Radiation Publications

EPA's Radiation Protection Programs have published many reports, fact sheets, lists of frequently asked questions, and other documents that contain information about various aspects of radiation protection.  Many of these documents are available electronically and can be viewed and downloaded. Others you can obtain only in hard copy.  You can locate the documents by Topics or by Programs and Projects:

• All Publications from the Office of Radiation and Indoor Air
• How to Obtain Documents

Topical Publications

• Understanding Radiation
• Protecting People and the Environment
• Becoming Aware of Radiation Sources
• Responding to Accidents and Emergencies
• Managing Radioactive Materials and Waste
• Cleaning up Radioactive Sites

Topics

Understanding Radiation 

• Radiation: Risks and Realities
  [EPA 402-K-92-004 }
• Fact Sheets on Health Effects from Ionizing Radiation:
  • Series No. 1 [EPA 402-F-98-009]
  • Series No. 2 [EPA 402-F-98-010]
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Becoming Aware of Radiation Sources

• TENORM in SW Copper Belt of Arizona [EPA 402-R-99-002]
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Managing Radioactive Materials and Waste

• Radioactive Waste Disposal: An Environmental Perspective [EPA 402-K-94-001]
• EPA-Yucca Documents
  • EPA Yucca Mountain Regulatory Documents
• EPA Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Documents
• Guidance for the Control of Radiation Hazards in Uranium Mining [FRC Rept. No. 8][about pdf format]
• The Role of Future Society and Biosphere in Demonstrating Compliance with High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Standards and Regulations[zip format]2787 KB; Proceedings from Regulators' Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 11-13, 2001
• Mixed Waste Publications
  • Profile and Management Options for EPA Laboratory Generated Mixed Waste [EPA 402-R-96-015][zip format]
  • Stabilization/Solidification Processes for Mixed Waste [EPA 402-R-96-014][zip format]
  • Resource Guide for Electrokinetics Laboratory and Field Processes Applicable to Radioactive and Hazardous Mixed Wastes in Soil and Groundwater from 1992 to 1997 [EPA 402-R-97-006][about pdf format]
  • Incineration of Low-Level and Mixed Wastes: Waste Handling and Operational Issues [EPA 402-R-93-012]

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Protecting People and the Environment

• A History of Radiation Protection at EPA:  The First 30 Years [EPA 402-B-00-001][about pdf format]
• HEAST Radionuclides Table Slope Factors
• Federal Guidance Reports
  • #1
    Report No. 1: Background Material for the Development of Radiation Protection Standards (Federal Radiation Council)[about pdf format]
  • #2
    Report No. 2: Background Material for the Development of Radiation Protection Standards (Federal Radiation Council )[about pdf format]
  • #3
    Report No. 3: Council Health Implications of Fallout from Nuclear Weapons Testing through 1961 (Federal Radiaiton Council )[about pdf format]
  • #4
    Estimates and Evaluation of Fallout in the United States from Nuclear Weapons Testing Conducted Through 1962 (Federal Radiation Council)[about pdf format]
  • #5
    Report No.5: Background Material for the Development of Radiation Protection Standards (Federal Radiation Council)[about pdf format]
  • #6
    Revised Fallout Estimates for 1964-1965 and Verification of the 1963 Predictions (Federal Radiation Council)[about pdf format]
  • #7
    Federal Radiation Council Report No. 7:
    Background Material for the Development of Radiation Protection Standards and Protective Action Guides for Strontium-89, Strotium-90 and Cesium-137 [about pdf format]
  • #8
    Guidance for the Control of Radiation Hazards in Uranium Mining (Federal Radiation Council)[about pdf format]
  • #9
    Federal Guidance Report No. 9, Radiation Protection Guidance for Diagnostic X Rays [EPA 520/4-76-019][about pdf format]
    • Background Report: Recommendations on Guidance for Diagnostic X-Ray Studies in Federal Health Care Facilities [EPA 520/4-76-002][about pdf format]
  • #10
    The Radioactivity Concentration Guides [EPA 520/1-84-010]
  • #11
    Limiting Values of Radionuclide Intake and Air Concentration and Dose Conversion Factors for Inhalation, Submersion, and Ingestion, Report No. 11 [EPA 520/1-88-020] 9/88[about pdf format]
  • #12
    External Exposure to Radionuclides in Air, Water, and Soil, Report No. 12 [EPA 402-R-93-081] 9/93[about pdf format]
  • #13
  • Cancer Risk Coefficients for Environmental Exposure to Radionuclides, - Federal Guidance Report No. 13 [EPA 402-R-99-001][about pdf format]
• Estimating Radiogenic Cancer Risks Addendum: Uncertainty Analysis [EPA 402-R-99-003] 5/99[about pdf format]
• Fate and Transport
  • Understanding Variation in Partition Coefficient, K_d, Values (Volume I & II)
  • Estimation of Infiltration Rate in the Vadose Zone:
    • Volume I[about pdf format]
    • Volume II[about pdf format]
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Responding to Accidents and Emergencies

• Ready to Respond
• EPA's Radiological Emergency Response Plan[about pdf format] return to: [top] [previous location]

Cleaning up Radioactive Sites

• Factsheets to Support Remediation of Radioactively Contaminated Sites
• Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM) Files
• Technology Screening Guide for Radioactively Contaminated Sites [EPA-402-R-96-017][zip format]
• Radiation Site Cleanup Regulatory Development Documents
• Three Multimedia Models Used at Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Sites [EPA 540-R-96-004][zip format]
• A Technical Guide to Ground-Water Model Selection at Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Substances [EPA 402-R-94-012] [about pdf format]
• Documenting Ground-Water Modeling at Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Substances [EPA 540-R-96-003][zip format]
• Environmental Characteristics of EPA, NRC, And DOE Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Substances [EPA 402-R-93-011][zip format] return to: [top] [previous location]

Programs and Projects

About EPA's Radiation Protection Program

• Radiation Protection at EPA: The First 30 Years [about pdf format]
  • Companion Poster [about pdf format]
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Program and Project Publications

• Waste Isolation Pilot PlantYucca Mountain
• Mixed Waste
• MARSSIM
• Rad NESHAPs
• Federal Guidance:
  • Presidential Documents
  • Technical Reports
• Clean Materials
• Risk Assessment
• Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials
• Emergency Response
• Cleanup: Technology & Tools:
  • Guidance & Technical Documents
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Yucca Mountain

• Reporter's Guide to Yucca Mountain 

  With funding from EPA, the National Safety Council has developed a reporter's guide to the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.To view other NSC Yucca Mountain publications, visit their Yucca Mountain page.

• Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards 

   Link to the National Academy Press to learn how you can order a copy of the Report.

• Proceedings from Regulators' Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Evironmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada: Considerations on Issues[about pdf format]21KB
  • Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada[about pdf format]44 KB
• Regulatory Documents

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TENORM

• Evaluation of Guidelines for Exposures to Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials, January, 1999. [EPA 402-R-00-01]
  EPA sponsored a National Academy of Sciences evaluation of existing methods for estimating the risk from TENORM sites and existing guidelines for cleaning them up. EPA sponsored the study at the request of Congress. NAS completed its report,
• Evaluation of EPA's Guidelines for TENORM
  EPA Report to Congress proposing plans to implement the NAS's recommendations.
• TENORM in SW Copper Belt of Arizona [EPA 402-R-99-002]
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