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Its more complicated than that...

The radiation belt is created by particles trapped in the Earth's magnetic field- the speculation is that VLF waves change the dynamics of the particles moving in the magnetic field- changing their distribution.

Without the magnetic field there would be no such effect- so it wouldn't work on the moon. It would only help spacecraft near the radiation belts in the magnetic field of a body like earth...

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