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RADIATION MEASUREMENTS
Volume 59, Issue -, Pages 84-93Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2013.05.008
Keywords
Area PADLES; Exp PADLES; International Space Station (ISS); Japanese Experiment Module Kibo; Space radiation dosimetry; CR-39 PNTD; TLD
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The measurement of radiation environmental parameters in space is essential to support radiation risk assessments for astronauts and establish a benchmark for space radiation models for present and future human space activities. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is performing a continuous area radiation monitoring experiment using the PAssive Dosimeters for Lifescience Experiments in Space (PADLES) system inside the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo on board the International Space Station (ISS). The PADLES dosimeter consists of thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) and CR-39 plastic nuclear track detectors (PNTDs). JAXA has run the Area PADLES experiment since the Kibo module was attached to the ISS in June 2008, using 17 dosimeters in fixed locations on the Pressurized Module (PM) and the Experiment Logistics Module-Pressurized Section (ELM-PS) of Kibo, which are replaced every 6 months or every Increment, respectively. For three monitoring periods, known as Area PADLES experiment series #1 to #3, of 301, 180, and 232 days in June 2008 to April 2010 over ISS Increments 17 to 22, the average absorbed dose (dose equivalent) rates of 12 positions in the PM of Kibo were 319 +/- 30 mu Gy/day (618 +/- 102 mu Sv/day), 276 +/- 30 mu Gy/day (608 +/- 94 mu Sv/day), and 293 +/- 33 mu Gy/day (588 +/- 84 mu Sv/day), respectively. The radiation measurement in the ELM-PS was conducted in only Area PADLES experiment series #3 from August 2009 to April 2010 (232 days) over ISS Increments 21 to 22, the average absorbed dose (dose equivalent) rates of 5 positions was 297 +/- 28 mu Gy/day (661 +/- 65 mu Sv/day). The directional dependence of the radiation field was also investigated by installing PADLES dosimeters located in the zenith of ELM-PS of Kibo. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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