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
- Jason Davis Joins REAC/TS
- Public Meeting on "Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal"
- John Lakey Dies
- Discontinuation of Rulemaking Activity
- Free or Discounted NCRP Reports and Commentaries Offered to HPS Members
- Salary Survey Deadline Extended
- October ORS
- October Journal
- New Radiochemistry Track at IIT
- New Slide Presentation on Health Physics Careers
- October Newsletter
- New NCRP Reports Benefit
- Sievert Award Nominees Sought
- NRC Request for Comments
- 10 CFR 835 Update to Appendices
- HPS on Twitter
- Annual NCRP Meeting
Radiation Responsibility in Medical Imaging
5-6 March 2018
Bethesda, MD - Sixth International Conference on Radiation and Applications in Various Fields of Research (RAD 2018)
18-22 June 2018
Ohrid, Macedonia - NRC Meeting Webcasts
- Worldwide Radiation Protection Meetings
- IAEA Nuclear Safety & Security Meetings
