Your Gateway to Radiation Safety

The Health Physics Society is a nonprofit scientific professional organization whose mission is to promote the practice of radiation safety. Since its formation in 1956, the Society has grown to approximately 6,000 scientists, physicians, engineers, lawyers, and other professionals representing academia, industry, government, national laboratories, the Department of Defense, and other organizations.

Society activities include encouraging research in radiation science, developing standards, and disseminating radiation safety information. Society members are involved in understanding, evaluating, and controlling the potential risks from radiation relative to the benefits.

Our Web site contains information on all Society activities and on HPS structure and objectives, membership, news and events, publications, education, and public information. You can join the Society or "Ask the Experts" using interactive features of this Web site.