Health Physics Internet Resources
Absorption/Attenuation Coefficients
Electron and Photon Attenuation
Mucal on the Web - for x-ray absorption coefficients
Hubbell's Tables of X-Ray Mass Attenuation Coefficients and Mass Energy-Absorption Coefficients
Accelerators
Accelerators Around The World - links
Accelerator Section of the HPS
Beam Physics and Accelerator Technology
The Infancy of Particle Accelerators - the Life and Work of Rolf Wideroe
Agencies, Organizations, & Societies - International
Australasian Radiation Protection Society
Australia - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
Canada - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (formerly AECB - Atomic Energy Control Board)
European Commission - Radiation Protection Home Page
European Commission Documents - Nuclear Safety and Waste Management
European Commission Documents - Environmental
European Commission Documents - Radiation Protection
European Commission Documents - Decommissioning
Finland - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority
Hungary - Atomic Energy Authority
India - Department of Atomic Energy
Indonesia - National Nuclear Energy Agency
International Air Transport Association (IATA) - Dangerous Goods page
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP)
International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU)
International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA)
International Society of Radiology
Ireland - Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland
Radiation Effects Research Foundation - Japan
Society for Radiological Protection
Sweden - Swedish Radiation Protection Authority
United Kingdom - Health Protection Agency (was National Radiological Protection Board)
Uranium Information Center - Australia
Agencies, Organizations & Societies - United States
Academic and Medical Radiation Safety Officer (AMRSO) Group
American College of Radiology (ACR)
American Academy of Health Physics (AAHP)
American Association of Medical Dosimetrists
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
American College of Medical Physics (ACMP)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
American Nuclear Society (ANS)
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)
Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD)
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Department of Transportation (DOT)
DOE Laboratory and Facility Servers
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Radiation Protection Programs
Health Physics Society (HPS)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Isotopes Project Home Page
Low Dose Radiation Research Program - DOE
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
National Institute of Standards and Technology - Ionizing Radiation Division
National Nuclear Data Center (BNL)
National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists (NRRPT)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nuclear Suppliers Association - Links to suppliers and providers of nuclear services and equipment
OSHA Site Index - many excellent links and documents regarding radiation protection and respiratory protection
Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS)
Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC)
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Radiological Society of North America and American College of Radiology Public Information
Radwaste.org (very extensive set of links)
U.S. Transuranium and Uranium Registries
Air Sampling
Regulatory Guide 8.25 Air Sampling in the Workplace (PDF)
DOE Nuclear Air Cleaning Conference Proceedings
NUREG 1400 Air Sampling in the Workplace (PDF)
Atomic Museums
American Museum of Science and Energy - Oak Ridge
Bradbury Science Museum - Los Alamos
Brookhaven National Laboratory Science Museum
National Atomic Museum - Albuquerque
Atomic/Nuclear Data
Lawrence Berkeley Lab - Internal conversion coefficients, binding energies, fluorescent yields, x-ray intensities, auger electron intensities
BEIR and UNSCEAR Reports
BEIR V Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation
BEIR VII Health Risks from Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation (2005)
Chart of the Nuclides
Decay Data Home Page: Table of Isotopes (PDF)
Map of the Nuclides - graphical interface to various types of nuclear data
Criticality
DOE Nuclear Criticality Safety Program
Nuclear Criticality Safety Guide LA 12808 (1996) with a number of additional documents
Decay Data
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Decay Data Home Page
BNL Radiation Data Retrieval Parameters
BNL Decay Data in MIRD Format with Deexcitation Diagrams
Decommissioning
Compass - Version 1.0 and 1.1 - software for implementing MARSSIM
Decontamination and Decommissioning Science Consortium (DDSC)
European Commission Decommissioning Website
Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable - Field Sampling and Analysis Technologies Matrix
FUSRAP - Army Corps of Engineers
HPS Decommissioning Section Home Page
ISCORS Parameter Source Catalog - info about input parameters to DandD, GENII and RESRAD codes
MARLAP - Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols Manual (final)
NUREG 1501 Background as a Residual Radioactivity Criterion for Decommissioning (PDF)
NUREG 5512 V3 Residual Radioactive Contamination From Decommissioning Parameter Analysis -draft - might take a while to fully open (PDF)
NUREG-5849 Manual for Conducting Radiological Surveys in Support of License Termination - draft
NRC's DandD Software (Version 2.1) (exe file)
NMSS Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance, NUREG 1757 (pdf)
Document Search Links
EPA National Environmental Publications Information System (NEPIS)
EPA - general
EPA Documents Sorted by Number (rad pubs only)
EPA Documents Sorted by Number (all pubs)
EPA Radiation Protection Division Publications
OSHA Documents Alphabetical Listing
Department of Energy
Documents Pertaining to Environmental Radioactivity, Decontamination, and Decommissioning - DOE Environmental Guidance - Radiation Protection
(Atomic Energy Act)
Energy Files - searches many databases
Health Physics Instrumentation Committee
Nuclear Air Cleaning Conference Proceedings
Occupational Radiation Exposure Information
Orders, Technical Standards, Implementation Guides - Both the new series and draft series directives have useful documents. In each case, series 400 is probably the most helpful. The draft 400 series includes, among other things, the draft DOE Implementation Guides for 10 CFR 835.
