radiation shield
Nuclear exposure preventer
A radiation shield is a barrier designed to absorb or block harmful radiation, protecting people, equipment, or environments from exposure.
Spacecraft use radiation shields against cosmic rays; nuclear facilities employ lead, concrete, or water to contain radioactive emissions.
The technician stood behind the radiation shield during the X-ray procedure.
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- lead apronProtective garment blocking X-rays
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- protectionGuarding against harm
- nuclearOf atomic energy
nuclear reactor · bunker · fallout shelter · blast door · astronaut · space suit · gamma · X-ray · apron · fallout · shelter · containment · thickness · absorb · deflect · hazmat · suit · dosimeter
- space explorationrockets, Saturn V, satellites, mission, Falcon Heavy
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- protective barriersbarrier, barricade, fence, gate, wall
- protective gearhelmet, helmets, hard hat, hard hats, gloves
- safety devicesairbag, seatbelt, smoke detector, helmet, fire extinguisher
- Fallout Protectionfallout shelter, bomb shelter, potassium iodide, iodine tablets, dosimeter
radiation shieldradioactive material
Unstable element emitting particles
hot zone · contaminated area · fallout zone · exclusion zone · nuclear waste
radiation shieldisotope
Elemental variant by mass
radionuclide · particle accelerator · reactor · uranium · plutonium
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