Hybrid Advanced Radiation Shielding

There are many applications where shielding is required to protect people and sensitive electronics from ionizing radiation, such as gamma rays.  While traditional radiation shielding materials have been useful, material improvements could allow for lighter or more effective shielding.  For the DoD, more effective gamma radiation shielding would open up the possibilities of missions where traditional shielding is inadequate. To meet this challenge Triton Systems, Inc. along with our partner, proposes to develop the materials to fabricate gamma radiation shielding that more than doubles the capability of a current radiation shielding material at comparable density.  The team will determine and fabricate candidate materials systems that will meet the goals set by DARPA.  Our proposed approach is to use fabricate shielding from an innovative material system that has been designed to maximize gamma ray shielding in the range of 1-100 MeV with a density comparable to current shielding materials.