we can definitely tell who’s a problem solver vs. somebody who points them out, then jumps up and down.

You are definitely NOT a problem solver. Your responses document that fact.

I worked at a company that designed and built high-end surface analytical instrumentation. Lots of Ph.D. physicists working there. So, I would look at what THEY have/use--not what someone claims on an Internet chat board. The machines they build use ultra-high vacuum chambers with pumps (worked in that dept) AND radioactive energy sources-in each machine--to generate the laser beam(s) shooting inside the vacuum chamber. I also worked with the people designing and building the machines. They VERY MUCH were interested in the full range of radiation to which they--AND whatever they were doing--was exposed AND was highly relevant.

If there existed even a *hint* of an EFFECTIVE radiation shield(s) being available (even theoretically), they would be "all over it" in an instant to design/build it because it would *directly* impact them personally AND professionally. They would be able to figure out if it was practical, or if the current technology was "not yet there" to do more. BUT, they would be aware of WHAT THEY WERE SEEKING in order to make radiation shields realistic.

Management would be "all over it" and allocating resources to develop radiation shields because they would mostly eliminate the risk of radioactive contamination if a radioactive spill or exposure would happen--at the company, at a customer site (that had bought a machine for in-house use), or anywhere else radiation needed to be contained.

LOTS of profit to be made by offering such a product and/or service (radioactive spill/waste containment and disposal). How about a company manufacturing nuclear warheads? Would the US (and other) govt(s)--plus any other related industry--be interested ??