Radiation protection in space
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
The challenge for planning radiation protection in space is to estimate the risk of events of low probability after low levels of irradiation. This work has revealed many gaps in the present state of knowledge that require further study. Despite investigations of several irradiated populations, the atomic-bomb survivors remain the primary basis for estimating the risk of ionizing radiation. Compared to previous estimates, two new independent evaluations of available information indicate a significantly greater risk of stochastic effects of radiation (cancer and genetic effects) by about a factor of three for radiation workers. This paper presents a brief historical perspective of the international effort to assure radiation protection in space.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (United States); Societe Francaise de Radioprotection, 75 - Paris (France); Centre National d`Etudes Spatiales (CNES), 75 - Paris (France)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400; AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 25033
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9403155-2; ON: DE95007368; TRN: 95:008319
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Heavy ions research: space, radiation, protection and therapy, Sophia-Antipolis (France), 21-24 Mar 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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