Accelerator-produced radiation fields, radiation shielding or instrumentation, or radiation safety.
Health effects of nonionizing radiation such as cell phones, 5G, radar, satellites, powerline fields, or microwaves.
Smoke detectors, watches, clocks, glow in the dark items, ceramics, and other things that contain or may contain radioactivity that you might purchase.
Decommissioning of equipment and nuclear sites; radioactive waste disposal of all types.
Radiation in the environment, including radon, granite counters, NORM and TENORM.
Nuclear weapons or dirty bombs, fallout, emergency response.
Industrial applications of radiation – sterilization, food irradiation, industrial radiography.
Radiation detection equipment, instrument selection, calibration, surveys and measurements, personnel monitoring.
Health effects and other questions about lasers, infrared radiation, and ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
Medical and dental equipment and shielding, including questions about lead aprons and other protective gear.
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.
Dose and risk from diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine procedures. If you’ve had a nuclear medicine procedure and are concerned, select this category.
Nuclear power, nuclear reactors, currently operating reactors, new reactor designs, fusion machines.
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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? Ask here!
Effects of radiation exposures on the pregnant individual or embryo/fetus while trying to conceive, pregnant, or breastfeeding.
Any nuclear accident such as Chernobyl or Fukushima. Current conditions of the surrounding areas.
Types of radiation, radiation quantities and units, basic terminology, radiation doses and dose calculations.
Radiation effects on materials, components, or equipment.
Radiation regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines published by the U.S. NRC, U.S. EPA, NCRP, ICRP, and other national and international organizations.
Airport screening, baggage screening, vehicle screening, other types of security screening. Exposure to pets, luggage, and people where these types of systems are utilized.
