CNL's Low Dose Radiation Webinar Series
Around the globe, the nuclear industry is working to address public feelings of uncertainty on how low doses of radiation affect human health. The researchers investigating the health effects of being chronically exposed to low dose radiation (LDR) play a key role in this effort to provide transparent and science-informed answers.
CNL’s Low Dose Radiation Webinar Series gives leading researchers further platform to share their work and findings, with viewers tuning in from around the world to learn more. The series is supported by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Health Canada, and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.
Join us for a webinar on April 29 at 12 p.m. ET
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Radiobiology Issues for Extended Lunar & Mars Missions
CNL is pleased to welcome Dr. Francis A. Cucinotta, a Distinguished Professor of Health Physics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).
He worked for NASA from 1990-2013 in several positions, including radiological health officer for spaceflight and manager and chief scientist for the Space Radiation Research Program. Dr. Cucinotta was NASA’s Manager for the construction and operation of the NASA Space Radiation Lab (NSRL) at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
His areas of research include nuclear and space physics, DNA damage and repair, systems biology, normal tissue effects, and cancer and central nervous system risk assessments. He developed the astronaut exposure data base of organ doses and cancer risk estimates for all human missions from Mercury and Apollo to the International Space Station (ISS). He led NASA’s biodosimetry program for the ISS and discovered the association of increased incidence of cataracts in astronauts due to low doses of space radiation.