A Robust Charged Radiation Elusion System

Abstract

The increasing requirement for harnessing nuclear power demands the development of innovative precautionary techniques for protection from radiation. The high energies of the particles emitted have to be moderated before they render damage to any material subjected to them. Besides using simple shielding material, electrostatic shielding by setting up opposing electric fields has been implemented towards charged radiation damping to date. This paper aims at presenting and analyzing a material-efficient protection technique against ionizing radiation by introducing a number of parallel capacitive metal foils in between layers of dielectric shielding material. This is the first paper to present a technique by making use of charged capacitive elements to set neutralization centers for incoming charged radiation in order to minimize the thickness of material used for equivalent radiation shielding. The increase in efficiency of the shielding unit in reducing the net energy of radiation by the introduction of charged capacitive foils is experimentally observed.