# US 2021/0241933 A1 · Apparatus and method for treating radioactive emission > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241933 A1 - Document ID: US20210241933A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/051,833 - Filed: 2019-04-30 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-30 - Applicants: Pasmr Technology A Pty Ltd - Inventors: Peter Paalvast; Juergen Schmidt - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241933A1 ## CPC - G21F 3/00: Shielding characterised by its physical form, e.g. granules, or shape of the material - G21F 9/008: {Apparatus specially adapted for mixing or disposing radioactively contamined material (G21F9/305 and G21F9/308 take precedence)} - G21F 1/08: Metals; Alloys; Cermets, i.e. sintered mixtures of ceramics and metals - G21F 5/06: Details of, or accessories to, the containers - G21F 9/00: Treating radioactively contaminated material; Decontamination arrangements therefor - G21F 9/28: Treating solids - G21K 1/067: {using surface reflection, e.g. grazing incidence mirrors, gratings (multilayer mirrors G21K1/062)} - G21K 1/093: by magnetic means - G21K 2201/067: Construction details - G21F: PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR (radiation protection by pharmaceutical means A61K8/00, A61Q17/04; in cosmonautic vehicles B64G1/54; combined with a reactor G21C11/00; combined with X-ray tubes H01J35/16; combined with X-ray apparatus H05G1/02) - G21K: HANDLING OF PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; IRRADIATION DEVICES; GAMMA RAY OR X-RAY MICROSCOPES ## Abstract Apparatus for treating a source of radioactive emission, the apparatus including at least one reflecting means adapted to be in proximity to the source for receipt of the radioactive emission and to at least partially reflect received emission towards the source, thereby effecting reduction of the radioactive emission from the source. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Apparatus for treating a source of radioactive emission, the apparatus including at least one reflecting means adapted to be in proximity to the source for receipt of the radioactive emission and to at least partially reflect received emission towards the source, thereby effecting reduction of the radioactive emission from the source. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reflecting means includes a wire array. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein a wire of the wire array includes at least one coil of copper wire wrapped around a galvanised metal wire. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the galvanised metal wire is steel wire. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the wire array includes spiralled wire formed in circles. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the wire array includes looped wire formed in zig-zags or a serpentine formation. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus includes a plurality of reflecting means. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of reflecting means can include any one or a combination of: a. wire arrays including looped wire formed in circles; and b. wire arrays including looped wire formed in zig-zags. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the plurality of reflecting means is arranged to at least partially surround the source. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the plurality of reflecting means is arranged within a container, the container being configured to hold the source therein. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the container has lead shielding. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reflecting means is mounted on a panel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the plurality of reflecting means is arranged within a container, the container being configured to hold the source therein, wherein the apparatus includes a plurality of panels, each of a plurality of the panels being placed internally around sides of the container, the source being placed centrally in the container such that the plurality of panels surround the source. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reflecting means includes but is not limited to an antenna, the antenna being configured to receive radiation and in it inverse, reflect radiation. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the reflecting means includes a horn, the horn being configured to direct reflected radiation back onto the source. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the source includes any one or a combination of: a. Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium, Thorium or any other elements related or unrelated in this spectrum of the Periodic Table of Elements; b. various other official and unofficial sources of radiation acquired and c. Granite and other naturally occurring low level radioactive materials, which are known to have raised health concerns with a rowing number of people. ### Claim 17 Apparatus for treating radioactive emission from a radioactive material, the apparatus including at least one reflecting means adapted to be in proximity to the radioactive material for receipt of the radioactive emission and to at least partially reflect received emission towards the radioactive material, thereby stabilising the radioactive material. ### Claim 18 A method of treating a source of radioactive emission, the method including disposing at least one reflecting means in proximity to the source, the reflecting means being configured to receive the radioactive emission and to at least partially reflect received emission towards the source, thereby effecting reduction of the radioactive emission from the source.