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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Radiation Control Health Physicist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #175 of 702. Estimated risk: 10.0%

Directly assessed by researchers as unlikely to be automatable
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AI Exposure Risk

60%

“Radiation Control Health Physicist” will maybe be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 60% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

28%

“Radiation Control Health Physicist” will almost certainly not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 28% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Physicists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Conduct research into physical phenomena, develop theories on the basis of observation and experiments, and devise methods to apply physical laws and theories.

Avg. Annual Salary $166,000
Avg. Hourly Wage $79.81
Available Jobs (US) 21,340
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Physicists #19-2012
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Physicists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Perform complex calculations as part of the analysis and evaluation of data, using computers.

  • Write research proposals to receive funding.

  • Report experimental results by writing papers for scientific journals or by presenting information at scientific conferences.

  • Describe and express observations and conclusions in mathematical terms.

  • Develop theories and laws on the basis of observation and experiments, and apply these theories and laws to problems in areas such as nuclear energy, optics, and aerospace technology.

  • Collaborate with other scientists in the design, development, and testing of experimental, industrial, or medical equipment, instrumentation, and procedures.

  • Teach physics to students.

  • Observe the structure and properties of matter, and the transformation and propagation of energy, using equipment such as masers, lasers, and telescopes, to explore and identify the basic principles governing these phenomena.

  • Design computer simulations to model physical data so that it can be better understood.

  • Analyze data from research conducted to detect and measure physical phenomena.

Technologies & Software

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  • Microsoft Office software
  • MySQL
  • Puppet
  • DeepSeek
  • Aptech Systems GAUSS
  • Sun Microsystems Java
  • Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System EPICS
  • Scribus
  • CERN Physics Analysis Workstation PAW
  • CERN ROOT
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP system
  • REDUCE
  • Database application software
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Spectroscopy software
  • Microsoft Visual Basic
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Systat Software SigmaPlot
  • Maplesoft Maple
  • Criss Software XRF11
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Ploticus
  • Python
  • SciGraphica
  • Perplexity AI
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Canu
  • VMware
  • Mathsoft Mathcad
  • Extensible markup language XML
  • Dose modeling software
  • Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
  • Eclipse IDE
  • Semantic Scholar AI
  • Amazon Web Services AWS software
  • Lenox Softworks VideoPoint
  • Xfig
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Llama (Meta)
  • xv
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Microsoft Word
  • Software development tools
  • Elicit
  • RSI interactive data language IDL software
  • Vector Fields OPERA-3d
  • Linux
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Spectral Dynamics STAR
  • C++
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Ansible software
  • Adobe Audition
  • NotebookLM (Google)
  • Scite AI
  • Grok (xAI)
  • GNU Image Manipulation Program GIMP
  • Consensus
  • Gnuplot
  • Video analysis software
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Radiation dose calculation software
  • Microsoft Visual J++
  • UNIX
  • Microsoft Windows
  • SQLite
  • C
  • Structured query language SQL
  • Synergy Software KaleidaGraph
  • Microsoft Access
  • Oracle Java
  • COMSOL Multiphysics
  • SciLab
  • JavaScript
  • Gemini (Google)
  • RibbonSoft QCad
  • National Instruments LabVIEW
  • Microsoft Azure software
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Git
  • Pascal
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Wolfram Research Mathematica
  • Perl
  • GNU Octave
  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
  • Statistical software
  • Liquid helium level sensors
  • Laptop computers
  • Two-channel fast Fourier transform FFT analyzers
  • Pistonphones
  • Optical detectors
  • Big G torsion balances
  • Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
  • Gaussmeters
  • Laboratory box furnaces
  • Annealing furnaces
  • Mickelson interferometers
  • Optical tweezers
  • Photodetectors
  • Measuring microscopes
  • Gas chromatography equipment
  • Function generators
  • Sound intensity probes
  • Visible spectrometers
  • Power amplifiers
  • Signal generators
  • Electron microscopes
  • Geiger-Muller counters
  • Optical choppers
  • Portable fast Fourier transform FFT analyzers
  • Single frequency dye lasers
  • Gamma ray spectrometers
  • Thermoluminescent dosimeters
  • High-speed video cameras
  • X ray crystallography equipment
  • Vacuum stations
  • Cryostats
  • Digital multimeters
  • Optical beamsplitting devices
  • Helium lasers
  • Isotope ratio mass spectrometers
  • Diffusion pumps
  • Scintillation probes
  • High-resolution semiconductor detectors
  • Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Microwave interferometers
  • Analog frequency analyzers
  • Galvanostats
  • Interferometers
  • High-resolution spectrometers
  • Spring scales
  • High-energy accelerators
  • Positive ion accelerators
  • Diffusion-pumped vacuum systems
  • Ionization chambers
  • Laser power meters
  • High intensity UV sources
  • Telescopes
  • Laboratory electromagnets
  • Argon ion lasers
  • Semiconductor parameter analyzers
  • Pinhole filters
  • Two-channel dynamic signal analyzers
  • Nanovoltmeters
  • Digital voltmeters DVM
  • Cyclotrons
  • Diode lasers
  • Scanning monochromators
  • Particle counters
  • Atomic force microscopes
  • Two-channel network analyzers
  • Magnetic resonance imaging MRI systems
  • Capacitance bridges
  • Vibration exciters
  • Cavity dumpers or drivers
  • Multiple diode lasers
  • Turbo-pumped vacuum systems
  • Monochromators
  • Computed tomography CT scanners
  • Magnetic force microscopes
  • Spectrum analyzers
  • Analytical balances
  • Double monochromators
  • Analog sound level meters
  • Radiofrequency RF generators
  • Neutron detectors
  • Photon counting systems
  • Accelerometers
  • Surface profilometers
  • Light scattering devices
  • Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
  • Zeeman split lasers
  • Leak detection equipment
  • Programmable phase modulators
  • Friction-force microscopes
  • Laboratory centrifugal pumps
  • X ray photoemission spectrometers
  • Radiation detecting film badges
  • Laboratory tube furnaces
  • Gas chromatography GC injectors
  • Headspace autosamplers
  • Desktop computers
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • Pulsed nitrogen lasers
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
  • Arbitrary function generators
  • Digital sound level meters
  • Personal computers
  • Optical tables
  • Digital oscilloscopes
  • Vibrating sample magnetometers
  • Helium refrigerators
  • Photometer
  • Digital plotters
  • Conditioning amplifiers
  • Linear accelerators
  • High vacuum equipment
  • Grating monochromators
  • Prism spectrometers
  • Betatrons
  • Vernier force sensors
  • Safety goggles
  • Atomic emission detectors AED
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
  • Mass spectrometers

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