Table 2.
Current average effective dose and dose-rates of interest for different exposures to IR.
| On Earth | In Space | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Effective dose
(mSv) |
700–12,000 | Acute radiation syndrome (irradiation accident) | ARS during solar events? |
| 2000 | Tumor dose per fraction in radiotherapy Dose per fraction in total body irradiation |
||
| 200 | Threshold dose for solid cancer | 500 days in ISS | |
| 100 | Threshold dose for leukemia | ||
| 20 | Coronarography | 50 days in ISS | |
| 0.3–0.5 | 2 mammography views | 1 day in ISS | |
| 0.01 | 1 day for a nuclear worker | ||
| Effective dose-rate (mSv/y) | 0.5 | Radiation background in Japan | |
| 2.4 | Worldwide radiation background | ||
| 70 | Radiation background in Ramsar | ||
| 110–180 | In LEO (ISS) | ||
| 130–260 | At the surface of Mars | ||
| 110–300 | At the surface of the Moon | ||
| 500–700 | In deep space |