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Estimation of radiation risk for astronauts on the Moon

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The problem of estimating the risk of radiation for humans on the Moon is discussed, taking into account the probabilistic nature of occurrence of solar particle events. Calculations of the expected values of tissue-averaged equivalent dose rates, which are created by galactic and solar cosmic-ray particle fluxes on the lunar surface behind shielding, are made for different durations of lunar missions.

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  1. Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Vorob’evy gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    N. V. Kuznetsov, R. A. Nymmik & M. I. Panasyuk

  2. Institute for Nuclear Research, pr. 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    A. N. Denisov & N. M. Sobolevsky

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Original Russian Text © N.V. Kuznetsov, R.A. Nymmik, M.I. Panasyuk, A.N. Denisov, N.M. Sobolevsky, 2012, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2012, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 224–228.

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Kuznetsov, N.V., Nymmik, R.A., Panasyuk, M.I. et al. Estimation of radiation risk for astronauts on the Moon. Cosmic Res 50, 216–220 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952512030057

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