• 36th HPS Midyear Topical Meeting January 26-29, 2003, San Antonio, Texas
• Internet HP Resources
• Pictures from the 47th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society , June 16 - 20, 2002, Tampa, FL
• 47th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society , June 16 - 20, 2002, Tampa, FL
• ORISE Manpower Assessment Brief 51, April 2002
• Recently Published Draft NRC Rules for Comment
• Recently Published Final NRC Rules (including 10 CFR35)
• UNSCEAR Report 2001 entitled, Hereditary Effects of Radiation
• Radiation Dose Assessment Resource (RADAR)
• Health Physics Society Midyear Meeting pictures (Orlando, FL meeting, February 16 - 20)
• NRC response to SNM and ACNP report on new 10CFR Part 35
• NUREG-1556 Series: Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses Radiation Safety Academy provided
• Reg Guides Radiation Safety Academy provided
• Mail Irradiation
• Emergency and Relief Information in Wake of Terrorist Attack
• Human Capital Crisis In Radiation Safety (HPS statement on HP shortage)
• Health Physics Technician Injury Reduction Initiative
• Answers for questions about a Moon Landing Hoax
• Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission Collections
• Nukeworker dot com (reference material for CHPs and the HP Techs)
• RadSafe Archives at Vanderbilt
• ACURI Association, Inc
• RSO Toolbox
• ORISE On-line Publications

Quick Links

• HP Job Section
• Food Irradiation Information
• Radon Information
• Information on Specific Radiation Sources (EMF, UV, plutonium, etc.)
• Health Physics Y2K Information
• Health Physics Society Web Site (Society of Radiation Safety Experts)
• Health Physics Journal Web site (Radiation Protection Journal)
• HP Software
• HP Tools
• Listing of Health Physics Related Companies (E-mail or web site)
• Chart of the Nuclides
• National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC)
• Regulations, Codes, Orders, Standards and Laws

 
• Key Word Search on Our Site

General Information

•   What is Health Physics ?
• Basics of Radiation and Radioactivity (UofM) 
• Basic Terminology (Glossary of radiation related terms) 
• Radiation and Us (Short essays, information, info links)
• Radiation and Risk (Short essays, information, info links)
• Radioactivity in Nature 
• What You Need to Know About Radiation (By Lauriston S. Taylor) 
• Radiation and Life (By Eric J. Hall, PhD) 
• Radiation Effects (RERF)
• Radiation Reassessed - The Why Files (Radiation Information) 
• History of Radiation Protection 
• Information on Specific Radiation Sources (Isotopes, UV, Medical, EMF, etc.) 
• FAQs on Radiation and Nuclear Power 
• Photo Gallery 
• The New Kid's and Teacher Page for Radiation (EPA)
• Risks of Nuclear Power (Short essays by Bernard L. Cohen, Sc.D.) 
• Miscellaneous Information and Help 
• Key Word Search on Our Site 

• Mail Irradiation
• Food Irradiation
• Radon
• Chornobyl (Chernobyl) and Surrounding Area
• DOE Data Base on Human Radiation Experiments
• Information on Cancer (Causes, treatment, etc.)
• Hanford Health Information Network
• Cassini Home Page (JPL Lab)

Regulatory Information Sources

• U.S. Federal Regulators and Information
• Long List of U.S. Government Agencies
• Regulations, Codes, Orders, Standards and Laws
• State Regulators and Information

Professional Information Sources

• Listing of Health Physics Related Companies (E-mail or web site)
• D&D and Disposal, Reuse and Recycle Radioactive Material, NORM
• Health Physics Journal Contents Index
• Health Physics Journal Information
• HP Tools
• Internet Radiation Related Communications (E-mail, Mailing lists, Newsgroups)
• Job and Employment Section (Job List and Links)
• Labor Market Trends For Health Physicists Through 2005 (ORISE-1997)
• News, Notices and Meetings from the HP Journal
• Publishers - Books, Journals, etc
• Radiation Safety Offices and Related WWW Sites
• Radiological and Radiation Modeling
• Search or Browse the RadSafe Archives
• Radiation and Health Physics Data and Information (Nuclear Data Bases, Labs, etc.)
• Regulations, Codes, Orders, Standards and Laws
• Salary Information for Health Physicists - June 1998
• Melissa Woo's photos
• Y2K Information for Health Physics of the Annual HPS meetings
• Key Word Search on Our Site

