Information in Health Physics Specialties and Related Fields

Health Physics is a diverse discipline, covering many areas and is related to several other disciplines. Note: Conferences and mailing lists are now listed separately.

• 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 Weapons
• Radiology
• Radiation Biology
• Radio-chemistry, Nuclear Physics, X-ray diffraction and Radio-dating
• Radiopharmacology
• Radioactive Waste
• Radon
• Risk
• Shielding
• Space Radiation Exposure
• Training

Accelerator and X-ray Information

• Accelerator terms
• Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research and Instrumentation
• CERN
• International Accelerator Radiological Protection E-mail Newsletter (Official Publication of the Accelerator Section of the Health Physics Society)
• Mucal on the web, a program to calculate x-ray absorption coefficients
• Photon Interaction Coefficients of the Elements Generated by PHOTCOEF©
• Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC)
• Tri-University Meson Facility (Canada)

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Dosimetry

• Air Force dosimetry home page
• DOE draft documents for bioassay
• DOE Laboratory Accreditation Program (INEL)
• Dosimetry (ORNL)
• Dosimetry and radiology
• Health Physics Measurements Group (LANL)
• NIST Ionizing Radiation lab
• NIST Physics Lab
• NRC Occupational Radiation Exposure Program
• Radiation Internal Dose Information Center (ORAU)
• SLAC dosimetry program

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Emergency Management

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• FEMA Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP)
• REACTS (ORAU)

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Environmental Information

• Climate and Radiation (NASA)
• DOE Laboratory Accreditation Program (INEL)
• Health Physics Measurements Group (LANL)
• MARSSIM - Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (EPA)
• National Environmental Monitoring Program (EPA)
• National Ocean and Atmosphere Service (NOAA)
• Office of Environmental Management (DOE)
• Office of Health and Environmental Research (DOE)
• Radiation & the environment: Assessing effects on plants and animals
• Radioactivity in Nature
• Radon Information
• The Uranium Institute (now called the World Nuclear Association) (UK)
• Uranium Information Centre (Australia)

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fusion Information

• European fusion Development Agreement EFDA-JET
• Fusion UKAEA
• fusion Basics-Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• fusion Research (Princeton)
• General Atomic's fusion HomePage
• Institute of Nuclear fusion (Spain)
• ITER Homepage
• JAERI Tokamak-60 Project
• Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
• Office of fusion Energy (DOE)
• UKAEA fusion Association
• U.S. fusion Energy Sciences Program (DOE)

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Military

• Air Force Personnel Radiation Dosimetry Program
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - HTRW CX

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Non-Ionizing Radiation

• A good non-ionizing radiation web site
• Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Workplace - NIOSH
• Electromagnetic Energy Association (EEA)
• Electromagnetic Interference of Video Display Units by ELF Magnetic Fields
• ELF/EMF Papers (David Hafemeister - Cal Poly)
• ELF and VLF Electric and Magnetic Field Emissions from Video Display Terminals
• Information on Specific Radiation Sources (Non-ionizing)
• Laser Institute of America (LIA)
• LaserNet (Rockwell Laser Indust.)
• Magnetic Resonance Safety Site - University of Pittsburgh
• Microwave Oven Safety
• Non-Ionizing Radiation FAQs</> - Medical College of Wisconsin
• Non-Ionizing Radiation Information from New Jersey's Radiation Protection Program
• RadEFX(SM) Non-Ionizing Radiation Health Effects Forum
• Health Effects from Increased Exposure to Ultraviolet-B (UV-B)
• Non-Ionizing Radiation Safety at LLNL
• Also see the Source Info page
• Possible Health Effects of Exposure to Residential Electric and Magnetic Fields (Nat. Academy of Sciences - 1997) - read it online here
• Radiofrequency Safety Program - FCC
• Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields - FCC
• Radiofrequency FAQs - FCC
• Radiofrequency Safety, News, and Links - National Association for Amateur Radio
• USACHPPM - Laser and Optical Radiation Hazards Program (DOD)
• Video and Display Terminal Questions and Answers

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Nuclear Instrumentation and Electronics

• Applied Radiation Measurements Department - ARMD (ORNL)
• Biomedical Equipment Y2K Status Database
• DOE Health Physics Instrumentation Committee - HPIC (LLNL)
• DOE Laboratory Accreditation Program (INEL)
• Health Physics Measurements Group (LANL)
• IEEE Home Page
• Instrumentation and Control (ORNL)
• NIST Ionizing Radiation lab
• NIST Physics Lab
• Radiation Effects and Analysis Home Page (NASA)
• Radiation Effects Database (JPL/NASA)
• Also see the Commercial Directory

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Nuclear Weapons

• Advanced Simulation and Computing Program - Sandia Nat. Lab.
• Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Site
• Health Effects of Nuclear Weapons Deployment in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
• Health Effects of Nuclear Weapons Testing by the United States of America
• Health Effects of Nuclear Weapons Testing by the former U.S.S.R. in Semipalatinsk, Kazakstan
• History of the Manhattan Project
• National Atomic Museum Virtual Tour
• National Nuclear Security Administration - DOE
• Nuclear Age Timeline - DOE
• Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Research and Engineering Program
• Nuclear Missile Silo Tour
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreements and Their Signatories
• Nuclear Weapons Database
• Radiation Effects Research Foundation (Japan)
• Russian Nuclear Weapons Museum

