US Government
The following government agencies all provide regulations
for the safe use of radiation:
Department of Energy
- Defense Nuclear
Facilities Safety Board
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Department of Transportation
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Food and Drug Administration
- Occupational Safety and Health
Agency
- Department of Defense
- Government Accounting Office and
Government Printing Office
- FEDWorld (Covers
most departments, some reports, documents, FAQ, job line)
- FEDIX (Index
of federal info, documents for review, files)
- Regulations, Codes, Orders
and Laws (CFRs, DOE Orders, etc.)
Department of Energy
- The DOE provides regulations for DOE National Labs and test facilities.
Their portion of the CFRs is 10CFR part 200-1000.
- General Information and Overview
- National
Laboratories
- DOE Reports Bibliographic
Database
- Office
of Health and Environmental Research
- Defence programs
- ES&H
Support
- ESnet - The Energy Science Network
- Radiological
Control Technical Position Documents
- Environment, Safety and Health
InfoCenter
- U.S. Department of Energy's NEPA
Web
- Office of International Health
Programs, Environment Safety & Health
- Access to DOE Radiation Exposure
Information
- DOE Laboratory Accreditation Program
(INEL)
- ES&H TIS Radiation
Reports (Dose reports, Radcon manual, Evaluations)
- Online
Approved DOE Technical Standards
- DOE's Radiological
Control Coordinating Committee (RCCC)
- DOE orders and directives
- Department of
Energy Lessons Learned Information
News
- DOE's 1996 Baseline Environmental
Management Report (BEMR)
- DOE Press Release on
Research on Human Subjects
- DOE OpenNet
DataBase
- DOE Data Base on Human Radiation
Experiments
- Current Reports and Press Releases
from the U.S. Department of Energy
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- The NRC provides regulations for NRC license holders, including power
generation facilities, hospitals and universities . Their portion of the
CFRs is 10CFR part 0-199.
- NRC Information
once found at Fedworld Web Site
- Health
Physics Questions and Answers Based on the 10 CFR Part 20 Database
- Health
Physics Positions Based on the 10 CFR Part 20 Database
- Occupational Radiation
Exposure at NRC Licensed Facilities
- NRC Reference Library:
(NUREG-series reports, inspection manual and reports, Systematic Assessment
of Licensee Performance (SALP)reports, etc
- NRC Office of State
Programs
- NRC Offices
and Field Offices Information
- NRC information
notices
- NRC Regulations (10 CFR, NUREG, Reg guides, Fed
regster)
News
- Access to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bulletin
Board Systems
- NRC Technical Issues
Papers and Fact Sheets
- NRC Latest News
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Department of Transportation
- The Department of Transportation regulates the shipment of radioactive
materials in the United States. Their portion of the CFRs for radiation
protection can be found under CFRs is 49CFR parts 170-175
News
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Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA publishes ALI and DAC information, effect dose equivalents, and
regulations on emissions and releases of radioactive materials. gases. It
also controls the SuperFund Clean Up programs. Their portion of the CFRs
for radiation protection can be found under 40CFR parts 61, 141, 190, 192,
220-229, 440
-
- Local Offices
- EPA Provided
Software
- Rules, Regulations and Legislation
- Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response
- Radiation Site Cleanup
Regulation HomePage
- Office of Radiation & Indoor
Air, Radiation Protection Division
- Office of Radiation and Indoor Air
News
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Food and Drug Administration
Food and drug Administration sets standards for the use of lasers (21CFR)
and other non-ionizing radiations, food irradiation, and pharmaceuticals.
Their portion of the CFRs for radiation protection can be found under 21CFR
1000
-
- Center For Devices and
Radiological Health
News
- FDA News
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA regulates the control of radioactive material in the work place
that are not controlled by the DOE or the NRC. They also control overall
safety of the work place, including physical, chemical, sound and light
hazards including non-ionizing radiation. Their portion of the CFRs for
radiation protection can be found under 29CFR parts 1910, 1926
- NIOSH
- OSHA
Standards & Related Documents
- OSHA Computerized Information Center
- OSHA Publications
& Electronic Products
News
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Department of Defense
- DOD regulates some of the control of radioactive material in the military.
- DOD ES&H
News
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Government Accounting Office
GPO Direct
To access GAO reports as FULL TEXT ASCII electronic files from the Government
Printing Office (GPO) Access via a WAIS (Wide Area Information Search) database,
follow these steps:
Note: PDF (Portable Document Format) files are available only via WWW
or a WAIS client.
Via WWW:
- 1) Go to: http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/gpo/
- 2) Select GAO database (near bottom of 2nd screen),
- 3) perform search for document(s). For example, a KEYWORD search on
a subject: "Welfare Reform", OR a KEYWORD search on a report
number:> reportnum="HEHS-95-58" (must use quotes in searches).
- 4) use the "m" command to mail the file to yourself.
Via TELNET:
- 1) TELNET to: swais.access.gpo.gov;
- 2) login as > gao (must be lower case);
- 3) perform search for document(s). For example, a KEYWORD search on
a subject: "Welfare Reform", OR a KEYWORD search on a report
number:> reportnum="HEHS-95-58" (must use quotes in searches).
- 4) use the "m" command to mail the file to yourself.
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