Evaluating Shielding Approaches to Reduce Space Radiation Cancer Risks
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................................................................................................................................... iv 1.0 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 Basic Concepts in Radiation Protection and Shielding .................................................... 1 2.1 Shielding of Galactic Cosmic Rays ...................................................................... 2 2.2 Shielding of Solar Particle Events ........................................................................ 7 2.3 Novel and In-situ Shielding Materials .................................................................. 9 2.4 Shielding Performance Tests ................................................................................ 9 3.0 Cancer Risk Projection Model.......................................................................................... 10 3.1 Adjusting U.S. Cancer Rates for Never-Smokers Cancer Estimates .................... 11 3.2 Space Radiation and Organ Exposures ................................................................ 13 3.3 Uncertainty Analysis ............................................................................................ 19 3.4 Shielding Performance Tests ................................................................................ 21 4.0 Results and Discussion ..................................................................................................... 22 5.0 Conclusions ..... ............................................................................................................... 23 6.0 References ........................................................................................................................ 33 Evaluating shielding approaches to reduce space radiation cancer risks (NASA TM-2012-217361). Cucinotta FA, Kim MYH, Chappell LJ. https://three.jsc.nasa.gov/articles/CucinottaKimChappell0512.pdf. Date posted: 06-01-2012.
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