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
- December 2020 Products and Services Listing
- December 2020 Short Course Listing
- November 2020 CHP Corner
- Time's Running Out to Register for 2020 HPS Virtual Workshop Sessions
- 2020 Chapter and Section Council Meeting Videos Available
- In Memoriam: Rupprecht Maushart
- Public Information Committee: New Nonionizing Radiation Video
- Save the Dates! - May Annual Workshop
- Did You Know . . .
- We Remember - December Health Physics Journal
- 2022 IRPA North American Congress
- There's Still Time to Be Part of the 2020 HPS Virtual Workshop
- ICRP Publication 144 Now Available
- IRPA 15: Registration Fees Reduced
- Radium City, A History of America's First Nuclear Industry
- Upcoming HPS Meetings
- Radiation Safety Position Open at IAEA
- Welcome Our Incoming Webmaster Ramesh Reddy Bobbu
- Two ICRP Draft Reports Open for Public Consultation
- New ICRP Publication Now Available
- NCRP Commentary No. 30 on Organ Doses for Medical Workers Now Available
Upcoming Events
- IRPA 15
Bridging RP Culture and Science - Widening Public Empathy
18-22 January 2021
Seoul, Korea - IRPA North American Congress
Meeting the Challenges in the Practice of Radiation Practice
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