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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"human radiation"”.
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Reducing human radiation risks on deep space missions
… uses a systems engineering approach to address radiation exposure risks for humans on the first missions to Mars. Alternatives are reviewed in the areas of Mars mission architectures, various shielding technologies, and medical treatment options to help mitigate the risks of radiation doses …
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Ethics in Technical Communication: Historical Context for the Human Radiation Experiments
… analyzes the history and documentation of the human radiation experiments of the 1940s through the 1970s. Research propositions included clarifying the link between medical documentation and technical communication by reviewing the literature that links the two disciplines from the ancient …
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Mechanisms for automated toolhead changing in nuclear steam generator robotics
… The result should be a significant reduction in human radiation exposure and reduced steam generator service time.
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Characterizing canine dose from external beam irradiation
… that compliments efforts aimed at characterizing human CT dose. This retrospective study focuses on characterizing the internal dose to a canine brain from a CT scan to a canine body. Organ specific doses were directly measured using an ion chamber placed within a physical canine anatomic phantom. …
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Co-production of Science and Regulation: Radiation Health and the Linear No-Threshold Model
The model used as the basis for regulation of human radiation exposures in the United States has been a source of controversy for decades because human health consequences have not been determined with statistically meaningful certainty for the dose levels allowed for radiation workers and the …