Radiation and Radiation Biology

Best Information Sources

A self study a course in Radiation Biophysics at Thomas Edison State College.

Radiation and Life and introduction to radiation and its biological effects by Eric J. Hall, D.Phil., D.Sc., F.A.C.R. (Honorary)

A Los Alamos Science publication Radiation Protection and the Human Radiation Experiments. This is a very good introduction to radiation and radiation biology. This publication is available in PDF format. A free Adobe Acrobat Reader for PDF files can be found here.

Radiation and Health Physics Home Page - This is an excellent starting point for finding Health Physics information.

Radiation and Radioactivity a self paced introduction to radiation and radioactivity developed by the Student Chapter of Health Physics Society at the University of Michigan

Index to Information on the Effects of Radiation on MEDWEB

Radiation Safety Organizations

Radiation Protection HomePage.

Canadian Radiation Protection Association (CRPA/CRSO) Home Page

International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) HomePage

Health Physics Home Page

Health Physics Society Position Statement - A statement on their official positioin on the quantification of the risk for radiation doses below 10 rem.

American Academy of Health Physics

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency

Office of Radiation Protection at Oakridge National Laboratory

Chernobyl

Chernobyl and its consequences by the Kurchatov Institute. A hypertext report of the causes an sonsequences o the Chernobyl accident.

Chernobyl Ten Years On: Radiological and Health Impact. A report by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency.

Cosmic Rays

AstroWeb Index for Cosmic Rays

Cosmic ray research and information

Other World Wide Web Resources

RadEFX(sm) Radiation Health Effects Research Resource. An index to information about the health effects of radiation on the web.

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Biosciences - Medicine

RADIATION SAFETY INFORMATION COMPUTATIONAL CENTER - This organization collects and distributes radiation saftey software and information. They have very good codes for calculation of shielding.

ANS Standards - Safety standards publications from the American Nuclear Society.

Mucal on the web - Calculation of the xray absorbtion coefficients for a given element and energy.

Radiaion Effects Research Foundation A cooperative U.S. and Japanese foundation for the study of the effects of radiation of man. The followup studies on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are referenced here.

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Part 19 of Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations--Energy. The basic regulations for requirements of licencess for notices,instruction and reports required for readiation safety in the United States.

Facts and Opinions on Nuclear Power