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The following list is provided by the Outreach Department of the American Nuclear Society.

It is NOT meant to be a comprehensive web listing.  Rather, it should serve as a starting point for exploration.  Addresses may have changed since they were last checked.  No endorsement of any organization or site is intended and none should be inferred.

American Nuclear Society
http://www.ans.org/
Home page for the American Nuclear Society
http://www.aboutnuclear.org/
Nuclear Science and Technology and How It Influences Your Life
http://www.ans.org/pi/
The "public information" page of ANS; resources for teachers are found here
http://www.ans.org/pi/glossary/
A glossary of terms related to nuclear science and technology
http://www.ans.org/pi/teachers/reactions/
The online source for ReActions newsletter for teachers
http://www.ans.org/links/
Links to other sources nuclear science and technology information
Basic Information about Nuclear Science and Technology
http://www.gnep.energy.gov/gnepNuclearEnergyBasics.html
Nuclear Energy Basics from the U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.lbl.gov/abc/
"ABC's of Nuclear Science" from the Nuclear Science Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Facts and information along with experiment ideas for chemistry and physics; information
http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/chart/
Chart of Nuclides, interactive
http://particleadventure.org/other/othersites.html
A list of sites for information related to particle physics. (See related site below.)
http://particleadventure.org/
From the Particle Data Group of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Site available in several languages.
http://www.nucleartourist.com/
Virtual Nuclear Tourist with many links
http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/
Resource with information about the university's program; has many links.
http://www.uic.com.au/
Uranium Information Centre in Melbourne, Australia; has many resources on the site
http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~pchandra/physics313/Handout16.pdf
|Copy of 2005 Scientific American article about the Oklo natural reactor
http://www.discovery.com/area/skinnyon/skinnyon970212/skinny1.html
"Why We Fear Nuclear Power, Not Peanut Butter" A light-hearted, yet informative view of risk assessment and risk perception from Discovery On-Line.
http://www.world-nuclear.org/
The World Nuclear Organization presents information about nuclear power and other nuclear science and technology information.
Food Irradiation
http://www.iaea.org/programmes/nafa/d5/public/foodirradiation.pdf
Web source for booklet on food irradiation.
http://uw-food-irradiation.engr.wisc.edu/
Food Irradiation information from the University of Wisconsin Food Irradiation Education Group; site has brochures and additional information
National Laboratories
http://www.anl.gov/
Homepage of Argonne National Lab. Gee Whiz! section includes the "ask a scientist" option.
http://www.bnl.gov/
Brookhaven National Laboratory homepage
http://www.inel.gov/
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory homepage
http://www.llnl.gov/
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory homepage
http://www.lanl.gov/
Los Alamos National Laboratory homepage
http://www.ornl.gov/
Oak Ridge National Laboratory homepage
http://www.pnl.gov/
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
http://www.sandia.gov/
Sandia National Laboratory homepage
Organizations, Companies, Misc.
http://www.ansto.gov.au/
Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation
http://www.bnfl.co.uk/
British Nuclear Fuels
http://www.cna.ca/
Canadian Nuclear Association
http://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
http://www.cns-snc.ca/
Canadian Nuclear Society
http://www.ecolo.org/
Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy
http://www.iaea.org/
International Atomic Energy Agency
http://www.hps.org/
Home page for the Health Physics Society
http://www.snm.org/
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Additional Web Resources
http://www.gnep.energy.gov/
Information about the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership from the U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.sheffcol.ac.uk/links/Science/Physics/Atomic_and_Nuclear/
Page lists interesting Links for information; provided by Sheffield College, United Kingdom
http://www.radwaste.org/
Index lists many categories of info, including Teacher's Corner
http://www.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/
Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD) from the U.S. Department of Education's ACCESS ERIC. It provides search capability by topic.
http://alsos.wlu.edu/
Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
http://www.atomicmuseum.com/
Site of the National Atomic Museum
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