Organizations and Societies

• ACURI Association, Inc
• American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
• American Academy of Health Physics (AAHP)
• American Board of Health Physicists (ABHP)
• American Association of Medical Dosimetrists (AAMD)
• American Nuclear Society (ANS)
• Biological Effects of Low Level Exposures (BELLE) advisory committee (plus their newsletter)
• Campus Radiation Safety Officers (CRSO)
• COMAR (Committee on Man and Radiation of the IEEE)
• Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD)
• U.S. Federal Regulators and Information
• Health Physics Society Web Site
• ICRP and NCRP Links
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• International Radiation and Health Physics (Societies, Labs, Gov. Agencies, Universities)
• International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA)
• National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP)
• National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists (NRRPT)
• Radiation Research Society
• The Radiological Society of North America
• Long Listing of Related Societies
• Radiation and Health Physics Data and Information (NIST, NOAA, Labs, etc.)
• The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM)
• Listing of Radiology Societies
• Listing of Med Physics Societies

Information in Specialties and Related Fields

• Accelerators and X-rays
• Dosimetry
• Emergency Management
• Environmental Radioactivity
• Fusion Energy
• Medical Physics
• Military
• Non-Ionizing Radiation
• Nuclear Power and Nuclear Engineering
• Nuclear Instrumentation and Electronics
• Nuclear Medicine
• Nuclear Chemistry and Nuclear Physics
• Nuclear Weapons
• Radiology
• Radiation Biology
• Radio-chemistry, X-ray diffraction and Radio-dating
• Radiopharmacology
• Radioactive Waste
• Risk
• Shielding
• Space Radiation Exposure
• Training

Research Information Sources

• Cancer
• CancerNet Basic Researchers Web Site with Cancer Statistics (SEER)
• Census Bureau
• Chart of the Nuclides
• Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource (LBL)
• Research and Data Provided by HHS - U.S. Public Health Service (US-PHS)
• Data Base on Human Radiation Experiments (DOE)
• Data Base on Radiation Effects on Electronics (NASA/JPL)
• The Gamma Ray Spectometry Center (INEEL)
• National Laboratories (US DOE)
• National Nuclear Data Center (BNL - Cross sections, MIRD, Decay schemes, etc.)
• National Calibration Reference Centre for In Vivo Monitoring (Canada)
• NIST
• Tables of X-Ray Mass Attenuation and Mass Energy-Absorption Coefficients
• NIST Ionizing Radiation Lab
• NIST X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Attenuation Coefficients
• NOAA
• Nuclear Information Resource Listing
• Photon Interaction Coefficients of the Elements Generated by PHOTCOEF©
• Physical Constants, Units and Unit Conversions
• Mucal on the web, a program to calculate x-ray absorption coefficients
• RadEFX at Baylor (Research and information resources)
• Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF - Japan)
• Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute
• Radiation Internal Dose Information Center (ORAU)
• Radiation Information Analysis Section (ORNL)
• Stopping-Power and Range Tables for Electrons, Protons, and Helium Ions database
• United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries
• Uncertainties in Measurement Results
• X ray Server

Current Research in Radiation Effects and Health Physics

• Community of Science (research information and expertise registry)
• EPA Grant info(grants)
• GrantsWeb
• Howard J. Foster Center for Irradiation of Materials
• NSF Grant info (grants)
• Office of Health and Environmental Research for the DOE (research)
• PubMed (Science Journal Search Engine - MEDLINE)
• PubScience Search about 1,000 scientific and technical journals for articles
• Altweb search engine
• Health Physics Journal Search Engine (Past issues)
• Publishers - Journals and Books
• RadEFX at Baylor (research and information resources)
• Risk Research (LBL)

Educational Information

• Association of Educators in Radiological Sciences
• Educational Resources K-12 and Radiation, HP and HPT Training
• Fellowships in Health Physics
• Labor Market Trends For Health Physicists Through 2005 (ORISE-1997)
• Manpower Assessment Brief Number 47, April 2000 U.S. Department of Energy
• ORISE On-line Publications
• Universities and Colleges with Health Physics Programs
• Listing of University Level Education Programs World Wide in Radiation Protection (Zipped Word File - 111 kb)
• Health Physics Education reference book from the HPS Academic Education Committee - 1999-2000 (zipped file - 54 kb)
• Universities and Colleges with Medical Physics Programs
• Graduate Programs in Nuclear and Radiochemistry
• 2 Year, 4 Year, and Graduate Programs in the Radiological Sciences
• Peterson's Guide to Health Physics/Radiological Health Programs
• ASEE Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Division

Misc Stuff

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• Key Word Search on Our Site
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