Radiation protection in space
| Autor: | Eleanor A. Blakely, R. J. M. Fry |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Radiation Neoplasms Radiation-Induced Extraterrestrial Environment business.industry Computer science Biophysics Space (commercial competition) Space Flight Ionizing radiation Probabilistic estimation Radiation Protection Risk analysis (engineering) Risk Factors medicine Astronauts Humans Medical physics Radiation protection Safety business Risk assessment Cosmic Radiation General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Radiation and environmental biophysics. 34(3) |
| ISSN: | 0301-634X |
| Popis: | 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 our 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 with 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, including space travelers. This paper presents a brief historical perspective of the international effort to assure radiation protection in space. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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