But if you're building a static radiation shield on the moon itself, just pile up the moonrock as is.
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Lead is used in building construction, shot, weights, as part of solders, pewters, fusible alloys, and as a radiation shield.
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Both lead and bismuth are also an excellent radiation shield, blocking gamma radiation while simultaneously being virtually transparent to neutrons.
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The automated defence systems of the ship activate, the anti-radiation shields surround the ship and finally the weapon systems are armed.
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Older helium cryostats used a liquid nitrogen vessel as this radiation shield and had the liquid helium in an inner, third, vessel.
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To protect life, settlements must be surrounded by sufficient mass to absorb most incoming radiation, unless magnetic or plasma radiation shields were developed.
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For example : homeopathy, psychs, astrologers, but also less mystic alternatives : ultrasound insect repellents, hair growth products, cell phone radiation shields, bio-whatever.
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It consisted of a block, long on each side, of nuclear graphite cubes, weighing around, surrounded by of high-density concrete as a radiation shield.
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However, this type of radiation is significantly attenuated by the Earth's atmosphere, which is a radiation shield equivalent to about 10 meters of water.
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Lead is used in building construction, lead acid batteries, bullets and shot, weights, as part of solders, pewters, fusible alloys, and as a radiation shield.