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
- Quality Assurance for Radon Measurements Webinar
- In Memoriam: Glenn P. Glasgow
- Radium City: A History of America's First Nuclear Industry
- IRPA 15 Poster Abstract Submissions Due 31 December
- J. Scott Kirk Receives Nuclear Service Award
- 2020 HPS Midyear Meeting Registration Open
- HPS Meetings: Staying at the Conference Hotels
- Health Physics Journal Editor's Note
- Short Course Listing November 2019
- Baltimore-Washington Chapter Hosts Nuclear Science Merit Badge Program
- In Memoriam: R. Thomas Bell
- October 2019 CHP Corner
- Vermont Becomes 39th NRC Agreement State
- ICRP 2019 Keynote Speaker Astronaut Robert Thirsk
- NNSA Administrator Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty Interviews, Part II
- Homeland Security Section 2019 Service Award
- Upcoming HPS Meetings
- 2019 Superior Civilian Service Award
- 2019 Young Military Health Physicist of the Year Award
- 2019 John C. Taschner Leadership Award
- HP Brothers at 2019 HPS Annual Meeting
- Health Physics Society Board at 2019 HPS Annual Meeting
- 2019 HPS Fellows
- Illinois Tech Health Physics Program at 2019 HPS Annual Meeting
- Chelation Special Session at 2019 HPS Annual Meeting
- Public Information Committee at 2019 HPS Annual Meeting
- Interview With NNSA Administrator Gordon-Hagerty
Upcoming Events
- 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 - 10th International Conference on Isotopes
3-7 Feb 2020
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - IRPA15
Bridging RP Culture and Science - Widening Public Empathy
11-15 May 2020
Seoul, Korea - Canadian Radiation Protection Association (CRPA) Meeting
9-11 June 2020
Winnipeg, Canada - HPS Annual Meeting
5-9 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
Various locations