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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
Current News
- Nominate for ICRP Committee Membership by 31 March
- March 2021 CHP Corner
- March Products and Services Listing
- March Short Course Listing
- Happy 80th Birthday - Radioactive Iodine (RAI) Theranostics
- Health Physics Journal Page Charge Waiver Program Expanded
- Website Banner Ads and New Policy
- Registration Now Open for the First Annual Workshop
- PEP Sessions From 2020 Virtual Workshop Still Available
- News of the World - April Health Physics Journal
- Upcoming HPS Meetings
- 2022 IRPA North American Regional Congress
- ICRP 2021: Call for Abstracts
- HPS Comments on IRPA Guiding Principles
- In Memoriam: Thomas B. Borak
- New WHO National Radon Database
- ICRP Giving Away One Free Registration to ICRP 2021
- PIC Adds Web Page Minority Women in Radiation Protection
- 2020 HPS Salary Survey
- In Memoriam: Rupprecht Maushart
- Christopher Hanson Named 18th NRC Chairman
- Columbia Chapter Offers Online Health Physics Refresher Course
Upcoming Events
- 7th International Conference
Education and Training in Radiation Protection
23-26 March 2021
Virtual - 2022 IRPA North American Regional Congress
Meeting the Challenges in the Practice of Radiation Protection
20-24 February 2022
St. Louis, MO - IRPA 16
Radiation Harmonization - Standing United for Protection
6-12 July 2024
Orlando, FL - IAEA Nuclear Safety & Security Meetings
Various locations - Worldwide Radiation Protection Meetings
- NRC Meeting Webcasts