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
- 2021 HPS Conference Swag Store
- Support the HPS and Win a Bucket List Vacation - Win/Win!
- National Academies Seeking Nominations to Committee Reviewing Analysis of Hanford
- IAEA Releases E-learning Courses on Radiation Protection of Workers
- In Memoriam: Franz Schoenhofer
- National Academies to Plot Course for DOE Low-Dose Radiation Research Program
- IAEA Publication on RP During Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations
- Foster Speaks at Webinar on Microwaves at Havana Embassy
- HPS History Corner: Madam Curie in America 100 Years Ago
- May 2021 CHP Corner
- IAEA Publication on Protection Against Radon and Gamma Radiation Exposure
- ICRP 2021 Accepting e-Posters
- Western New York Chapter News
- Medical Health Physics Section News
- May Short Course Listing
- PEP Sessions From 2020 Virtual Workshop Still Available
- Upcoming HPS Meetings
- Cincinnati Radiation Society News
- New Study Finds No Excess Mutations in the Children of Chernobyl Survivors
- IAEA First International Conference on Nuclear Law: The Global Debate
- Searching for Historic Information on Col. John Pickering
- In Memoriam: Robert Brent
- 2021 HPS Annual Meeting: Going Hybrid!
- Karam Contributes to Radio Show and Articles
- In Memoriam: John A. Auxier
- Registration Now Open for the First Annual Workshop
- Some Quick Thoughts on Messaging and Communicating for Health Physicists
- Updating the HPS In Memoriam Web Page
- Inside the Beltway: HPS Legislative Achievements in COVID-19 Year
Upcoming Events
- UK Society for Radiological Protection webinar
Ionising Radiation Metrology Forum
9 June 2021 - all day
virtual - Australian Radiation Protection Society
Legacy and Innovation in Radiation Protection
13 - 16 September 2021
Canberra Rex Hotel, Australia - 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 - NRC Meeting Webcasts
- Worldwide Radiation Protection Meetings