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Assessment of Strategies for Managing Cancer Risks Associated with Radiation Exposure During Crewed Space Missions

The committee will review and assess NASA’s space radiation risk management process as it relates to long-term cancer risks due to radiation exposure during crewed space missions. An ad hoc committee ...
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Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers

Crew members onboard commercial airlines are exposed to cosmic ionizing radiation at flight altitude from galactic sources. These exposures over time have a potential to adversely impact health. An ad ...
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act finally passes Congress

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It’s been a long time coming in the fight for to compensate more people sickened by radiation exposure in the name of national security in the U.S. No one knows that better than ...
CNN

Radiation exposure drug maker says it is ramping up supply in Europe

Russia’s refusal to rule out nuclear war has put the world in an unsettling reality: The unthinkable is suddenly a possibility – if extremely remote. One drugmaker, Partner Therapeutics, isn’t waiting ...
SpaceNews

Report backs NASA proposal to change astronaut radiation exposure limits

WASHINGTON — A National Academies committee has endorsed a NASA proposal to change the radiation exposure limits the agency sets for its astronauts but cautioned that the revised limit is still ...