ACORDE: A new application for estimating the dose absorbed by passengers and crews in commercial flights

Asorey, H.; Suárez-Durán, Mauricio; Mayo-García, Rafael

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110752

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“…Application COde for the Radiation Dose Estimation, ACORDE, tool was discussed, based on computations made for over 300 flights. These also included flights falling during the period of GLE 73 [48]. Estimations of the effective dose at flight heights during fifteen GLEs, among them the two strongest ones: GLEs 5 and 69 were presented.…”

Section: Radiation Environment At Earth and Near Earthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rapporteur Talk: Solar and Heliospheric

Gil

2023

Proceedings of 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2023)

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This rapporteur paper summarizes the 127 contributions on solar and heliospheric physics (i.e. the SH sessions) presented during the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference in Nagoya. Presented works covered a range of topics concerning updates on methods and instruments allowing cosmic rays measurements. Progress done in the modeling of modulation, acceleration and propagation of cosmic rays within the heliosphere was discussed. During the oral presentations and posters variety of topics were discussed. Among them there were deliberated such topics as changeability observed in the galactic cosmic rays (GCR) flux on the ground, i.e. GCR diurnal anisotropy, Forbush decreases, mid-and long-term GCR periodicities. Solar energetic particles (SEP) and ground level enhancements (GLEs) observational and modeling results were presented. Calculation of radiation dose for airplane passengers and crew, as well as astronaut, were reported. Moreover, historical reconstructions were discussed.

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Section: Radiation Environment At Earth and Near Earthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rapporteur Talk: Solar and Heliospheric

Gil

2023

Proceedings of 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2023)

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“…Leveraging the capabilities of ARTI, we developed ACORDE [7], a framework that automatically and unsupervised calculates the expected integrated dose a person would receive during a commercial flight. Distinct from existing methods, ACORDE conducts dedicated and intensive Monte Carlo simulations to estimate the secondary radiation at each point along the flight track and its interaction with the aircraft and human tissues on a flight-by-flight basis.…”

Section: Acordementioning

confidence: 99%

“…For instance, at an altitude of ℎ = 37, 000, the difference between 𝑋 2 and 𝑋 Std is 12.5 g cm −2 ≃ 1.3 kPa (∼ 5%). These differences can exceed 15% for near-polar flights [7]. We also determined the EMF at each waypoint.…”

Section: Pos(icrc2023)1360mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Significant differences were observed in these flights, with average absolute and relative differences of 47.5 ± 10.9 𝜇Sv and 48.2 ± 5.1%, respectively. Comprehensive information about these flights is provided in the supplementary material of this work [7].…”

Section: Calculating Onboard Radiation Dosesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thanks to advancements in computational power and modelling tools, more precise calculations of atmospheric radiation are now possible. This paper summarises the current developments of ACORDE (Application COde for the Radiation Dose Estimation), an automated framework that integrates these advancements to provide precise dose calculations along commercial flights [7].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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ACORDE: A new method to calculate onboard radiation doses during commercial flights

Mayo-García¹,

Asorey²,

Suárez-Durán³

2023

Proceedings of 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2023)

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Atmospheric radiation is primarily produced during the interaction of high-energy cosmic rays with the atmosphere. At typical flight altitudes, the integrated flux of secondary particles can easily reach up to hundreds of thousands per square meter per second. This ionizing radiation constitutes a risk factor for radiation exposure for crew members, passengers, and avionics during commercial flights. Different methods have been implemented in the past two decades to estimate the dose during commercial flights. The main advantage of these methods is their low computing demand, as they rely on precalculated libraries and interpolate or extrapolate the expected doses during predefined commercial routes. However, their estimations may not be accurate enough. In this work, we present ACORDE (Application COde for the Radiation Dose Estimation), a new framework to estimate the dose onboard flights by exploiting Monte-Carlo capabilities on current HPC and cloud-based facilities. The actual route of any commercial flight is obtained from public trackers and is segmented. The expected secondary flux is calculated along each segment by considering local and real-time atmospheric and geomagnetic conditions. This modulated flux of ionizing radiation is propagated through a Geant4 model of the used aircraft and an anthropomorphic phantom to compute the total dose. The flexibility of ACORDE allows us to calculate not only the actual dose but also other effects such as the impact of course or altitude changes during a particular flight, providing valuable information that could assist in operational decision-making.

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