Optimization and evaluation of structural and shielding concrete for IFMIF-DONES

0584748 - ÚJF 2025 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Piotrowski, T. - Romero, M. J. M.-E. - Prochon, P. - Alonso, M. L. - Michalczyk, R. - Arvizu-Montes, A. - Ciupinski, L. - Jarque, S. B. - Jozefiak, K. - Qiu, Y. - Ansorge, Martin - Chohan, H. - Wojtkowska, M.
Optimization and evaluation of structural and shielding concrete for IFMIF-DONES.
Nuclear Materials and Energy. Roč. 38, MAR (2024), č. článku 101597. E-ISSN 2352-1791
EU Projects: European Commission(BE) 101052200
Institutional support: RVO:61389005
Keywords : IFMIF-DONES * Radiation * Shielding * Heavy concrete * Ordinary concrete * Neutron
OECD category: Nuclear physics
Impact factor: 2.6, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2024.101597

The aim of this study was to optimize and evaluate structural and shielding concrete for the IFMIF-DONES building. An ordinary concrete of lime-dolomite aggregate from local sources has been chosen for structural concrete and magnetite aggregate was chosen for heavy-weight radiation shielding. The reference for concrete materials design was the one used in the ITER project. After investigations of raw materials, a group of prebatches were prepared and technical properties - density of compressive strength, were measured. Finally, two compositions have been elaborated - one for structural concrete of density 2.5 g/cm3 and the second for radiation shielding concrete of density 3.9 g/cm3. Then a set of 50 x 50 x 5 cm3 slabs were prepared and sent to the Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS in the Czech Republic for shielding mock-up experiments. Also the other technical properties like E-modulus, bending strength etc. have been determined. Additionally, radiation shielding efficiency has been calculated based on atomic composition.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0352592