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
Current News
- PEP Sessions From 2020 Virtual Workshop Still Available
- Call for Abstracts for 2021 HPS Annual Meeting
- Deadline for Student Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants
- Chairman Kristine Svinicki Announces Her Intent to Depart the NRC
- NCRP Statement No. 13 Available
- A Health Physics Feast - February Health Physics Journal
- ICRP Releases Two Highly Anticipated Publications
- January 2021 CHP Corner
- Be a Guest Contributor for Versant Physics Blog
- Call for Nominations for the Joyce P. Davis Memorial Award
- New Management Company and Secretariat for AAHP and ABHP
- January 2021 Short Course Listings
- New Cell Phones and 5G Technology Fact Sheet
- CRCPD Update on ROSS Program
- Radiation Safety in the Use of Nuclear Gauges
- Newly Elected Officers and Board Members to Take Office in July
- ICRP Extends Recovery Conference Until 18 December 2020
- HPS Comments on Reporting Nuclear Medicine Injection Extravasations as Medical Events
- New Videos From Public Information Committee
- Upcoming HPS Meetings
Upcoming Events
- IRPA 15
Bridging RP Culture and Science - Widening Public Empathy
18-22 January 2021
Seoul, Korea - 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