History of Radiation Protection

Essays and items of interest dealing with the history of radiation protection, radiation and health physics.

• Bureau of Atomic Tourism(Atomic Museums)
• The First Fifty Years of Radiation Protection by R. Kathren and P. Ziemer
• ORAU's Health Physics Historical Instrumentation Museum Collection
• First Half Century of Radiation Protection Timeline
• History of Nuclear Regulation 1946-1999
• A Brief Chronology of Radiation and Protectionby J. Ellsworth Weaver III 1994,1995
• X-ray Century, a WWW periodic publication dealing with the History of X-rays
• Rolf Sievert
• Madame Marie Curie
• Radiation Warning Symbol by Paul Frame
• Atomic History and the First Reactor (ANL)
• A Short History of Nuclear Regulation, 1946-1992
• Radioactivity: Historical Figures
• Atomic Bomb related photos- Hiroshima, Japan - 1945
• Radioactivity: Historical Figures - Glossary
• The Discovery of Radioactivity: The Dawn of the Nuclear Age

In 1994, the Health Physics Society produced a calendar for the centennial commemoration of the discovery of X-rays (1885) and Radioactivity (1886). This calendar contained profiles of some of the pioneers in the field of Health Physics and Radiation Science. A special thanks to Paul Frame of ORAU and the other members of the HPS Historical Committee for their work on this calendar. (note: photos will be added as they become available.)

Pioneers in Health Physics Index (Profiles from centennial Calendar at MSU)