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ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH
Volume 53, Issue 1, Pages 1-7Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2013.10.018
Keywords
Space radiation dosimetry; Water shield; Dose reduction; Passive dosimeters; CR-39; TLD
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- Space Radiation Research Unit of the NIRS International Open Laboratory
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The dose reduction effects for space radiation by installation of water shielding material (protective curtain) of a stack board consisting of the hygienic wipes and towels have been experimentally evaluated in the International Space Station by using passive dosimeters. The averaged water thickness of the protective curtain was 6.3 g/cm(2). The passive dosimeters consisted of a combination of thermoluminescent detectors (TLDs) and plastic nuclear track detectors (PNTDs). Totally 12 passive dosimeter packages were installed in the Russian Service Module during late 2010. Half of the packages were located at the protective curtain surface and the other half were at the crew cabin wall behind or aside the protective curtain. The mean absorbed dose and dose equivalent rates are measured to be 327 mu Gy/day and 821 mu Sv/day for the unprotected packages and 224 mu Gy/day and 575 mu Sv/day for the protected packages, respectively. The observed dose reduction rate with protective curtain was found to be 37 +/- 7% in dose equivalent, which was consistent with the calculation in the spherical water phantom by PHITS. The contributions due to low and high LET particles were found to be comparable in observed dose reduction rate, The protective curtain would be effective shielding material for not only trapped particles (several 10 MeV) but also for low energy galactic cosmic rays (several 100 MeV/n). The properly utilized protective curtain will effectively reduce the radiation dose for crew living in space station and prolong long-term mission in the future. (C) 2013 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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