Impressions from the 2024 Japan Health Physics Society Symposium

Omaru, Aiko*; Shimizu, Hideo*; Manabe, Kentaro; Miyajima, Yasutaka*; Enomoto, Atsushi*

Hoken Butsuri (Internet), 59(4), p.196 - 201, 2024/12

https://doi.org/10.5453/jhps.59.196

On June 27 and 28, 2024, the symposium of the Health Physics Society of Japan was held online. The symposium included lectures on the purpose and activity policies of the two special study groups established in FY2024, a report from a special study group on the consideration of radioactive waste from a humanities and social science perspective whose activities have been completed, a session on risk communication by a young study group, and sessions on the recent activities of the International Radiation Protection Committee's recent activities and a session on medical exposure. This report provides an overview of each session, including the impressions of the Health Physics Society of Japan planning committee members involved in the relevant fields.