title: Overview of the NASA space radiation laboratory.
abstract: The NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) is a multidisciplinary center for space radiation research funded by NASA and located at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton NY. Operational since 2003, the scope of NSRL is to provide ion beams in support of the NASA Humans in Space program in radiobiology, physics and engineering to measure the risk and ameliorate the effect of radiation in space. Recently, it has also been recognized as the only facility in the U.S. currently capable of contributing to heavy ion radiotherapy research. This work contains a general overview of NSRL structure, capabilities and operation.
authors.affiliation: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton 11973, NY, USA. Electronic address: clatessa@bnl.gov.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: La Tessa
authors.affiliation: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton 11973, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sivertz
authors.affiliation: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton 11973, NY, USA.
authors.forename: I-Hung
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.affiliation: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton 11973, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lowenstein
authors.affiliation: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton 11973, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rusek
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D063193:Heavy Ion Radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D011853:Radiobiology; D013026:Space Flight; D014481:United States; D018557:United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration
keywords: NASA; Space radiation research