[HTML][HTML] Radiation-shielding concrete: A review of materials, performance, and the impact of radiation on concrete properties

AM Onaizi, M Amran, W Tang, N Betoush… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
The efficiency of radiation shielding is crucial across industries having radioactive activities,
from medical facilities to nuclear power stations. Radiation-Shielding Concrete (RSC) …

[HTML][HTML] Degradation of concrete structures in nuclear power plants: A review of the major causes and possible preventive measures

PA Rasheed, SK Nayar, I Barsoum, A Alfantazi - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Concrete, an integral part of a nuclear power plant (NPP), experiences degradation during
their operational lifetime of the plant. In this review, the major causes of concrete …

Radiation effects in concrete for nuclear power plants–Part I: Quantification of radiation exposure and radiation effects

KG Field, I Remec, Y Le Pape - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2015 - Elsevier
A large fraction of light water reactor (LWR) construction utilizes concrete, including safety-
related structures such as the biological shielding and containment building. Concrete is an …

A review on radiation damage in concrete for nuclear facilities: from experiments to modeling

B Pomaro - Modelling and Simulation in Engineering, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Concrete is a relatively cheap material and easy to be cast into variously shaped structures.
Its good shielding properties against neutrons and gamma‐rays, due to its intrinsic water …

Ultra-high gamma irradiation of calcium silicate hydrates: Impact on mechanical properties, nanostructure, and atomic environments

A Baral, ET Rodriguez, WA Hunnicutt, E Cakmak… - Cement and Concrete …, 2022 - Elsevier
The concrete biological shield in a nuclear power plant receives~ 100–200 MGy gamma
dosage during an 80-year design life. However, precise changes in the mechanical …

Rock-forming minerals radiation-induced volumetric expansion–revisiting literature data

Y Le Pape, MHF Alsaid, AB Giorla - Journal of Advanced Concrete …, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Neutron radiation-induced volumetric expansion (RIVE) of concrete aggregate is recognized
as a major degradation mechanism causing extensive damage to concrete constituents …

Irradiation-induced damage in concrete-forming aggregates: revisiting literature data through micromechanics

Y Le Pape, J Sanahuja, MHF Alsaid - Materials and Structures, 2020 - Springer
The radiation-induced volumetric expansion (RIVE) of aggregate-forming minerals causes
damage in concrete exposed to high levels of fast neutrons fluence (>\, ∼\, 10^ 19\, n\, cm …

Numerical investigations on the viscoelastic-damage behaviors of RIVE-induced concrete

F Chen, C Gao, L **, X Du, B Bary, Y Le Pape… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the remarkable influence of aggregate characteristics on the mechanical behaviors of
concrete materials, and in particular the microcracking development, complex aggregates …

Direct experimental evidence for differing reactivity alterations of minerals following irradiation: the case of calcite and quartz

I Pignatelli, A Kumar, KG Field, B Wang, Y Yu… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Concrete, used in the construction of nuclear power plants (NPPs), may be exposed to
radiation emanating from the reactor core. Until recently, concrete has been assumed …

[HTML][HTML] Nature of radiation-induced defects in quartz

B Wang, Y Yu, I Pignatelli, G Sant… - The journal of chemical …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Although quartz (α-form) is a mineral used in numerous applications wherein radiation
exposure is an issue, the nature of the atomistic defects formed during radiation-induced …