title: Proposal for a new radiation dose control system for future manned space flights.
abstract: Radiation risk on a future long-duration manned space mission appears to be one of the basic factors in planning and designing the mission.  Since 1988 different active dosimetric investigations has been performed on board the MIR space station by the Bulgarian-Russian dosimeter-radiometer LIULIN and French tissue-equivalent proportional counters CIRCE and NAUSICAA.  A joint French-Bulgarian-Russian dosimetry experiment and the dosimetry-radiometry system RADIUS-MD have been developed for the future MARS-96 mission.  On the base of the results and experience of these investigations a conception for a new radiation dose control system for the future orbital stations, lunar bases and interplanetary space ships is proposed.  The proposed system which consists of different instruments will allow personal radiation control for crew members, radiation monitoring inside and outside each habitat, analysis and forecasting of the situation and will suggest procedures to minimize the radiation risk.
authors.affiliation: Solar-Terr. Influences Laboratory, Sofia, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Semkova
authors.lastname: Dachev TsP
authors.lastname: Matviichuk YuN
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Koleva
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Baynov
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Tomov
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Botolier-Depois
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Nguen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lebaron-Jacobs
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siegrist
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duvivier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Almarcha
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Petrov
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Shurshakov
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Makhmutov
mesh_terms: D003359:Cosmic Radiation; D006801:Humans; D011522:Protons; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011835:Radiation Protection; D011874:Radiometry; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D019445:Solar Activity; D013026:Space Flight; D013686:Telemetry
chemical_list: D011522:Protons