Welcome to the Health Physics Society
Find information and answers to your questions about radiation and radiation safety/protection. For many years radiation has been beneficial to human beings for medical diagnosis and therapy, scientific research, and generating electrical power. However, when used in unsafe ways, radiation can harm people. Care must be taken to properly use radiation and to minimize unnecessary radiation exposures. The health physicist's job is to manage the beneficial use of radiation. Learn more
Radiation Safety Information
Current News
- Radiation Protection Innovation Expo
- Plan a Family Vacation Around the Annual Meeting
- Three Mile Island: 40 Years Later
- 2018 HPS Salary Survey Available
- Save the Date for ICRP 2019
- Mossman Distinguished Lecture Series
- Journal Call for Papers
- Program Coming Together for 2019 HPS Annual Meeting
- HPJ: From Our Colleagues Around the World
- Short Course Listings March 2019
- Upcoming HPS Meetings
- Opening on NRC ACMUI
- DOE Technical Session at 2019 HPS Annual Meeting
- Video: John Gough Synopsis of IRPA Session at 2019 HPS Midyear
- Video: Bernard le Guen Discussion of IRPA Session at 2019 HPS Midyear
- Food Irradiation Fact Sheet Updated
- HPS Experts Provide Information on Grand Canyon Uranium
- HPS Member Kathryn Higley Interviewed About Grand Canyon Uranium
- HPS Member Craig Little Responds to Grand Canyon Radiation Issue
Upcoming Events
- NCRP 2019 Annual Meeting
1-2 Apr 2019
Bethesda, MD - 2019 Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards Annual Meeting
Strengthening the Economy and Homeland Security with Radiation Measurements and Standards
8-10 Apr 2019
Gaithersburg, MD - 2019 Canadian Radiation Protection Association (CRPA) Conference
Connecting with Communities
27-30 May 2019
Ottawa, Canada - International Conference on Radiation in Various Fields of Research (RAD 2019)
10-14 June 2019
Herceg Novi, Montenegro - HPS Annual Meeting
7-11 July 2019
Orlando, FL - Radiation Epidemiology and Dosimetry Course
9-12 Sep 2019
Rockville, MD 20850 - Annual Scientific Session of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
12-15 Sep 2019
Chicago, IL - 9th Int'l Symp on Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material
23-27 Sep 2019
Denver, CO - 5th Int'l Symp on the System of Radiological Protection
Mines. Medicine. Mars
19-21 Nov 2019
Adelaide, South Australia - HPS Midyear Meeting
26-29 Jan 2020
Bethesda, MD - IRPA15
Bridging RP Culture and Science - Widening Public Empathy
11-15 May 2020
Seoul, Korea - IRPA16
Radiation Harmonization - Standing United for Protection
6-12 Jul 2024
Orlando, FL - NRC Meeting Webcasts
- Worldwide Radiation Protection Meetings
- IAEA Nuclear Safety & Security Meetings