radiation shielding
Blocks harmful rays
Radiation shielding is material or barriers designed to block or reduce exposure to harmful radiation.
Lead, concrete, and water are common shielding materials, each effective against different radiation types.
The term applies to protective equipment in medical settings, nuclear facilities, and spacecraft: The reactor's radiation shielding was inspected annually.
- gamma raysHighest-frequency electromagnetic radiation
- alpha particlesEmitted helium nuclei
- dosimetryRadiation absorption measurement
- attenuatorsDevices that diminish intensity
- X-ray roomMedical imaging facility
lead apron · beta particles · astronaut · thick walls · water · stopping power · cosmic rays · solar flare · space suit · spent fuel · lead · nuclear reactor · polyethylene · fallout · bomb shelter · Geiger · hazmat · bunker
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- Nuclear Plantsreactor, reactor core, control rods, cooling tower, fuel rods
- spaceflight hazardsmicrogravity, weightlessness, zero gravity, space debris, cosmic rays
- space explorationrockets, Saturn V, satellites, mission, Falcon Heavy
- radiation sciencegamma rays, alpha particles, beta particles, isotopes, half-life
- generation shipscolonists, descendants, life support, cryo chamber, hull
radiation shieldingradiation exposure
Contact with ionizing energy
unshielded · radioactive material · unprotected · hot zone · exclusion zone
radiation shieldingdirty bomb
Explosive spreading radioactive contamination
nuclear fallout · radiation poisoning · nuclear meltdown · radioactive waste
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