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
- July 2020 Products and Services Listing
- July 2020 Short Course Listing
- Polonium-210 Fact Sheet Updated
- SAFRON Internship
- Free NCI Radiation Epidemiology and Dosimetry Course
- Christopher T. Hanson and David A. Wright Sworn in by NRC
- Treasurer's Message About Tesla
- HPS Board News: Annual Meeting Virtual Alternative
- Low-Dose Radiation as a COVID-19 Treatment
- IAEA Expands SAFRON to Improve Safety in Radionuclide Therapy
- Airport and Security Screening Systems Fact Sheet Updated
- Passing of Allen Brodsky
- In Memoriam: Richard V. Griffith
- Mark Your Calendar: IRPA North American Congress
- IAEA Scrap Metal Tool Kit
- Young Professionals NORM2020 Essay Contest
- In Memoriam: John B. Little
- Back to the Laboratory - July Health Physics Journal
- HPS2020 Shirts for Sale by BWCHPS!
- SAFRON Update and Webinar
- RadResponder Offers Webinars
- EFRS Webinar Series on Radiation Protection
- Plenary Sessions: HPS 2020 Midyear Meeting
- Kayla Stinson Receives Research Award at 2019 HPS Annual Meeting
- BWCHPS Highlights From the 2020 HPS Midyear Meeting
- Upcoming HPS Meetings
Upcoming Events
- IRPA15
Bridging RP Culture and Science - Widening Public Empathy
18-22 January 2021
Seoul, Korea - IRPA16
Radiation Harmonization - Standing United for Protection
6-12 Jul 2024
Orlando, FL - IRPA North American Congress
Meeting the Challenges in the Practice of Radiation Practice
February 20-24, 2022
St. Louis MO - IAEA Nuclear Safety & Security Meetings
Various locations - Worldwide Radiation Protection Meetings
- NRC Meeting Webcasts