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[The assessment of radiation hazards in the "MIR" and ISS orbits from the data of vehicle and personal dosimetric monitoring].

Authors :
Shafirkin AV
Akatov IuA
Arkhangel'skiĭ VV
Bondarenko VA
Kolomenskiĭ AV
Mitrikas VG
Petrov VM
Tsetlin VV
Source :
Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina = Aerospace and environmental medicine [Aviakosm Ekolog Med] 2002; Vol. 36 (1), pp. 49-55.
Publication Year :
2002

Abstract

The paper describes the procedure of estimating total radiation risk to crewmembers during lifetime and possible lifetime reduction in consequence of participation in the Mir and ISS missions in different periods of the solar activity. The procedure includes analysis of data of vehicle and personal dosimetry, and calculations of radiation doses in various Mir compartments and accumulated by body tissues of cosmonauts. Calculated doses showed good consistency with the doses measured with R-16 on board Mir and personal dosimeters. To a first approximation, estimation of doses to cosmonauts and radiation risk as a result of participation in ISS missions took into account similarity of the Mir and ISS basal modules (geometry, dimensions and mass values) and was performed with the use of the space station shielding model that had been described elsewhere. The model of ISS radiation shielding will be updated as data of dosimetry of ISS compartments and phantom studies are available.

Details

Language :
Russian
ISSN :
0233-528X
Volume :
36
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina = Aerospace and environmental medicine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
11987426