Welcome!

Welcome to the East Tennessee Chapter of the Health Physics Society (ETCHPS) Home Page.

The ETCHPS is a scientific and professional organization whose members specialize in occupational, environmental, and medical radiation safety. Our membership includes professionals involved in commercial, industrial, university, medical, and governmental radiation safety activities throughout eastern Tennessee. We are a regional affiliate of the Health Physics Society .

Our mailing address is:
East Tennessee Health Physics Society
PO Box 7006
Oak Ridge, TN 37831

Election of 2024 Chapter Officers Ballots accepted through Jan 5, 2024

NRRPT review course This year’s NRRPT review course is scheduled for Thursday evenings starting November 9th!  The review courses will be at the Roane State Community College-Oak Ridge Campus from 5:30 - 7:30 pm.  Please contact Rob Gionfriddo at rbgionfriddo@gmail.com to sign-up. The classes will be held in the Coffey McNally Building Room A-111. Current schedule is Thursday from 530-730 starting on November 9th - December 14th.  If you think the class will only last an hour or less we can try and schedule multiple topics/ instructors for that day. Nov 9th -  Glenn Hathaway - Medical Nov 16th - Paul Jones - Guides/Regs, Transportation, and Lasers Nov 23rd  - Thanksgiving NO CLASS Nov 30th - Justin Spence - Instrumentation Dec 7th - Vendors Meeting Dec 14th - Available (Emergency Response/preparedness, Accelerators, Dosimetry, etc) In January the QA will be held if enough interest is generated.

Upcoming Events November 14, 2023 Chapter Meeting UCOR Meat & Train Room 701 Scarboro Road, Oak Ridge Steve Zuck, former Office of Secure Transportation (OST) Steve will discuss his experience as OST commander and OST's mission December 7, 2023 Vendors Meeting Rothchild Catering & Conference Center 8807 Kingston Pike, Knoxville Announcement and Registration

Roger Cloutier's 50th anniversary history of the ETCHPS Pictures from 2022 picnic