The DISTINCTIVE University Consortium: Structural Integrity - 18272

Conference · Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018

OSTI ID:22975422

Lunn, R. J.; Hamilton, A.; Pedrotti, M.; Bots, P.; Wong, C.; El Mountassir, G.; Renshaw, J.; Maddelena, R. ^[1]; Zhao, C.; Sun, L.; Stolkin, R. ^[2]; Fairweather, M.; Tovey, L. ^[3]; Boxall, C. ^[4]; Hriljac, J. A. ^[5]; Hyatt, N. C. ^[6]; Kaltsoyannis, N. ^[7]; Lee, W. E. ^[8]; Read, D. ^[9]; Scott, T. B. ^[10]

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1. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ (United Kingdom)
2. School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT (United Kingdom)
3. School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT (United Kingdom)
4. Dept. of Engineering, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YR (United Kingdom)
5. School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT (United Kingdom)
6. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD (United Kingdom)
7. School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL (United Kingdom)
8. Dept. of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ (United Kingdom)
9. Department of Chemistry, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH (United Kingdom)
10. School of Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TL (United Kingdom)

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) sponsored DISTINCTIVE consortium (Decommissioning, Immobilisation and Storage Solutions for Nuclear Waste Inventories) is developing technologies for civil infrastructure repair, in-situ subsurface waste immobilisation, and groundwater protection during construction and decommissioning. The consortium has contributed to the development of skilled cross-disciplinary civil engineers and scientists, that have the knowledge and experience required to develop engineering solutions tailored for application within radiologically contaminated sites. The Structural Integrity Theme focuses on challenges ranging from site-scale infrastructure preservation and restoration, through injectable ground barriers for risk mitigation, to the remote characterisation and handling of individual waste packages. The main aim of the theme is to develop novel engineering solutions, tailored for use on radiologically contaminated sites, for: ground protection; infrastructure characterisation; concrete restoration and waste characterisation. Technologies should minimise current, and future, radiation exposure of the workforce whilst providing economically viable engineering solutions. (authors)

• Research Organization: WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
• OSTI ID: 22975422
• Report Number(s): INIS-US--20-WM-18272
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
96 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION
CONCRETES
CONSTRUCTION
DECOMMISSIONING
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
ENGINEERING
GROUND WATER
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
MITIGATION
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
PRESERVATION
RADIATION HAZARDS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
RADIOACTIVE WASTES