Protecting organisms and the environment from harmful radiation

Details Protecting organisms and the environment from harmful radiation Protecting organisms and the environment from harmful radiation

1989-11-28

1992-06-16

Hunt, Brooks H.

Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements

Reactor protection or damage prevention

Shield or barrier between radiation or heat source and...

376321, 310301, 310304, 310305, 429 15, 136202, 136253, G21C 900

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051223325

ABSTRACT:
A radiation gradient is utilized to transform harmful radiant energy into safer, more useful forms, thus collecting, controlling and consuming the energies of radiant emissions and protecting the environment and living organisms from them. More specifically, there is disclosed a new process for shielding emitters of harmful radiation by establishing an electrical circuit, which process includes shielding the source of radiation while collecting the energy of relatively more radiation on an electrically conductive material and collecting the energy of relatively less radiation on other electrically conductive material, which may include a ground or external sink, thus establishing a difference in electrical potential, and transferring this potential difference, along with any potential difference from auxiliary devices, outside the shielded area, to resistors and/or variable other loads, which consume the voltage as it is created. In this way emissions of radiation are converted to electrical energy and are controlled and the source of radiation is better shielded because the described process prevents build-up of energy within the shielded area and prevents consequent deterioration of the shielding material, thus preventing flash-overs, accidents, breaks and leaks in the shielding and providing greater protection of living organisms.

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