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Power Reactors and Nuclear Engineering Information

• American Nuclear Society
• Annual Energy Outlook 2001 With Projections to 2020
• Atomic Energy Insights
• Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
• Bureau of Atomic Tourism
• General Electric Nuclear
• Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems - DOE
• International Nuclear Safety Center
• Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility Licensing - NRC
• Nuclear Energy Agency (France)
• Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
• Nuclear Energy Plant Optimization - DOE
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission Reactor Links
• Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology - DOE
• Pebble Bed Modular Reactor
• Power Plant Data (Worldwide)
• Radiation Protection (NRC)
• Soviet-Designed Nuclear Power Plant Source Book
• Todd's Atomic Homepage
• Uranium Industry Annual 2001
• Uranium Information Centre (Australia)
• The Uranium Institute (UK)

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Radiation Biology

• Eye Radiation & Environmental Research Lab
• Office of Health and Environmental Research (DOE)
• Radbio Lab (Gray Laboratory)
• Radiation Biology Archive

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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Physics

• American Board of Nuclear Medicine
• American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine
• American College of Nuclear Medicine
• American College of Nuclear Physicians
• American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
• American Registry of Radiologic Technologist
• American Society of Radiologic Technologists
• Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (formerly Health Care Financing Administration
• FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health
• FDA Certified Mammography Facilities
• Good Radiology Site
• Institute for Clinical PET (ICP)
• Magnetic Resonance Safety Site - University of Pittsburgh
• Mucal on the web, a program to calculate x-ray absorption coefficients
• NRC Occupational Radiation Exposure
• Nuclear Medicine Research Council
• Nuc Med Links
• Physical aspects of digital radiography
• Radiation Internal Dose Information Center (ORAU)
• Radiology at University of Washington
• Radiology (Canada)
• Radiology Today
• Virtual Radiology Center
• Also see the Source Info page

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Radioactive Waste

• Appalachian Compact Users of Radioactive Isotopes
• Applied Radiation Measurements Department - ARMD (ORNL)
• CalRad Forum (Southwestern Compact users group)
• EPA's Yucca Mountain Web Site
• Mixed Waste Site (EPA)
• National Spent Fuel Program - DOE
• Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
• Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (DOE)
• Offsite Source Recovery Project - DOE
• Plutonium Recovery from Spent Fuel
• Radiation and waste safety: Strengthening national capabilities
• Radioactive waste disposal: Global experience and challenges
• Radwaste.org
• Reprocessing Plants in Siberia
• State-by-State Assessment of Low-Level Radioactive Wastes (1994)
• Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
• Yucca Mountain Project (DOE)

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Radio-chemistry, Nuclear Chemistry, Nuclear Physics, X-ray diffraction, Radio-dating And Radiopharmacology

• ACS nuclear chemistry branch
• Carbon 14 Homepage (Arizona)
• Extensive listing of General Chemistry on the Internet
• Environmental & Radiation Chemistry Web links
• LBNL Isotopes Project
• Nuclear Pharmacy
• Nuclear Physics: Past, Present and Future
• Particle Physics (Check out the The Particle Adventure)
• Pharmacology (UCLA)
• Protein crystallographers
• Radioactivity & Radiochemistry Journal
• X ray Diff at NCSU

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Radon

• Consumer's Guide to Radon Reduction - EPA Website
• EPA's Radon Information Homepage
• High-Radon Project Home Page - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
• Indoor Air Quality - EPA Website
• N.A.S. BEIR VI Report: "The Health Effects of Exposure to Indoor Radon" (Public Summary) - EPA Website
• Radon in Earth, Air, and Water - US Geological Survey
• Radon Info from the American Lung Association
• Radon Page for the National Safety Council
• State Radon Contacts - EPA Web Site
• State Radon Web Sites - NSC Web Site
• U. of Iowa Study: "Residential Radon and Lung Cancer Case-Control Study"

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Risk

• Argonne National Laboratory's Risk Assessment and Safety Evaluation (RASE) Group
• EPA's Estimating Radiogenic Cancer Risks (PDF format)
• EPA Office of Radiation & Indoor Air Radiation Protection Division Publications (several on risk)
• Issue of perceived risk (Discovery Channel)
• Principles for Evaluating Epidemiologic Data in Regulatory Risk Assessment
• Risk Research (LBL)
• RiskWorld (news and articles on risk)
• Society for Risk Analysis

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Shielding

• EGS Homepage - Photon/Electron transport code (LBL)
• Mucal on the web, a program to calculate x-ray absorption coefficients
• NIST Physics Lab
• Shielding (RSIC - ORNL)

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Space Radiation Information

• Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation in Manned Space Activities
• Radiation Effects and Analysis Home Page - Electronics (NASA)
• Radiation Effects Database - Electronics (JPL/NASA)
• Radiation Physics Group (NASA/GSFC)
• Space Environment Effects Branch (NASA)
• Space lab (Caltech)
• Space Settlement (NASA)

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Training and Education

• Educational Resources and Training (DOE, Radsafe, etc.)
• Radiation Training

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