Radiation Safety Training Information
Search for DOE Documents - General
Dosimetry
Bioassay and Internal Dosimetry User's Group
Dose estimates to adults from various radiopharmaceuticals
Hanford Internal Dosimetry Project Manual
Methods and Models of the Hanford Internal Dosimetry Program Manual
Pediatric dose estimates from various radiopharmaceuticals
Proceedings of the Sixth International Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry Symposium May 1996 (Volume 1) (PDF)
Proceedings of the Sixth International Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry Symposium May 1996 (Volume 2) (PDF)
Radiation Dose Assessment Resource (RADAR)
Electronic Journals and Newsletters (on-line and free)
The following journals provide free access to selected full text articles, often from the current issue.
American Journal of Roentgenology
BELLE Newsletter (Biological Effects of Low Level Exposures)
IAEA Bulletin - Quarterly Journal
Institute of Physics - full text versions of selected feature articles from several physics journals
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
NRC Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) Licensee Newsletter
Radiation Protection Management 2005 (change the date in the URL to get 2003, and 2004)
RSO Magazine Vol 10 (change the number in the URL to get Vol 8 and 9)
Journals from the Bibliotheque Nationale de France - a great resource for early scientific literature, mostly French but some English
Emergency Response
2008 Emergency Response Guidebook
(includes Response to RadiologicalAmerican College of Radiology Radiation Disaster web page Terrorism Primer).
American College of Radiology Radiation Disaster Primer for Radiologists (PDF)
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI)
CDC - Radiation Emergency Response
Chemical/Biological/Radiological Incident Handbook
DoD Nuclear Weapons Accident Response Procedures (PDF)
DOE Transportation Emergency Management
Emergency Management Resource Sites Listing
EPA's Radiological Emergency Response Program
Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center
FEMA Emergency Management Institute - check out independent study link especially modules IS-3, IS-195, IS-301, Q-534
IAEA Emergency Response Publications (downloads)
Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism
National Radiological Emergency Preparedness Conference - Information and Proceedings
Potassium Iodide in Emergency Plans
Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS)
Environmental
EPA's RadNet (was ERAMS) Quarterly Data Reports - nationwide radionuclide concentrations in milk, air and water
EPA’s Characterization and Monitoring– Technology Tools - info regarding water and soil sampling as well as related subjects
EPA Region IV’s Field Branches Quality System
and Technical Procedures
HASL-300, EML Procedures Manual, 28th Edition - Environmental Measurements Laboratory Home Page (Sections include: Quality Assurance, Sampling Techniques, Radiation Measurements, Analytical Chemistry Procedures, Radionuclide Data, EML Special Facilities, and Specifications for Equipment and Supplies.)
