Committee on Radiological Protection in Space. 1999-2000 Report

This Committee's summary report, issued in December 2001, involves followings: Activities in 1999 and 2000 (Committee members, Proceedings and lectures, and National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) committee and its role in relation to other organizations like National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)); Lecture presentations (Cosmic radiation studies-2 presentations concerning the human body in space flight and direction of space radiation research, Space environment and radiation protection-4, concerning the concept of the standard for space radiation exposure, effective measurement equipments for dose evaluation of space radiation, space radiation environment (solar particle release), and practical neutron monitoring and Biological effects in space-6, concerning the research experiences of the biological effects in space, radiation biology research facility using accelerator in US Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), bone metabolism in space (effects of heavy particles), characters of the mutation in radiation induced carcinogenesis, genetic effects of low-dose radiation and topics of radiation biology (genome characterization and radiation sensitivity)); Future direction (Mission for human space activities and Radiation protection in aircrafts); and Appendices (The committee rule, Strategic program plan for space radiation health research of NASA, Translation and Report of NIRS Workshop 2000, 2nd International NIRS Workshop on dose-response relationship of particle beams). (N.I.)