External links

A great article by Sidney B Osborn that is fascinating reading. Perhaps a quote from the article will encourage you to read it: 'This has been a personal reminiscence of the earlier days of Medical Physics which I would not wish to inflict it on any physicist today, although life was in some ways simpler then'. The article can be found on pages 22-41.

This site takes the form of a list of dates and short statements rather than being too descriptive. It starts at 1800000 years BC and finishes around 1995. This site would be great for anyone thinking of writing an essay on the subject.

Fascinating article which starts in 1896.

This is the final (July 2005) report 'Clearance and Exemption Principles, Processes and Practices for use by the Nuclear Industry'. This is a very comprehensive document for the UK nuclear industry weighing in at over 200 pages. This code details the principles, processes, and practices that should be used when determining whether an article or material may be released from any further regulatory control (based on radiological protection considerations). The report presents a summary of regulatory background, details interactions with other legislation, outlines industry practices, describes management principles, presents clearance and sentencing processes, details statistics and discusses measurement.

A detailed look at the development of nuclear regulation in the US. This is in PDF form (and not so short!)

This link takes you to a PowerPoint presentation (this will load upon clicking the link) on radiotherapy accidents. It makes quite shocking reading and is a valuable educational resource.