FW: Radiation protection forum

["Stabin, Michael" <michael.g.stabin@vanderbilt.edu>]

>a radiation protection forum on the Internet.  Unfortunately I did not

get anywhere with it the, BUT: There is one that has just opened by Mark

Ramsay in the UK



I put together a list of HP interactive resources, including many

bulletin-board-type forums, in September. Here's an updated listing. The

HP society is considering making it part of their web site. Any

suggestions for additions are welcome. I'll add this one in there. I am

only listing interactive resources, not web pages.



Resources for the General Public



The Health Physics Society's "Ask the Experts"

(http://hps.org/publicinformation/asktheexperts.cfm) site. Use this site

to obtain basic information about health physics. Browse lists of

previously answered questions (over 1000), read short information

summaries from over over 40 subject categories, pose a specific question

to an expert. 



The Health Physics Society's Public Information web site

(http://hps.org/publicinformation/). Read some basic information about

radiation, find information on careers and educational opportunities in

the field. 



Resources for Health/Safety Professionals



1) E-mail List Servers



The Radsafe (http://www.vanderbilt.edu/radsafe/) email list service.

Subscribe to this international closed list (~2000 members worldwide) if

you wish to obtain specific information about health physics resources,

engage in discussions of current issues with other professionals, find

employment as a health physicist, stay current with breaking news

related to the field, or other similar activities. There is a 'regular'

and 'digest' version of the list. In the regular version, you receive

all copies of all emails as they are sent to the list (about 15-20 per

day). In the digest version, you get about one email per day, with all

of the emails combined, with a subject listing for quick browsing. Also

see the Radsafe-EU and Radsafe-D lists for English and German-language

lists similar to Radsafe for European countries. Also see the ARPS

mailing list for Australians. 



The HPS Medical Section email list service

(http://hps.org/mhps/committee.htm). The Medical Health Physics Section

(MHPS) list server, medhp-sec, includes news of interest on medical HP

and carries discussions by HPs working in medical settings. It is

managed by E. Scott Medling. 



The Medical Physics Mailing List email list service

(http://lists.wayne.edu/archives/medphys.html) has approximately 3000

professional medical physicists and students in over 70 countries who

communicate with each other. 



The DOSE-NET email list service (http://www.orau.gov/ehsd/dosenet.htm)

is an e-mail server intended to promote discussion of radiation

dosimetry issues among interested parties. The list has more than 400

participants in nuclear medicine, academia, national laboratories, and

other sites worldwide. 



The AMRSO email list service

(http://www.hps1.org/sections/rso/ophpinfo/AMRSO.htm) is an informal

e-mail list server for academic and medical radiation safety officers. 



Powernet is an email list server restricted to news and technical

information exchange related to power reactor health physics. Mike

Russell (mailto:russelmj@songs.sce.com) approves membership in this

listserv. 



The VHA RSO email list service is an e-mail list server for radiation

safety officers at VHA (Veterans Health Administration) facilities. It

is managed by Thomas Schumacher (mailto:thomas.schumacher@med.va.gov). 



The RADCHL email list service

(http://www.nucleartraining.co.uk/radch.htm) is an e-mail list server

for radiochemists that has about 400 participants. Another web site that

can be used is found here. 



The GPOLISTSERV email list service (http://listserv.access.gpo.gov/)

provides mailing lists related to a number of government publications,

including the Federal Register, defense and security publications,

health care publications, and others that have relationships to

radiation protection. 



The RADONPROFESSIONALS email list service

(http://list.uiowa.edu/archives/radonprofessionals.html) is an

international discussion list for scientists & technologists

specializing in work with radon. 



2) Discussion Groups



The Yahoo health physics group

(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/health_physics/) is intended to promote

the health physics profession and to advance its position of prominence

and credibility in the workplace. It is also a place to share insight,

meet for a discussion, and find answers. 



The Yahoo Rad-UK group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rad-UK/) is a

discussion group and message board dealing with all issues pertaining to

the release of man-made ionising radiation, particularly in the UK and

Europe, but also elsewhere in the world, when relevant. 



The Yahoo Radiation Dosimetry group

(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Radiation_Dosimetry/) contains

discussions about all kinds of radiation dosimetry. 



The Yahoo Norm/Tenorm group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/norm-tenorm/)

contains discussions about properties, measurement, regulation, control

and release of Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive

Material in industry and the environment. 



The Yahoo Laser Safety group

(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lasersafetyforum/) is dedicated to

fostering information sharing among laser safety professionals, and

those interested in learning about laser safety. 



The Yahoo Alpha Beta Gamma Society group

(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GeigerCounterEnthusiasts/) is dedicated

to amateurs interested in building, collecting, repairing, modifying,

discussing, and learning about Geiger Counters and other Radiation

measuring equipment. 



The Yahoo Radiation Protection/South Africa group

(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/radprotsa/) is dedicated to the

discussion of radiation protection issues in South Africa. This is the

official list server of the South African Radiation Protection Society

(SARPS). 



The Yahoo Know Nukes group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Know_Nukes/)

is a relatively high traffic public group for discussion of all things

nuclear. This includes nuclear power (and comparisons with other power

sources), nuclear weapons, safety, food irradiation, the environmental

impacts of nuclear technology, radiation, nuclear medicine, depleted

uranium, waste, etc. 



The Yahoo EMR-EMF group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EMR-EMF/) is an

open unmoderated mailing list for the discussion of electromagnetic

radiation (EMR), including but not limited to, power line

electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and radiofrequency radiation (RFR) from

cell phones and cellular transmission towers, with particular emphasis

on the health effects of such radiation. 



The Yahoo REP Planners group

(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/REP_Planners/) is a list for discussing

radiological emergency preparedness. 



The Yahoo RETS/REMP forum (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RETS_REMP/) is

a list for exchanging information related to the Radioactive Effluent

Technical Specifications (RETS) and Radiological Environmental

Monitoring Programs (REMP) at commercial nuclear power plants.





Mike



Michael G. Stabin, PhD, CHP

Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Vanderbilt University

1161 21st Avenue South

Nashville, TN 37232-2675

Phone (615) 343-0068

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e-mail     michael.g.stabin@vanderbilt.edu

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