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Crew members onboard commercial airlines are exposed to cosmic ionizing radiation at flight altitude from galactic sources. These exposures over time have a potential to adversely impact health. An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will conduct a study on radiation exposure to crew members aboard commercial airlines for select flight paths. The committee will consider existing literature and data, as well as current computational methods, to evaluate and estimate radiation exposure of flight crew and the potential health outcomes from radiation exposure. Potential mitigation methods will also be considered.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers: Working Group Meeting - December 5, 2025
- December 5, 2025
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EST)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This working group meeting was to discuss considerations for risk management.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers Meeting 4 (Part 1)
- December 3, 2025
- 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM (EST)
- Meeting
- Past
Please join the National Academies on December 3, 2025 for an information-gathering session on radiation exposure to flight crewmembers aboard commercial airlines. The committee on assessing radiation...
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers: Working Group Meeting - November 13, 2025
- November 13, 2025
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This working group meeting was to discuss considerations for epidemiology.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers: Working Group Meeting - November 12, 2025
- November 12, 2025
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EST)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This working group meeting was to discuss risk mitigation.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers: Working Group Meeting - November 10, 2025
- November 10, 2025
- 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM (EST)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This working group meeting was to discuss literature for study reference.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers: Working Group Meeting - November 7, 2025
- November 7, 2025
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (EST)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This working group meeting was to discuss aspects of computational modeling and evaluation of computational codes to assess radiation exposure.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers Meeting 3 (Part 2)
- November 3, 2025
- 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (EST)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will host a closed meeting for internal discussions on working group evaluations and gauge report progress and needs.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers: Working Group Meeting - October 31, 2025
- October 31, 2025
- 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM (EDT)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This working group meeting was to discuss literature for study reference.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers: Working Group Meeting - October 28, 2025
- October 28, 2025
- 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM (EDT)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This working group meeting was to discuss literature for study reference.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers Meeting 3 (Part 1)
- October 27, 2025
- 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will host a closed meeting for internal discussions on working group evaluations and gauge report progress and needs.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers: Working Group Meeting - October 23, 2025
- October 23, 2025
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This working group meeting was to discuss aspects of computational modeling and evaluation of computational codes to assess radiation exposure.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers: Working Group Meeting - October 15, 2025 (Afternoon subgroup meeting)
- October 15, 2025
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This working group meeting was to discuss considerations for epidemiology.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers: Working Group Meeting - October 15, 2025 (Morning subgroup meeting)
- October 15, 2025
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This working group meeting was to discuss literature for study reference.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers: Working Group Meeting - October 10, 2025
- October 10, 2025
- 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This working group meeting was to discuss literature for study reference.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers: Working Group Meeting - October 8, 2025
- October 8, 2025
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This working group meeting was to discuss literature for study reference.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers Meeting 2
- September 29 - 30, 2025
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will hear from representatives of aviation labor organizations, union, and professional societies to learn about the communities perspectives regarding occupational radiation exposure.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers: Working Group Meeting - September 18, 2025
- September 18, 2025
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This working group meeting was to discuss considerations for epidemiology and flight paths.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers: Working Group Meeting - September 17, 2025
- September 17, 2025
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This working group meeting was to discuss literature for study reference.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers: Working Group Meeting - September 12, 2025
- September 12, 2025
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (EDT)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This working group meeting was to discuss aspects of computational modeling and evaluation of computational codes to assess radiation exposure.
Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers - Meeting 1
- September 3, 2025
- 1:00 PM - 2:35 PM (EDT)
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will hear from the sponsoring agency on their perspective of the statement of task and receive public comments submitted for consideration to the study. This is an all virtual meeting. I...