Tungsten Shielding, Bismuth, or Iron
Non-Lead Shielding Products
Tungsten and other non-lead shielding products provide safe and effective radiation protection while eliminating concerns over the high cost of hazardous material disposal. Non-toxic tungsten radiation shielding is environmentally friendly, lightweight, and can be easily customized and shaped for localized shielding applications. Our cost-effective and easy-to-handle lead-free shielding meets the strictest regulatory standards of the nuclear industry and beyond. Our innovative and flexible non-lead shielding technology can be produced from not only Tungsten, but Bismuth and Iron as well. Check out all of our radiation protection products today.
We provide the complete line of non-lead shielding solutions for your dose reduction needs. Product offerings include:
• Radiation Shielding Blankets - Bulk shields designed for larger radiation areas, with customizable sizes, grommets with industrial strength pull capacity, and optional PVC laminate coverings available. Versatile and robust shielding solutions for diverse radiation protection needs. We also offer radiation shielding racks for easy use too.
• Safety Floor Shields - Floor shielding enhances safety in moderate to high-traffic work areas, where shielding may be required to cover the floor, ceiling, doors, or walls to protect workers, patients, or members of the public who are near the radiation source. We offer traction tread to optimize safety and footing.
• Pipe Wrap - This flexible shielding solution is quick to install and can be used to cover hard-to-reach areas that require protection. Standard and custom dimensions available.
• Pipe Shields - Pipe Shields are sized and formed to shield radiation from piping while meeting standard weight constraints. Multiple sizes and lengths available for both standard and custom designs.
• Magnetic Shields - Lead-free shields with embedded magnets which allow you to attach or hang the shield from metal, including a metal source.
• Custom Designed Shielding - Lancs Industries offers custom designed shielding solutions for many materials in various sizes and configurations to meet your specifications.
• Non-hazardous materials significantly reduce disposal costs - Utilizing lead-free shielding mitigates significant costs associated with the special handling and disposal of hazardous waste.
• Compliant with nuclear industry smoke development, flame spread, and critical radiant flux measurement standards - All materials are tested and meet requirements specified by the Nuclear Energy Commission, including nuclear industry smoke development, flame spread, and critical radiant flux measurement standards. Our products are demonstrated to meet acceptable analysis specified within Regulatory Guide 1.36.
No other supplier in the world offers more options for your shielding needs. Material offerings include:
• Tungsten Silicone
• Bismuth Silicone
• Iron Silicone
Alternative Radiation Shielding Options
We develop lead-free shielding solutions made from non-toxic metals with strong attenuating capabilities, including tungsten, bismuth, and iron. These high-density metals shield harmful ionizing rays, are safe for human health, environmentally friendly, and reduce the disposal costs associated with lead. The versatility of these materials allows for customized applications across diverse applications. Lancs can advise you on material selection given your specific use-case.
Tungsten’s extremely high density (1.7x higher than lead) offers highly effective radiation attenuation capabilities. Tungsten is the optimal choice for applications where a large amount of weight needs to be concentrated in the minimum possible space. Its density level allows for thinner shields, enabling a reduction in both volume and thickness while maintaining efficacy, making tungsten ideal for use in small spaces.
Applications ranging from nuclear medicine to oil and gas exploration benefit from tungsten shielding. In research activities involving nuclear reactors or cyclotrons, tungsten shields serve as collimators or containers for radioactive isotopes.
As an attenuating material, bismuth is commonly used for applications in medicine to minimize radiation exposure to sensitive organs, most notably for radiation dose reduction in computed tomography (CT) scans. Bismuth shields are strategically placed over organs to attenuate the x-ray beam.
Flexible Lead-Free Shielding
Lancs Industries’ flexible shielding has been highlighted in several government, scientific and scholastic journals:
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925838807017835
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8834889/
- https://www.isrp.com/the-isrp-journal/journal-public-abstracts/1243-vol-38-no-1-2021-pp-16-25-kavouras-open-access/file
- https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/88ec/c0caa5d2df1371907a36ec67fd98e9071df0.pdf
Learn more today by contacting our team of experts or request a quote. We also offer the ability to custom design radiation shielding products to your exact specification and needs.
Innovative Flexible Shielding Technology
Safe and cost effective, our extensive menu of shielding products can be produced from Tungsten, Bismuth, or Iron.
Lead-Free Radiation Shielding Product Details
| Attenuation for 1250 KeV Co-60 for shielding Materials versus Thickness | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material Thickness (Inches) | ||||||||||||
| Material Types | .25 | .5 | .75 | 1 | 1.25 | 1.5 | 1.75 | 2 | 2.25 | 2.5 | 2.75 | 3 |
| Tungsten Shielding | 22% | 39% | 52% | 62% | 70% | 77% | 82% | 86% | 89% | 91% | 93% | 95% |
| Bismuth Shielding | 16% | 29% | 40% | 50% | 58% | 64% | 70% | 75% | 79% | 82% | 85% | 87% |
| Iron Shielding | 9% | 17% | 25% | 32% | 38% | 44% | 49% | 53% | 58% | 62% | 65% | 68% |
| Compared to: | ||||||||||||
| Lead Plate Shielding | 34% | 56% | 71% | 81% | 87% | 91% | 94% | 96% | 98% | 98% | 99% | 99% |
Non-Lead Nuclear Shielding Blankets
Non-Lead Nuclear Pipe Shields
Non-Lead Radiation Floor Shielding
Non-Lead Nuclear Shielding Pipe Wrap
Neutron Shielding
Description
Neutron Shielding is a polyethylene container with dispersed low atomic element materials to effectively moderate or thermalize incident neutrons. Surrounding the container is Bismuth shielding material to reduce dose from gamma radiation produced from neutron capture interactions. Using this combination, we can effectively attenuate many levels of Alpha particles and its high-intensity by-products.
The Lancs Industries QuickRack is a versatile new tool for your ALARA toolbox. It provides users an inexpensive, lightweight, and alternative way to quickly hang radiation shielding and protect workers from sources of ionizing radiation. Whether used as a shadow shield around a worker or to create a shield around a source, it allows the user to readily construct and deconstruct a temporary shield in just minutes with minimal resources. Where traditional steel racks may be too large or cumbersome to deploy, the lightweight and modular design of the QuickRack allows for easy setup, breakdown and moving to virtually any area of the plant – from narrow Pipe Chases and Valve Galleries to Steam Generator Eddy Current Platforms. It weighs less than 50 pounds total and is comprised of 2 pieces (25 lbs each piece), allowing for easy access into rooms with narrow doorways. The QuickRack saves the user time and reduces dosage, cutting labor costs for your facility. This tool has been recognized by INPO as strength in the shielding program at Braidwood Nuclear Plant.
Innovative Flexible Shielding Technology
Safe and cost effective, our extensive menu of shielding products can be produced from Tungsten, Bismuth, or Iron.