Estimation of radiation risk for astronauts on the Moon

• DOI: 10.1134/s0010952512030057
• Publication Date: 2012-06-01T03:21:10Z
• Authors: N. V. Kuznetsov; R. A. Nymmik; M. I. Panasyuk; A. N. Denisov; N. M. Sobolevsky
• Keywords: Solar energetic particles; Particle (ecology)

The problem of estimating the risk of radiation for humans on the Moon is discussed, taking into account the probabilistic nature of occurrence of solar particle events. Calculations of the expected values of tissue-averaged equivalent dose rates, which are created by galactic and solar cosmic-ray particle fluxes on the lunar surface behind shielding, are made for different durations of lunar missions.