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
- Overview of ANS/HPS Low-Dose Conference
- 2019 HPS Midyear Meeting Program Planning
- ICRP Main Commission in Stockholm
- Upcoming HPS Meetings
- ICRP Wants to Free the Annals
- November Journal
- From the President: November 2018
- November 2018 Short Course Listings
- November CHP Corner
- A Note to Health Physics Authors and Peer-Reviewers
- Health Physics Journal December Editor's Pick
- The Road to Health Physics in Alabama
- Presentations From ANS/HPS Low-Dose Conference
- New Health Physics Minor at North Carolina State University
- National Radiation Protection Professionals Week
- From the Archives: 1980 HPS Annual Meeting Photo
- IAEA E-Newsletter
- Free NCI Radiation Epidemiology and Dosimetry Course
- IAEA Publishes Two Safety Guides
- NRC IUP Funding Opportunities
Upcoming Events
- IAEA Conference
Security of Radioactive Material: The Way Forward for Prevention and Detection
3-7 Dec 2018
Vienna, Austria - HPS Midyear Meeting
17-20 February 2019
San Diego, CA - 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 - 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 - Ninth International Symposium on Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material
23-27 September 2019
Denver, CO - 5th Int'l Symp on the System of Radiological Protection
Mines. Medicine. Mars.
19-21 Nov 2019
Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia - IRPA15
Bridging RP Culture and Science - Widening Public Empathy
11-15 May 2020
Seoul, Korea - HPS Midyear Meeting
26-29 January 2020
Bethesda, 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