Information needed to make radiation protection recommendations for space missions beyond low-earth orbit / recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.

Series:

NCRP report ; no. 153.

NCRP report ; no. 153

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space environment.

Astronauts--Protection.

Astronauts.

Radiation--Safety measures--Research.

Radiation.

Radiation dosimetry.

Space vehicles--Shielding (Radiation).

Space vehicles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bethesda, MD : National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1. Executive Summary""; ""1.1 Background""; ""1.2 Space Radiation Environment""; ""1.3 Space Radiation Physics and Transport""; ""1.4 Space Dosimetry""; ""1.5 Space Radiation Biology""; ""1.6 Space Radiation Risk Assessment Methodology""; ""1.7 Major Information Needed""; ""2. Introduction""; ""3. Space Radiation Environment""; ""3.1 Galactic Cosmic Radiation""; ""3.2 Solar-Particle Events""; ""4. Space Radiation Physics and Transport""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Radiation Transport in Shielding""; ""4.3 Track Structure Models""

""4.4 Validation of Radiation Transport Codes""""4.5 Biophysics Models and Shielding Effectiveness""; ""5. Space Dosimetry""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Radiation Environment""; ""5.3 Measurement in Mixed Fields""; ""5.4 Energy Deposition Patterns for Components of the Radiation Spectrum""; ""5.5 Charged Particle Equilibrium""; ""5.6 Biological Significance""; ""5.7 Characterizing Biological Response""; ""5.8 Measurement of Fluence""; ""5.9 Measurement of Absorbed Dose""; ""5.10 Linear Energy Transfer Spectrum""; ""5.11 Measurement of Lineal Energy""; ""5.12 Rem Meters""; ""5.13 Summary""

""6. Space Radiation Biology""""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 Late Radiation Effects""; ""6.3 Early Radiation Effects""; ""6.4 Summary of Current Space Radiation Biology""; ""6.5 Summary of Needed Space Radiation Biology Information""; ""7. Space Radiation Risk Assessment Methodology""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 Late Radiation Effects""; ""7.3 Early Radiation Effects""; ""7.4 Risk to the Central Nervous System""; ""7.5 Alternative Cancer Projection Models""; ""7.6 Computational Biology and Risk Assessment""; ""8. Summary of Information Needed""; ""8.1 Space Radiation Environment""

""8.2 Space Radiation Physics and Transport""""8.3 Space Dosimetry""; ""8.4 Space Radiation Biology""; ""8.5 Space Radiation Risk Assessment Methodology""; ""Appendix A Summary Tables of Literature by Radiation Type16""; ""Glossary""; ""Symbols, Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""References""; ""The NCRP""; ""NCRP Publications""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-397) and index.

ISBN:

1-60119-905-8

1-4294-7999-X