IAEA Global Network for Radioisotopes in Precipitation
Los Alamos NEWNET Program Data - Meteorological and exposure rate data - continuous monitoring data from pressurized ion chambers in vicinity of Los Alamos national Lab and several other locals
EPA
Federal Guidance Reports 1 through 13
Radiation Protection Division Publications
Radiation Protection Home page
Epidemiology
DOE Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Database
National Cancer Institute, Radiation Epidemiology Branch
NIH Cancer Rates and Risk Information
Favorite Publications
DOE Nuclear Air Cleaning Conference Handbook (2003)
Nuclear War Survival Skills - Cresson Kearny
Operational Health Physics Training - MOE - (46 MB PDF)
Radiation and Life - Eric Hall
What You Need to Know About Radiation - Lauriston Taylor
Federal Guidance Reports
EPA - FGR 1 to 13 as pdf documents
Gamma Rays
The Isotopes Project Decay Data Home Page - Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The Lund University, Sweden/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Nuclear Data Search
Gamma Ray Spectrum Catalogs at INEEL (PDF) - The NaI catalog is something of a mini text on gamma spectrometry - very nice. The Germanium spectrum catalog (90 MB) contains decay schemes as well as gamma ray listings and spectra for a large number of nuclides.
Gamquest - Software can be downloaded or run online using a guest account. Identifies nuclides emitting gamma rays in specified energy range.
Specific Gamma Ray Dose Constants for Nuclides Important to Dosimetry and Radiological Assessment (PDF)
by Laurie Unger and D.K. Trubey. ORNL/RSIC-45/RI.
Glossaries
Lawrence Berkeley Glossary of Nuclear Science Terms - with nifty animation
Health Protection Agency (NRPB) Glossary
Nuclear Glossary from Scientific Digital Visions
Why Did They Call It That? - The Origin of Selected Radiological and Nuclear Terms
Half Lives
Radionuclide Half-Life Measurements Made at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
History
Also refer to the ORAU Museum Library
Alsos - Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
Children of the Manhattan Project
DOE Oral Histories - Radiation Experiments
Los Alamos History Page - Resources and Documents
Marie Curie and the NBS Radium Standards
On-line Scientifique Instrument catalogs from the 1800s and early 1900s - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo
On-line Scientifique Instrument catalogs from the 1800s and early 1900s - Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
On-line Scientifique Instrument catalogs from the 1800s and early 1900s - Smithsonian
Origin of the Radiation Warning Symbol - by Paul Frame
Radioactive Curative Devices and Spas (story about radioactive quack cures) - by Paul Frame
Why Did They Call It That? - The Origin of Selected Radiological and Nuclear Terms - by Paul Frame
Journal Links
American Journal of Roentgenology
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Health Physics Society Journal
International Journal of Radiation Biology
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
Journal of Radiological Protection
Radiation Protection Dosimetry
Miscellaneous Links
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
Conelrad - civil defense in the cold war era
Federal Business Opportunities
Generate a map for a specified address - Expediamaps
Generate a map for a specified address - Mapquest
Los Alamos Radiation Monitoring Notebook - Voss, Los Alamos National Laboratory (PDF)
NASA Radiation Effects and Analysis home page
Nuclide Safety Data Sheets - North Carolina Chapter of the Health Physics Society
Radiological and Chemical Fact Sheets to Support Health Risk Analyses for Contaminated Areas - Argonne National Laboratory (PDF)
Radionuclide Reference Sheets - Harvard
Radionuclide Safe Handling Guides - LBL
Radionuclide Safety Data Sheets - Stanford
Radiopharmaceutical Package Inserts
Terrestrial Gamma Radioactivity Maps - U.S. Geological Survey
(Maps of the United States indicating Potassium-40, Uranium-238, and Thorium-232 concentrations in soil, exposure rates, and the potential for elevated radon levels.)
