What's New?
.	HPS and CRCPD Proclaim 8-14 November 2009 as National Radiation Protection Professionals Week
.	November Newsletter
.	NRC Academic Program Nuclear Education Grants, FY2010, Now Accepting Applications
.	November ORS
.	November Journal
.	EPA's STAR Graduate and GRO Undergraduate Fellowship Funding Now Accepting Applications

Upcoming Events
.	2010 HPS Midyear Topical Meeting Radiation Risk Communication to the Public 24-27 January 2010 Albuquerque, NM
.	2010 HPS Professional Development School Radiation Risk Communication: Issues and Solutions 27-29 January 2010 Albuquerque, NM

07 November 2009

Homeland Security

The following FAQ has been developed by our topic editors for this category:

Is Potassium Iodide a "Magic Bullet" for Radiation Exposure?

The following HPS Web page also addresses this category:

GUIDANCE FOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS FOLLOWING A RADIOLOGICAL TERRORIST EVENT Position Statement of the Health Physics Society

The following health physics questions have been answered by an expert and approved by our editors for inclusion in our "Ask the Experts" feature. Click on the question to see the answer.

Q1141	–	Protection in a nuclear war
Q1671	–	Radiation-disaster cart
Q2514	–	How close to the radiation area can we go?
Q2551	–	People Working at Airport
Q4548	–	Action after terrorist action
Q4908	–	Radiation detection equipment
Q6134	–	Why isn’t highly enriched uranium hazardous?
Q6557	–	Use of Prussian blue tablets in treatment of cesium-137
Q6773	–	Double gloving