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
- From the President: June 2019
- NCRP Releases Commentary No. 28
- ANS Receives DOE Funding to Continue STEM Education Initiative
- IRPA 15 Abstract Submission Website Open
- June CHP Corner
- 2019 HPS Annual Meeting: Plenary Session
- Short Course Listings June 2019
- 2019 HPS Annual Meeting: Would You Like to Be an Officer?
- ICRP Frees the Annals
- Upcoming HPS Meetings
- 2019 HPS Annual Meeting: AAHP Special Session
- HPJ Editor's Pick: Of Mice and Men (and Uranium)
- SAFRON Updates Newsletter
- RadTown: EPA's Radiation Education Website
Upcoming Events
- 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 - HPS Annual Meeting
4-11 July 2020
National Harbor, MD - 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