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A construction system for shielding a room includes a plurality of inter-fitting panels (100, 100') adapted for mounting to structural surfaces (10, 12, 14, 16) of a room. Each of the panels has at least two layers (120, 130) of lead that are offset one with respect to the other in two directions to

A construction system for shielding a room includes a plurality of inter-fitting panels (100, 100') adapted for mounting to structural surfaces (10, 12, 14, 16) of a room. Each of the panels has at least two layers (120, 130) of lead that are offset one with respect to the other in two directions to define a recessed lip (102, 104) on two adjacent sides of the panel and an overhanging lip (106, 108) on the remaining two sides of the panel.

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What is claimed is: 1. A panel for use in assembling a radiation shielded space within a building, said panel comprising a laminated structure of a plurality of layers each having a rectangular contour, at least two of said layers being formed of lead having a thickness of at least 1/64 of an inch

What is claimed is: 1. A panel for use in assembling a radiation shielded space within a building, said panel comprising a laminated structure of a plurality of layers each having a rectangular contour, at least two of said layers being formed of lead having a thickness of at least 1/64 of an inch and being offset one lead layer with respect to the other lead layer in two directions to define a recessed lip on two adjacent sides of said panel and an overhanging lip on a remaining two adjacent sides of said panel, said two lead layers being joined one to the other by an adhesive layer therebetween. 2. The panel as recited in claim 1, further comprising a rear panel coupled to the other of said lead layers. 3. The panel as recited in claim 2, further comprising an adhesive layer disposed on a rear surface of said rear panel. 4. The panel as recited in claim 2, further comprising one part of a hook and loop fastening layer disposed on a rear surface of said rear panel. 5. The panel as recited in claim 4, wherein said part of said hook and loop fastening layer includes at least two strips of a hook and loop fastener. 6. The panel as recited in claim 1, further comprising a rear most layer formed by an adhesive layer. 7. The panel as recited in claim 1, further comprising a rear most layer formed by one part of a hook and loop fastening layer. 8. The panel as recited in claim 7, wherein said part of said hook and loop fastening layer includes at least two strips of a hook and loop fastener. 9. A construction system for adding radiation shielding to a room, comprising a plurality of inter-fitting panels adapted for mounting to structural surfaces of the room, each of said panels having at least two lead layers joined together by an adhesive layer, one of said lead layers being offset with respect to the other in two directions to form a recessed lip on two adjacent sides of said panel and an overhanging lip on a remaining two adjacent sides of said panel for providing two layers of lead at each joint between adjacent coplanar panels of said plurality of inter-fitting panels. 10. The construction system as recited in claim 9, wherein each of said inter-fitting panels includes a rear most layer formed by a pressure sensitive adhesive layer overlaid by a release layer. 11. The construction system as recited in claim 9, further comprising a plurality of corner strips for overlaying adjacent orthogonally disposed recessed or overhanging lips of a multiplicity of said plurality of inter-fitting panels at an intersection of a pair of structural surfaces of the room, each of said plurality of corner strips having a body portion having an outer decorative surface and a lead layer coupled thereto for overlaying an additional lead layer on the single lead layer of said recessed or overhanging lips to provide two layers of lead at said intersections. 12. The construction system as recited in claim 11, wherein each of said corner strips includes a rear most layer formed by an adhesive layer. 13. The construction system as recited in claim 9, further comprising a plurality of corner strips formed of lead and having two legs in an L-shaped contour, one leg of each corner strip being dimensioned to having a greater width than the other leg thereof to overlay the recessed lips or be overlaid by overhanging lips of adjacent orthogonally disposed panels. 14. The construction system as recited in claim 9, wherein each of said layers of lead have a thickness of at least 1/64 of an inch. 15. A method of adding radiation shielding to a room comprising the steps of: a. providing a plurality of inter-fitting panels, each of said panels having at least two lead layers joined together by an adhesive layer, one of said lead layers being offset with respect to the other in two directions to form a pair of recessed lips on two adjacent sides of said panel and a pair of overhanging lips on a remaining two adjacent sides of said panel; and, b. mounting said plurality of inter-fitting panels to structural surfaces of the room, said overhanging lips of one panel overlay respective recessed lips of a pair of adjacent coplanar panels for providing two layers of lead at each joint between said panels. 16. The method as recited in claim 15, where the step of mounting is followed by the steps of providing a corner strip formed by at least one lead layer, and adhesively bonding said corner strip to a portion of said plurality of panels disposed at an intersection of a pair of structural surfaces of the room. 17. The method as recited in claim 15, where the step of providing a plurality of inter-fitting panels includes the step of providing each inter-fitting panel with each lead layer having a thickness of at least 1/64 of an inch.