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Report No. 132 - Radiation Protection Guidance for Activities in Low-Earth Orbit (2000)  Price: $50 PDF (AAPM Members FREE) Category: Reports The purpose of this Report is to: (1) examine the new information about radiation environments in space, especially the radiation environment within vehicles in low-earth orbit (LEO), (2) to assess the risks to both women and men of various ages exposed to radiation in the light of the current risk estimates of excess cancer and other radiation effects, and (3) update the radiation protection recommendations given in NCRP Report No. 98 (NCRP, 1989). Other NCRP reports will deal with extrapolation of radiation risks from other biological systems to humans, biological research needs for deep space missions, evaluation of fluence and microdosimetric techniques as the basis for a radiation protection system for astronauts, and an operational radiation safety program for astronauts. Scientific Committee: R.J. Michael Fry, Chairman E. John Ainsworth Eleanor A. Blakely John D. Boice, Jr. Stanley B. Curtis Charles E. Land Donald E. Robbins Warren K. Sinclair Lawrence W. Townsend |
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