Learn the Issues

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  • Environmental Response Laboratory Network

    The ERLN as a national network of laboratories that can be ramped up as needed to support large scale environmental responses. It integrates capabilities of existing public and private sector labs, providing consistent capacity and quality data.

  • Explore Sources of Radiation Downtown

    Learn more about consumer products that use or contain radioactivity. Visit RadTown, the Environmental Protection Agency’s radiation education website to learn more about radiation in the world around us.

  • Transporting Radioactive Material

    Learn more about the ways the United States secures radioactive material while it is transported. Visit RadTown, the Environmental Protection Agency’s radiation education website to learn more about radiation in the world around us.

  • Sources of Electric and Magnetic Radiation

    Learn more about the different ways non-ionizing radiation is used in our daily lives. Visit RadTown, the Environmental Protection Agency’s radiation education website to learn more about radiation in the world around us.

  • Radiation Sources at Construction Sites

    Learn how radiography, nuclear gauges and other radiation sources are used in construction. Visit RadTown, the Environmental Protection Agency’s radiation education website to learn more about radiation in the world around us.

  • Sources of Radiation in Mining Activities

    Learn more about radioactive byproducts and wastes that come from mineral extraction, processing or mining. the Visit RadTown, the Environmental Protection Agency’s radiation education website to learn more about radiation in the world around us.

  • Radiological Emergency Response and Preparedness

    Learn more about radiation emergencies and radiation emergency preparedness. Visit RadTown, the Environmental Protection Agency’s radiation education website to learn more about radiation in the world around us.

  • Cleaning Up Radioactively Contaminated Sites

    Learn more about cleanup sites that have radioactive material. Visit RadTown, the Environmental Protection Agency’s radiation education website to learn more about radiation in the world around us.

  • Radiation Sources at Waste Sites

    Learn more about radioactive and nuclear waste. Visit RadTown, the Environmental Protection Agency’s radiation education website to learn more about radiation in the world around us.

  • Sources of Natural Radiation at the Park

    Learn more about background, or natural, radiation that comes from outer space and Earth’s crust. Visit RadTown, the Environmental Protection Agency’s radiation education website to learn more about radiation in the world around us.

  • Sources of Radiation Used in Power Generation

    Learn more about power generation methods that produce or use radioactive or nuclear material. Visit RadTown, the Environmental Protection Agency’s radiation education website to learn more about radiation in the world around us.

  • Radiation Sources in Schools

    Learn about how radioactive material or radiation may be used in schools. Visit RadTown, the Environmental Protection Agency’s radiation education website to learn more about radiation in the world around us.

  • Use of Radiation in Military Activities

    Learn more about the ways that the military uses nuclear material. Visit RadTown, the Environmental Protection Agency’s radiation education website to learn more about radiation in the world around us.

  • Radiation Sources in a House

    Learn more about where you might use radiation in your home, like in ionization smoke detectors. Visit RadTown, the Environmental Protection Agency’s radiation education website to learn more about radiation in the world around us.

  • Radiation and Medical X-rays

    A medical x-ray produces an image that can help find injuries—like broken bones—in the body. Different imaging procedures use different amounts of radiation. For the average American, medical x-rays are their largest source of man-made radiation exposure

  • RadTown Radiation Exposure: Teacher Information

    Radiation is energy that travels in the form of waves and makes up the electromagnetic spectrum. The electromagnetic spectrum is divided into two major categories: ionizing radiation and non-ionizing radiation.

  • CWA-309(a)-19-007: Guam Industrial Services Inc. dba “Guam Shipyard”

    Consent Agreement and [Proposed] Final Order (Proposed CA/FO) between EPA Region 9 and Guam Industrial Services Inc. to resolve a civil administrative penalty proceeding under Section 309(a)(3) of the Clean Water Act. Docket No. CWA-309(a)-19-007.

  • The WaterSense Current: Spring 2021

    The WaterSense Current is a quarterly update dedicated to news and events related to WaterSense.

  • CWA-309-2019-0002/RCRA-09-2019-0043: American Samoa Shipyard Services Authority and Territory of American Samoa

    Clean Water Act Administrative Order on Consent (CWA-309-2019-0002) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Administrative Order on Consent (RCRA-09-2019-0043) issued to the American Samoa Shipyard Services Authority and Territory of American Samoa.

  • Frequent Questions: Radiation Protection

    View questions and answers related to radiation protection.

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