Health Physics Resources
Researching the field of health physics? Need a one-stop location for a variety of health physics resources?
ORAU has compiled an extensive list of Internet resources that can help support your health physics project.
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- Mucal on the Web - For X-ray absorption coefficients
- Hubbell’s Tables of X-Ray Mass Attenuation Coefficients and Mass Energy-Absorption Coefficients
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- Australasian Radiation Protection Society
- Australia - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
- Australian Uranium Association
- 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 - Radiation Protection
- European Commission Documents - Decommissioning
- Finland - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority
- France - Nuclear Energy Agency
- Hungary - Atomic Energy Authority
- India - Department of Atomic Energy
- 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
- Japan - Radiation Effects Research Foundation
- Sweden - Swedish Radiation Protection Authority
- United Kingdom - Society for Radiological Protection
- United Kingdom - Health Protection Agency (formerly National Radiological Protection Board)
- United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR)
- World Nuclear Association
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- 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)
- Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD)
- Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Department of Transportation (DOT)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Radiation Protection Programs
- Health Physics Society (HPS)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Isotopes Project Home Page
- National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP)
- NCRP Reports Listing
- 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 Energy Institute
- 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 Research Society
- 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 – Extensive set of links
- Society of Nuclear Medicine
- U.S. Transuranium and Uranium Registries
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- Electron Binding Energies
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab – Internal conversion coefficients, binding energies, fluorescent yields, x-ray intensities, auger electron intensities
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- Decay Data Home Page: Table of Isotopes
- Lund Nuclear Data Chart
- Map of the Nuclides - Graphical interface to various types of nuclear data
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- Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable - Field Sampling and Analysis Technologies Matrix
- HPS Decommissioning Section
- ISCORS Parameter Source Catalog - Info about input parameters to DandD, GENII and RESRAD codes
- MARLAP - Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols Manual
- NUREG 1501 Background as a Residual Radioactivity Criterion for Decommissioning (PDF)
- NUREG 5512 V2 Residual Radioactive Contamination From Decommissioning: User’s Manual DandD Version 2.1 (PDF)
- NUREG 5512 V3 Residual Radioactive Contamination From Decommissioning Parameter Analysis (PDF)
- NUREG 5512 V4 Comparison of the Models and Assumptions Used in the DandD 1.0, RESRAD 5.61, and RESRAD-Build 1.50 Computer Codes with Respect to the Residential Farmer and Industrial Occupant Scenarios Provided in NUREG/CR-5512 - draft (PDF)
- NUREG-5849 Manual for Conducting Radiological Surveys in Support of License Termination - draft
- NMSS Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance, NUREG 1757 (PDF)
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- 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.
- Search for DOE Documents - General
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- Hanford Internal Dosimetry Project Manual (PDF)
- Methods and Models of the Hanford Internal Dosimetry Program Manual (PDF)
- 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)
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- AAPM Newsletter
- American Journal of Roentgenology
- BELLE Newsletter (Biological Effects of Low Level Exposures)
- ICRU News
- IAEA Bulletin - Quarterly Journal
- Institute of Physics - full text versions of selected feature articles from several physics journals
- Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- NRC Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) Licensee Newsletter
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- 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
- EPA’s Radiological Emergency Response Program
- FEMA Emergency Management Institute - check out independent study link especially modules IS-3, IS-195, IS-301, Q-534
- FEMA US Fire Administration
- Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism
- National Radiological Emergency Preparedness Conference - Information and Proceedings
- NRC Response to Emergencies
- Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS)
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- DOE Environmental Regulatory Guide for Radiological Effluent Monitoring and Environmental Surveillance (14 MB PDF)
- 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
- 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
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- 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 by Laurie Unger and D.K. Trubey. ORNL/RSIC-45/RI (83 pages, 5.8 MB PDF).
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- Glossary from IonActive
- Why Did They Call It That? - The Origin of Selected Radiological and Nuclear Terms
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- ORAU Health Physics Instrumentation Museum Library Library
- Alsos - Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
- Los Alamos History Page
- 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
- 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
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- American Journal of Roentgenology
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- Epidemiology
- Health Physics Society Journal
- Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
- Journal of the ICRU
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- Journal of Radiological Protection
- Medical Physics
- Nuclear News
- Operational Radiation Safety
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry
- Radiation Research
- Radwaste Solutions
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- NASA Radiation Effects and Analysis home page
- Nuclide Safety Data Sheets - North Carolina Chapter of the Health Physics Society
- Radionuclide Safe Handling Guides
- 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.)
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- Cosmic Radiation - NASA
- 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)
- TENORM.com
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- NUREGs
- NUREGs BR Series (brochures)
- NUREGs CP Series (conference proceedings)
- NUREGs CR Series (contractor reports)
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- Colorado State University Radiation Control Office
- Iowa State University - Radiation Safety
- Penn State Environmental Safety and Health
- Princeton University
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Radiation Control
- UMass Lowell - Radiation Safety Office
- University of Missouri at Columbia - Radiation Safety
- University of North Carolina - Radiation Safety Office
- University of Vermont - Radiation Safety
- University of Rhode Island - Radiation Safety Office
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- AAPM Medical Physics Virtual Library (includes lecture series)
- FDA CDRH Publication Index
- FDA recent additions and Federal Register notices
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- CAP88, COMPLY, PRESTO, GENII_NESHAPS - EPA Environmental Pathways Analyses Computer Codes
- DCAL – EPA software system for the calculation of tissue dose and subsequent health risk from intakes of radionuclides or exposure to radionuclides
- Gamquest - Software can be downloaded or run online using a guest account. Identifies nuclides emitting gamma rays in specified energy range.
- IREP - an interactive radioepidemiological program for estimating the probability of cancer causation for exposures to radiation
- MARSSIMPower2000
- RADAR Medical Procedure Dose Calculator
- Radioactivity Calculator
- 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
- VARSKIN
- Visual Monte Carlo Program
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- DOT Clarification and Interpretation Letters - DOT clarifies regulations ordered by section. Very useful.
- Extensive Collection of Links - Radwaste.org
- NUREG-1608 Categorizing and Transporting Low Specific Activity Materials and Surface Contaminated Objects (PDF)
- NUREG-1660, “U.S. Specific Schedules of Requirements for Transport of Specified Types of Radioactive Material Consignments” (PDF)
- NUREG-5502, “Engineering Drawings for 10 CFR 71 Package Approvals” (PDF)
- NUREG-6407, “Classification of Transportation Packaging and Dry Spent Fuel Storage System Components According to Importance to Safety” (PDF)
- RAMPAC - DOE Radioactive Materials Packaging website
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- Alabama Office of Radiation Control
- California Radiologic Health Branch
- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
- Florida Radiation Control
- Illinois Division of Nuclear Safety
- Iowa Bureau of Radiological Health
- Kansas Radiation Section
- Kentucky Radiation Health Branch
- Maine Radiation Control Program
- Maryland Radiological Health Program
- Michigan Drinking Water and Radiological Protection
- Minnesota Department of Health - Radiation Control Program
- Mississippi Radiological Health
- Nebraska Radioactive Materials Program
- Nevada State Health Division
- New Hampshire Radiological Health Section
- New Jersey Radiation Protection Program
- New Mexico Radiation Control Bureau
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (rad prog)
- Oklahoma
- Oregon Nuclear Safety Division
- Oregon Radiation Protection
- Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection
- South Carolina Radiological Health
- 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
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- X-Ray Emission Lines (PDF)
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