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Research plans in Europe for radiation health hazard assessment in exploratory space missions.
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Research plans in Europe for radiation health hazard assessment in exploratory space missions.

  • Walsh L Department of Physics, Science Faculty, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Schneider U Department of Physics, Science Faculty, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Fogtman A ESA-EAC, Cologne, Germany.
  • Kausch C GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Biophysics Department, Darmstadt, Germany.
  • McKenna-Lawlor S Space Technology Ireland, Ltd. Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
  • Narici L Department of Physics, University Tor Vergata, and INFN, Roma-2 Section, Rome, Italy.
  • Ngo-Anh J ESA-ESTEC, Nordwijk, the Netherlands.
  • Reitz G Nuclear Physics Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia; Radiation Biology, Institue for Aerospace Medicine, DLR, Cologne, Germany.
  • Sabatier L Fundamental Research Division, D3P, CEA, Paris-Saclay, France.
  • Santin G ESA-ESTEC, Nordwijk, the Netherlands.
  • Sihver L Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, Wien, Austria; MedAustron, Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
  • Straube U ESA-EAC, Cologne, Germany.
  • Weber U GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Biophysics Department, Darmstadt, Germany.
  • Durante M GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Biophysics Department, Darmstadt, Germany; Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany. Electronic address: M.Durante@gsi.de.
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  • 2019-05-19
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  • Life sciences in space research. - 2019
Dose limits
Risk assessment
Space radiation
Astronauts
Cosmic Radiation
Europe
Humans
Incidence
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
Radiation Dosage
Radiation Injuries
Radiation Protection
Radiobiology
Research Design
Risk Assessment
Space Flight
English The European Space Agency (ESA) is currently expanding its efforts in identifying requirements and promoting research towards optimizing radiation protection of astronauts. Space agencies use common limits for tissue (deterministic) effects on the International Space Station. However, the agencies have in place different career radiation exposure limits (for stochastic effects) for astronauts in low-Earth orbit missions. Moreover, no specific limits for interplanetary missions are issued. Harmonization of risk models and dose limits for exploratory-class missions are now operational priorities, in view of the short-term plans for international exploratory-class human missions. The purpose of this paper is to report on the activity of the ESA Topical Team on space radiation research, whose task was to identify the most pertinent research requirements for improved space radiation protection and to develop a European space radiation risk model, to contribute to the efforts to reach international consensus on dose limits for deep space. The Topical Team recommended ESA to promote the development of a space radiation risk model based on European-specific expertise in: transport codes, radiobiological modelling, risk assessment, and uncertainty analysis. The model should provide cancer and non-cancer radiation risks for crews implementing exploratory missions. ESA should then support the International Commission on Radiological Protection to harmonize international models and dose limits in deep space, and guarantee continuous support in Europe for accelerator-based research configured to improve the models and develop risk mitigation strategies.
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