Medical Countermeasures Against Radiological and Nuclear Threats

Resources and Links

• FDA Corner
• Bioshield

Government Sites

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• What To Do in an Emergency
• Radiation Studies
• Acute Radiation Syndrome—A Fact Sheet for Physicians

• Strategic National Stockpile

Department of Energy (DOE)

• Low Dose Radiation Program

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

• Radiation Event Medical Management (REMM) Web Site

• Project Bioshield

• Office of Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures (OPHEMC)
• Disasters and Emergencies

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• Be Informed—Radiation Threat

Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)

• Safeguard America and Its Allies From Weapons of Mass Destruction

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Radiation Protection News Room

Executive Office of the President (EOP)

• Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
• Center for Devices and Radiological Health
• Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
• The FDA "Animal Rule"

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

• Nuclear Blast Guidance
• Nuclear Power Plant Emergency 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

• Space Radiation Analysis Group

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

• Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
• Radiation Research Program

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• General Radiation Information

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

• Ionizing Radiation Division

National Laboratories

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI)

•  Laboratory Web Site

Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

• Space Radiation Program

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

• Life Sciences Division

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)

• Researchers Looking at the Biological Effects of Radiation

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

• Laboratory Web Site

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

• Laboratory Web Site

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

• Areas of Research

Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)

• Nuclear Weapons

Organizations and Universities (Non-Government Sites)

American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP)

National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP)

National Space Biomedical Research Institute (Radiation Effects)

Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)

• Health Physics Resources

Radiation Effects Research Foundation

Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS)

Radiation Research Society (RRS)

Washington State University

• Low Dose Radiation Research Site (DOE funded)
• United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries (The National Radiobiology Archive) 

World Health Organization

• Ionizing Radiation Site

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