Links to Other Websites of Interest

The following list contains links to other websites that may be of interest to Health Physics Society members or to members of the general public concerned with health physics issues. The list is divided into organizations directly concerned with and supporting active programs in health physics and radiation protection and those that may have indirect interest.

1. Organizations Directly Involved with Health Physics. This list includes organizations that are directly involved in radiation protection, health physics, occupational safety, and industrial hygiene.
   
   • American Academy of Health Physics (AAHP)
   • American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
   • American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (AARST)
   • American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP)
   • American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)
   • American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
   • American Nuclear Society (ANS)
   • Canadian Radiation Protection Association (CRPA)
     
   • Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD)
     
   • International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP)
   • International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA)
   • National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP)
   • National Radon Safety Board (NRSB)
   • National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists (NRRPT)
   • Organization of Agreement States (OAS)
     
     
2. Organizations with Some Health Physics Interests. This list includes organizations that deal with some aspects of radiation science, nuclear energy, environmental science, medicine, and health risk.
   
   • American Biological Safety Association (ABSA)
   • American College of Radiology (ACR)
   • American Chemical Society (ACS)
   • American Institute of Physics (AIP)
   • American Physical Society (APS)
   • American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
   • American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)
   • Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards (CIRMS)
   • Idaho State University Department of Physics Program in Health Physics
   • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
   • National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
   • Radiation Research Society (RRS)
   • Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)
   • Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)
   • Radiochemistry Society
   • The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging (Image Gently)
      
3. Organizations Within or Related to the Health Physics Society
   • American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
   • Accelerator Radiation Safety Newsletter 
   • HPS Chapters
   • HPS Committees
   • HPS Sections
      
4. Government Agency Websites
   
   • Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (formerly Atomic Energy Control Board)
   • Center for Devices and Radiological Health
   • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Radiation Studies and Radiation Emergencies
     
   • Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
   • U.S. Department of Defense
   • U.S. Department of Energy - Low Dose Website
   • U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Health, Safety and Security
   • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Radiation Emergencies
     
   • U.S. Department of Homeland Security
   • U.S. Department of Transportation
   • Federal Emergency Management Agency
   • Government Accountability Office and Government Printing Office
   • International Atomic Energy Agency
   • Multi-Agency (Federal) Measurement Methods and Processes: MARSSIM, MARLAP, MARSAME (public review)
     
   • Occupational Safety and Health Administration
   • State Radiation Control Programs
     
   • U.S. EPA Radiation Protection Programs
   • U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Radiological Health Program
   • U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
   • U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory