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Radiation Fact Sheets

General Radiation Fact Sheets Acronyms (PDF) Background Radiation Natural versus Man-Made (PDF)  Biological Effects from Acute Exposure (PDF) Contamination versus Irradiation (PDF)   Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Emergency Response and the Office of Radiation Protection (PDF)  How Do We Compare Activity and dose?  How Many PicoCuries in a chest X-Ray? (PDF) How is Dose Measured? (PDF)   How to Reduce Exposure to Radiation - Time, Distance and Shielding (PDF)   Medical Uses for Radioactivity (PDF) Mobile Phone Use - see Non-Ionizing Radiation Nuclear Fission (PDF) Nuclear Weapon Detonation (PDF) Office of Radiation Protection Roles and Responsibilities (PDF) The Peaceful Atom (PDF) Potassium Iodide  (KI) (PDF) Radiation Terms and Definitions (PDF)   Transportation and Packaging (PDF) What is Ionizing Radiation? (PDF) What You Should Know if There is an Attack Involving Radioactive materials (PDF)

Technical Radiation Fact Sheets  Am-241 (PDF) Biological Effects from Acute Exposures (PDF)  Co-60 (PDF) Cs-137 (PDF) Hospital Preparations for Receiving Contaminated Patients (PDF) I-131 (PDF) Mo-99 (PDF)     Plutonium (PDF) Polonium-210 (PDF) Ra-226 (PDF) Sr-90 (PDF) Tc-99m (PDF)  Th-232 (PDF) Uranium (PDF)  Uranium-233 at the Hanford Nuclear Site (PDF) What is Radioactive Decay? (PDF) What Responders Need to Know About Radiation (PDF) Why We Don't Report "Zeros" When Measuring Radioactivity (PDF)

 

Non-Ionizing Radiation

 

The impact of non-ionizing radiation is constantly being researched and we do not have resources to keep the information current in our publications.  We consider the links below to provide credible and up-to-date information.

 

Electromagnetic Fields (EMF)

• Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity - World Health Organization

• Exposure to Extremely Low Frequency Fields - World Health Organization

Microwave Ovens

• Microwave Ovens - U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Mobile Phone

• Cell Phones and Cancer Risk - National Cancer Research

• Mobile Phone Base Stations and Health - UK Department of Health

• Radiofrequency Safety - Federal Communications Commission

• Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) for Cellular Telephones - Federal Communications Commission

Radiation Information Links

• NRC About Radiation - About Radiation, Frequently Asked Questions

• Radiation and Life - World Nuclear Association

• Rad-Pro Calculator - Decay Calculations

• Web Elements - History, Uses and Properties of Elements

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