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Health Physics Section of the Roland Eötvös Physical Society, Hungary
50 YEARS OF THE HEALTH PHYSICS SECTION OF THE ROLAND EÖTVÖS
PHYSICAL SOCIETY
The Health Physics
Section of the Roland Eötvös Physical Society, Hungary was founded in March of
the year of 1962. The number of members in the time of foundation was as much
as 85, mainly specialists in radiation protection. The main goal of the Section
was and still is: to provide a forum for people working in radiation protection
in Hungary in order to assure safe application of ionizing radiation and atomic
energy.
Our Section was one of
the Societies founded the IRPA (International Radiation Protection
Association). The founding IRPA Congress was held in Rome (September 1966) with
participation of 15 societies representing 20 countries. Professor L. Bozóky,
the president of the Hungarian Health Physics Section became one of the six
members of the first IRPA Executive Council.