The Radiation Information Network
New on our Site
- Reactor Status and Emergency Operations
- Wall Street Journal article on Media Overreaction
- Fukushima Nuclear Plant Update
- Basic Terminology (Glossary of radiation related terms)
- Radiation handout for units and dose
- Spread Sheet to convert to and from SI/US radiation units
- The Hiroshima Syndrome (Rational Overview of Nuclear Power)
- Body Scanners - x-ray backscatter search devices
- Hazards of Tanning Beds
- Radiation videos for fun and training (youtube, commercial, government, homemade, etc)
- Health Physics Enrollments and Degrees Survey, 2008 Data
- Calculator for Medical Radiation Exposure
- PBS Radiation Facts
- Radiation Answers
- RadTown USA (EPA)
- National Research Council Report on the Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR VII)
- ISCORS Catalog of References to Parameter Values and Distributions Used in Environmental Pathway Modeling for Cleanup of Sites Contaminated with Radioactivity.
- Radiation Emergencies (Update)
- Chart of the Nuclides and Isotopes The 16th Edition
- Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards
- RSO Tool Box
- Boy Scout Energy Merit Badge Information
- Rad Issues, "Acute Radiation Syndrome Fact Sheet for Physicians." (CDC)
- Casualty Management After a Deliberate Release of Radioactive Material (CDC)
- Useful Radiation Safety References & Web Sites (UK)
- Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission Collections
Quick Links
- HP Job Section
- Radioactivity in Nature
- Basic Terminology (Glossary of radiation related terms)
- Food Irradiation Information
- HP Software
- RSO Tool Box
- Information on Specific Radiation Sources (EMF, UV, plutonium, etc.)
- Health Physics Society Web Site (Society of Radiation Safety Experts)
- Chart of the Nuclides
- National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC)
- Regulations, Codes, Orders, Standards and Laws
General Information
- Radiation Answers - facts on radiation
- 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
- The New Student and Teacher Site for Radiation (EPA)
- NRC Student and Teacher Site
- Risks of Nuclear Power (Short essays by Bernard L. Cohen, Sc.D.)
- Emergency Management Resources
News
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 Information
- Internet Radiation Related Communications (E-mail, Mailing lists, Newsgroups)
- Internet HP Resources
- Job and Employment Section (Job List and Links)
- Publishers - Books, Journals, etc
- Radiation Safety Offices and Related WWW Sites
- Radiation Dose Assessment Resource (RADAR)
- Radiological and Radiation Modeling
- RSO Tool Box
- Regulations, Codes, Orders, Standards and Laws
- New and Old Salary and Manpower Assessment info
Organizations and Societies
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
- American Academy of Health Physics (AAHP)
- American Association of Medical Dosimetrists (AAMD)
- American Board of Health Physicists (ABHP)
- 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
- The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM)
- Listing of Radiology Societies
- Listing of Med Physics Societies
Research Information Sources
- Cancer
- CancerNet Basic Researchers Web Site with Cancer Statistics (SEER)
- Census Bureau
- Chart of the Nuclides
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource (LBL)
- Data Base on Human Radiation Experiments (DOE)
- 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
- Physical Constants, Units and Unit Conversions
- Mucal on the web, a program to calculate x-ray absorption coefficients
- Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF - Japan)
- Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute
- Radiation Dose Assessment Resource (RADAR)
- 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
- Board on Radiation Effects Research
- Community of Science (research information and expertise registry)
- EPA Grant info(grants)
- Howard J. Foster Center for Irradiation of Materials
- Low Dose Radiation Research Program
- NSF Grant info (grants)
- Federal Gov Grant info
- Office of Health and Environmental Research for the DOE (research)
- Public Library of Science
- PubMed (Science Journal Search Engine - MEDLINE)
- EPA's Science Inventory - searchable, Agency-wide catalog
- Science Journal Search
- Scirus - New Science Search Engine
- Pharma-lexicon - Science journal search and terms
- Altweb search engine
- Publishers - Journals and Books
- 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
- New and Old Salary and Manpower Assessment info
- ORISE On-line Publications
- Universities and Colleges with Health Physics Programs
- 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
- NRRPT Radiation Safety Exam Preparation Resources
- Peterson's Guide to Health Physics/Radiological Health Programs
- ASEE Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Division
- EPA Careers in Radiation Protection
- HPS Careers in Health Physics
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