European Space Radiation Shielding Workshop 2026

Session

Irradiation Facilities

18 Jun 2026, 14:20

ESCAPE Tennis Hall (ESA / ESTEC)

20. RADNEXT 2030 - Europe’s coordinated access to radiation effects testing facilities

Gerd Datzmann

18/06/2026, 14:20

Full length presentation (~20 mins)

Radiation hardness qualification of electronic components, boards, systems and shielding material relies on specialized irradiation facilities capable of reproducing realistic radiation environments, including heavy ions, protons, neutrons, gamma rays, and electrons. These facilities are typically operated by research institutions and provide irradiation services to industry, space agencies,...

14. Accelerator beams (protons, electrons, light ions) and monoenergetic neutron sources for space radiation research and radiation shielding testing

Carlos Granja (VSB - Technical University Ostrava)

18/06/2026, 14:45

Full length presentation (~20 mins)

A wide range collection of particle accelerators and neutron sources in Czech Republic provide well-defined particle beams and reference radiation sources of energies and intensities found in LEO orbit and outer space. They are suitably used for space radiation research, detector calibration and radiation shielding testing. Collectively, the facilities provide (i) protons in the range 100 keV...

7. Past, present and future of shielding measurements at GSI and FAIR - Lessons learned

Christoph Schuy (GSI)

18/06/2026, 15:10

Full length presentation (~20 mins)

As one of the few accelerators worldwide capable of providing high energy heavy ions similar to the radiation environment in space, GSI has a long-standing history in ground-based, space-relevant radiation research in life sciences, nuclear physics, detector technologies, and electronics testing.
This talk will present past measurement campaigns such as the multi-year ROSSINI projects...

11. Spectral, composition and directional changes and effect of shielding to energetic protons and electrons measured at particle accelerators with Timepix detectors

Carlos Granja (VSB - Technical University Ostrava)

18/06/2026, 16:05

Full length presentation (~20 mins)

An extensive examination and detailed changes of the primary radiation (before the shielding) and the transmitted field (after the shielding) are directly measured and accurately evaluated in terms of radiation composition (particle species, production of secondary radiation), dosimetry (dose rates), spectrometry (energy loss, LET spectra), position/beam size and direction. The technique makes...

15. Design and in-silico benchmarking of proton beam degraders for trapped protons in Low Earth Orbit

Jayden Rinaldo (Swinburne University of Technology)

18/06/2026, 16:30

Full length presentation (~20 mins)

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Design and in-silico benchmarking of proton beam degraders for trapped protons in Low Earth Orbit

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Jayden T. Rinaldo1*, Nils Krah2, Soon Hock Ng1, Matthew J. Large1, Rebecca Allen3, Konstantinos P. Chatzipapas4 & Jeremy M.C. Brown1
1 Optical Science Centre, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn,...