Natural Radioactivity
Evaluations of Guidelines for Exposures to Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials - NAS Publication 1999
Natural radionuclide concentrations in materials processed in the chemical industry and the related radiological impact - European Commission Publication (PDF)
Radiation and Long-term Space Flight
News Stories
EPA Radiation Protection Newsroom
Neutrons
Thermal Neutron Capture Gamma-Rays
Thermal Neutron Capture Home Page
T2 Nuclear Information Service - (lots of miscellaneous information)
NRC
NUREGs CP Series (conference proceedings)
NUREGs CR Series (contractor reports)
Occupational Exposure Information
Phonebook - staff phone numbers
Technical Training Program Information - Chattanooga
Nuclear Medicine
MIR Nuclear Medicine Teaching Files
Proceedings of the Sixth International Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry Symposium: Volume 1 (PDF)
Proceedings of the Sixth International Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry Symposium: Volume 2 (PDF)
Nuclear Power and Reactors
Maps of, and Info About, the World's Nuclear Power Plants
Nuclear Energy Institute Resources
Nuclear Energy Educational Material
Nuclear Power Plant Demonstration - Interactive
Professional Reactor Operator Society
Nuclear Weapons
Historical Reports from DOE Nevada
NUREGs
NUREGs CP Series (conference proceedings)
NUREGs CR Series (contractor reports)
Periodic Table
Environmental Chemisty.com Periodic Table
Periodic Table with Environmental/Health Information
Photo Collections
Children of the Manhattan Project Photo Page
DOE Nevada Photo Page (includes nuclear testing)
National Archives (best to check "Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to Digital Copies." Might also select Photographs from "Type of Archival Materials" menu)
Nuclear Test Images - Los Alamos
Nuclear Tourist - lots of photos of nuclear power plants
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Historical Photo Gallery
Radiation Safety Programs
CalTech - publications
Colorado State University Radiation Control Office
Eastern Virginia Medical School EHS Radiation Safety
Emory University Environmental Safety and Health
Iowa State University - Radiation Safety
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ES&H Manual
Ohio State University Radiation Safety - substantial number of on-line forms
Penn State Environmental Safety and Health
Stanford Linear Accelerator Radiation Control
University of California, Berkeley - Office of Radiation Safety
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Radiation Safety Section
University of Missouri at Columbia - Radiation Safety
University of Vermont Radiation Safety
Radium Mines and Spas
Bad Gastein 1 - Austria
Free Enterprise Radon Mine - USA
Jachymov - Czech Republic
Jachymov 2 - Czech Republic
Jachymov 3 - Czech Republic
Merry Widow Mine - USA
Radon Health Mines - Roadside America - USA
Spa Schlema - Denmark
Radiology and Medical Physics
AAPM Medical Physics Virtual Library (includes lecture series)
FDA CDRH Publication Index - excellent
FDA recent additions and Federal Register notices
FDA guidance including Mammography Policy Guidance search engine
FDA Guidance on Electronic Products that Emit Radiation
FDA Additional Guidance - mammography
FDA Routine Compliance Testing Procedures for Diagnostic X-Ray Systems
Medical Radiography Home Page - Extensive medical radiology information
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Whole Body Scanning Using Computed Tomography
Radon
Also see BEIR Reports
American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (AARST)
Radon Information and Videos - Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Regulations
Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs)
Electronic CFRs - most up to date version of CFRs, but not "official"
State Regulations and Legislation
Respiratory Protection
NUREG-0041 Manual of Respiratory Protection Against Airborne Radioactive Material (PDF)
OSHA Respiratory Protection Advisor
Regulatory Guide 8.15 - Acceptable Programs for Respiratory Protection (PDF)
Sites with Extensive Links
Idaho State University Radiation Information Network
Radiation and Health Physics Page - University of Michigan
Software (free)
CAP88, COMPLY, PRESTO, GENII_NESHAPS - EPA Environmental Pathways Analyses Computer Codes
CD13 - Computer Program for Tissue Doses in Diagnostic Radiology
Compass - Versions 1.0 and 1.1 - software for implementing MARSSIM
DandD Software (Version 2.1) (exe file)
DCAL – EPA software system for the calculation of tissue dose and subsequent health risk from intakes of radionuclides or exposure to radionuclides
DEFT, Elipgrid, DataQuest - DQO and DQA software for decommissioning:
Deposition - software for estimating sampling line losses of particulates
Gamquest - Software can be downloaded or run online using a guest account. Identifies nuclides emitting gamma rays in specified energy range.
Hotspot - LLNL, dispersion calculations for emergency response personnel
IREP - an interactive radioepidemiological program for estimating the probability of cancer causation for exposures to radiation
Isotope Explorer
This software is available at LBL's Table of Isotopes Home Page (Isotope Explorer generates decay information, decay and deexcitation schemes.)
MILDOS - calculates dose to population due to mill taillings operations.
MIRDOSE and OLINDA/EXM (Nuclear medicine internal dose)
Center for Biokinetic and Dosimetric Research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has the following codes available for downloading: BioMod, ICRP38, Rad Toolbox, FGR13CD, DFACTS, and DCFPAK.
