The (20th) NSFS Conference will start at lunch 27th August and closes at lunch 29th August 2025 in the city of Lillehammer, Norway.
Update: second announcement is now available.
Nordic Society for Radiation Protection – NSFS
The Nordic Society for Radiation Protection (NSFS) was founded in 1964, on the initiative of Professor Rolf Sievert. NSFS is composed of board members and ordinary members from all Nordic countries that arrange a Congress in the hosting country each fourth year. More information can be found here.
NSFS – an important forum for radiological protection (RP)
At a webinar in June 2024, celebrating the 60th anniversary of NSFS, Jack Valentin and Sören Mattson presented highlights from the history of the society. The presentation can be found here.
The presentation is also the basis for an article to be published later.
Minutes from General Assembly 2024
The General Assembly for the Nordic Society for Radiation Protection for 2024 took place December 17th at 14:00 CET. The meeting was arranged virtually in Teams.
The minutes from the meeting are now available.
Continue readingPersonal dosimetry in Norway
This document has been prepared by NSFS Working group within medical radiation in Norway. The document shows a compilation of experiences and assessments from hospitals and veterinary services in Norway on who uses and who needs to use personal dosemeters. The document is intended as an aid to the radiation protection advisers/radiation safety officers and others who have questions regarding the use of dosimetry.
The document is in Norwegian.
December 2024 IRPA Bulletin is now available online!
Some of the highlights of this issue include:
- Profiles of the new IRPA Executive Committee members will be running over the next few issues, starting with Hielke Freerk Boersma
- The behind-the-scenes story of the Australian Radiation Protection Society’s successful bid for IRPA 18. Definitely a must-read for any society looking to host IRPA 19!
- An update from the IRPA Task Group on Women in Radiation (WiR)
Upcoming IRPA events
7th European Regional IRPA Congress, Liverpool, England, June 1-5, 2026
IRPA 17 Congress, Valencia, Spain, May 28 – June 2, 2028
SRP 60 year Jubilee
The latest issue of the free magazine Radiation Protection Today celebrates the Diamond Jubilee of Society for Radiological Protection (SRP).
Radiation Protection Today magazine
The UK Society for Radiological Protection now publishes a magazine Radiation Protection Today twice a year. Each issue has 40 pages of features and articles and all the issues are available at www.srp-rpt.uk
Continue readingNSFS webinar on Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents
Perspectives from Russia, Japan and the radiation safety authorities in the Nordic countries
NSFS presented a webinar on the 27th of May 2021. Please read the flyer for more information about the program.
The presentations are now available on the website.
Continue readingIRPA Webinar on ‘Fukushima accident, 10 years on’ is now available for offline viewing
In the beginning of April, IRPA invited everybody to a webinar dedicated to the Health consequences of the Fukushima accident, 10 years on, focused on 2 items:
- Health monitoring program of the evacuated population and affected population
- The thyroid screenings
The webinar is now available for viewing at any time.
Please note:
- The webinar will not start immediately, but 54 second into the recording
- You may change the layout on the screen and increase either the video or the ppt file as you want
Detailed information on the contents of the webinar is given in the flyer.
