[Radiation risk for astronauts during space flights on board the space station "MIR"]

Described is the algorithm for calculating the radiation risk to cosmonauts on orbital missions during different solar phases. The algorithm and the Fortran calculation program lie in the basis of presented radiation risk estimations for orbital manned missions of varying duration. The dependence of in-flight radiation risk on mission length, solar phase, and cosmonaut's age was analyzed. Magnitudes of radiation risk to cosmonauts were compared with the national demographic risk of male lethality over a similar period of time.