Collection of online resources of radiation (Overseas)

Online resources on scientific reports related to radiation monitoring

• Data of the Fukushima Daiichi NHK

    A daily compilation of scientific reports on the radiation measured in the waters and air around Fukushima Plant.

    http://www9.nhk.or.jp/kabun-blog/500/

• radiation in daily life + Reading of the radiation rate (done by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan with the cooperation of universities on September 1, 2011)

   http://radioactivity.mext.go.jp/en/monitoring_by_prefecture_environmental_radioactivity_level_universities/2011/09/11846/index.html

• Monitoring Information of Environmental Radioactivity Level by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan

    Includes official reports on the monitoring of radioactivity level (I-131, Cs-134, Cs-137) of the drinking water of each prefecture in Japan, environmental radioactivity monitoring by prefecture, seawater radiation map around Fukushima, dust/soil sampling, at schools in Fukushima, etc

    http://radioactivity.mext.go.jp/en/

• USA Department of Energy: Radiological Assessment of effects from Fukushima Daiichi

    http://energy.gov/situation-japan-updated-051311

On radiation maps

• NHK radiation map of Japanese land and sea

Contains measurement on per prefecture basis in 7-day time series.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/genpatsu-fukushima/houshasen/index.html

• Detailed radiation and wind speed/direction map within Fukushima Prefecture

http://www.nhk.or.jp/fukushima/wind/index2.html

• Japan Geigermap

Map of geiger counter measurements throughput Japan. Data uploaded by enthusiasts in the public (unofficial data).

http://japan.failedrobot.com

• google map Fukushima Daiichi

Google map (satellite mode by default)) looking directly above the Fukushima nuclear plant

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-powerplant/view/?service=0

On news related to Fukushima accident and aftermaths

• Timeline of nuclear plant accidents

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13047267

• Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident (Since 11 March 2011)

An agglomeration of info on Fukushima nuclear power plant accident

https://sites.google.com/site/hko20110311/

• Asahi Shimbun (has English version)

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201109010373.html

• Mainichi Shimbun (has English version)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20111102p2g00m0dm008000c.html

• NHK

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/

On general education in radiation

• Radiation emergencies fact sheet (from USA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Fact sheet on radiation measurement units, general info about radiation, biological risk, etc.)

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B38wyXVW9_kBNDFjZjZlMzYtMThjNS00ZGExLTk3YjUtZWEyMzQ4ZmMyMjkx&hl=en_US

• Radiation (from Matthew Wong at PolyU)

Talks about types of radiation, definitions of measurement units, radioactive sources (e.g. radon, granite, etc.)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jR7B2XYxKkqOl1y_6EZcT3HXtNrRWllnkCN-5BMaFxk/edit?hl=en_US

• Radon information (from US Environment Protection Agency)

http://www.epa.gov/radon/

• Nuclear power mapped

A map with animated timeline showing the spread of nuclear power plants across the world beginning from year 1955

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13159407

• Q&A: Health effects of radiation exposure

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12722435

• Health Physics Society website

Includes info on radiation or radiation safety for the public, students, teachers, etc. (info grouped acccording to those categories)

http://hps.org/sciencesupport/

• IAEA Annual Report for 2010

I think there are quite some useful info on the recent development of nuclear energy in this report.

http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Reports/Anrep2010/index.html

• CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) website

Contains info like guidelines on what to do for the general public in case of radiation emergencies in USA, health effects and treatment, FAQ on I-131 in surface water and milk, Cs-137, KI, etc.

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/japan2011.asp

• You and Radiation: What You Can Do

http://www.epa.gov/radiation/protect/index.html

On instrumentation related to radiation monitoring

• Instruments (prepared by Matthew Wong at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Info on different types of radiation measuring instruments: geiger counter, proportional counter, scintillation counter, Lucas cell, semiconductor detector, and radiation dosimeters.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JKso72PWo0LrLojoTIARcMO1fK5kGbbo6HvsFZyL3Fw/edit?hl=en_US

• Radon test kit

http://www.epa.gov/radon/radontest.html

• Geigermap wiki

Includes list of affordable geiger counters; tutorial for setting up your own geiger counter and creating a feed to an open database.

http://geigermaps.jp/Main_Page

• Homemade setup for radiation measurement

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzzIMtFLy0I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TheQAtmWrqM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ly0Luezzr0

• Info on Radiation detector from various manufacturers (prepared by Matthew Wong at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B38wyXVW9_kBNDk5M2M0YTAtYTNmZi00NTFkLTk4NTktZWM0MzFkZmRjZWUy&hl=en_US