RADAR Medical Procedure Dose Calculator
Radiation Decay (RadDecay) (zip)
Radioactivity Calculator (on-line)
Uranium Radiation Safety Toolkit – several online calculators
Rad Toolbox - great source of data (e.g., attenuation and absorption coefficients)
The REMIT System - NRC REMIT software for occupational exposure data reports
RESRAD, RESRAD-Build and RESRAD Recycle software and supporting documentation - DOE developed software for calculating doses to public from residual contamination in buildings, soil, and recycled materials
SADA (Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance)
SRIM - IBM software for calculating range of ions in matter
Visual Monte Carlo Program (External dose Monte Carlo simulator)
Visual Sample Plan - software for aiding the design of radiological surveys
WISE Uranium Project calculators - decay, unit conversion, neutron activation etc.
Source Information
Off-Site Source Recovery Program at LANL
Photos of Radioactive Lightning Rods
Student Information
EPA's Students and Teachers Radiation Protection Page
Transportation
DOE National Transportation Documents
DOE National Transportation Program - RAM
DOT Clarification and interpretation letters - DOT clarifies regulations - ordered by section. Very useful.
Extensive Collection of Links - Radwaste .org
NUREG-5502, "Engineering Drawings for 10 CFR 71 Package Approvals" (PDF)
RADTRAN - Sandia
RAMPAC - DOE Radioactive Materials Packaging website
Sandia's Transportation Risk and Packaging page
Uranium
Depleted Uranium: Sources, Exposure and Health Effects - World Health Organization report
Guide of Good Practices for Occupational Radiological Protection in Uranium Facilities (PDF)
Health Hazards of Depleted Uranium - Royal Society
Review of Radioactivity, Military Use, and Health Effects of Depleted Uranium
Uranium Hexafluoride - a Manual of Good Handling Practices (PDF)
U.S. State Radiological Control Programs
Alabama Office of Radiation Control
Alaska Radiological Health Program
Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency
California Radiologic Health Branch
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Illinois Division of Nuclear Safety
Iowa Bureau of Radiological Health
Kentucky Radiation Health Branch
Maine Radiation Control Program
Maryland Radiological Health Program
Massachusetts Radiation Control Program
Michigan Drinking Water and Radiological Protection
Minnesota Department of Health - Radiation Control Program
Mississippi Radiological Health
Nebraska Radioactive Materials Program
Nevada Radiological Health Program
New Hampshire Bureau of Radiological Health
New Jersey Radiation Protection Program
New Mexico Radiation Control Bureau
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (rad prog)
North Carolina Division of Radiation Protection
Oregon Nuclear Safety Division
Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection
South Carolina Radiological Health
State Radiation Control Programs - Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. (under SR Control Agencies)
State Regulations and Legislation
Tennessee Division of Radiological Health
Texas Bureau of Radiation Control
U.S. State Radiation Programs - Radiation Information Network
Utah Division of Radiation Control
Virginia Radiological Health Programs
Washington State Division of Radiation Protection
Video
DOE Nuclear Weapon Test Film Clips
Internet Moving Images Archives - movies for downloading, extremely large (e.g., 50 - 100 MB) files. Check out A is for Atom 1953, About Fallout (1955) , Atom Bomb [Joe Bonica's Movie of the Month, Atomic Alert (Elementary version) 1951, Atomic Energy as a Force for Good (Parts I and II) 1955, Atomic Power at Shippingport (Part I and II) ca. 1958, Day Called X (Part I and II) ca. 1955, Duck and Cover 1951, House in the Middle 1954, Management of Mass Casualties, Part X: Management of Psychological Casualties 1958, News Magazine of the Screen: Atomic Energy 1950s, News Magazine of the Screen, ca. 1951, Medical Aspects of Nuclear Radiation 1950, Operation Crossroads (Part I and II) 1946, Operation Cue (1955) Plowshare (Part I and II) ca. 1961, Radiological Defense 1961, Stay Safe, Stay Strong: The Facts About Nuclear Weapons 1960, Survival Under Atomic Attack 1951, Taking the "X" out of X-Rays ca. 1940s Tale of Two Cities, A 1946
VCE's Quicktime clips of Nuclear Detonations
Waste-Radioactive
Chem-Nuclear Systems, Barnwell
CRCPD Assistance with Unwanted Radioactive Materials
Energy Solutions, Clive Utah (formerly Envirocare)
X-rays
X-Ray Emission Lines (PDF)
