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- Accelerators
All types of accelerators, accelerator-produced radiation fields, accelerator radiation shielding, accelerator radiation detection instrumentation, accelerator radiation safety syetem interlocks accelerator material radiation damage and accelerator-induced radiation.
- Cell Phones, Radiofrequency Radiation, and Powerline Fields
Questions about health effects of cell phones and cellular networks, microwaves and radiowaves, radar, satellites, etc. Also included are questions about health effects of power line or extremely low frequency (ELF) fields, household appliances, and medical devices that use pulsed magnetic fields.
- Consumer Products
Smoke detectors, watches, clocks, glow in the dark items, ceramics, and other things that contain or may contain radioactivity that you might purchase.
- Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Disposal
Decommissioning of equipment and nuclear sites, release criteria, and associated guidance. Radioactive waste disposal of all types - low level waste, high level waste, mixed waste, etc.
- Environmental and Background Radiation
Broad category covering everything from radon to granite counter-tops to NORM and TENORM. If you want to learn more about radiation in the environment, then select this category.
- History of LNT - Dr. Edward Calabrese Documentary
- Homeland Security
Nuclear weapons, nuclear devices, fallout, long term effects of nuclear weapons, consequence managment, emergency response, terrorist events, RDDs, etc.
- Industrial Radiation
Broad category that covers all industrial applications of radiation - sterilization, food irradiation, industrial radiography, etc. Also covers human exposures from industrial radiation.
- Instrumentation and Measurements
Radiation detection equipment, instrument selection, calibration, surveys and measurements, personnel monitoring, etc.
- Lasers, Infrared, and Ultraviolet Radiation
Lasers and infrared radiation. This includes natural and man-made sources of these types of radiation, and possible health effects.
- Medical and Dental Equipment and Shielding
Medical and dental equipment and shielding, including questions about lead aprons and other protective gear.
- Medical and Dental Patient Issues
Dose and risk from diagnostic x-rays, fluoroscopy and CT scans, dental x-rays, radiation therapy procedures, etc. If you've had a procedure and are concerned, select this category. Concerns regarding pregnancy or effects on embryo/fetus should be submitted under another category, Pregnancy and Radiation.
- Nuclear Medicine Patient Issues
Dose and risk from diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine procedures. If you've had a nuclear medicine procedure and are concerned, select this category. Concerns regarding pregnancy or effects on embryo/fetus should be submitted under another category, Pregnancy and Radiation.
- Nuclear Power
Nuclear power, nuclear reactors, currently operating reactors, new reactor designs, etc. (For reactor accidents, see Radiation Accidents.)
- Other
Check out the "Other" category for topics not listed here!
- Popular Culture and Radiation
Radiation in the media, e.g. HBO's Chernobyl, Pandora's Box, etc. Did you see a mention of radiation in the media and want to know if it is scientifically accurate? Check here to see if we've done an analysis already. If not, submit your question to us!
- Pregnancy and Radiation
Radiation exposure while pregnant or trying to conceive, effects of radiation on the embryo/fetus, flying while pregnant, etc. Radiation effects on children.
- Radiation Accidents
Nuclear power accidents such as Chernobyl or Fukushima; criticality accidents; radiation released to the environment. Current condition of locations and products impacted by the radiation.
- Radiation Fundamentals
Basic information about radiation: types of radiation, radiation quantities and units, basic terminology, radiation doses and dose calculations, etc.
- Radiation Materials Science
Radiation effects on materials, not humans. If your question relates to the interaction of radiation with matter, a broad subject that covers many forms of irradiation and many types of materials, components and equipment, check out this category.
- Regulations, Policies, and Standards
Radiation regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines published by the U.S. NRC, U.S. EPA, NCRP, ICRP, and other national and international organizations.
- Security Screening
Airport screening, baggage screening, vehicle screening, other types of security screening. Exposure to pets, luggage, and people where these types of systems are utilized.
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