Review of the Current State of Knowledge on the Effects of Radiation on Concrete

Rosseel, Thomas M.; Maruyama, Ippei; Le Pape, Yann; Kontani, Osamu; Giorla, Alain B.; Remec, Igor; Wall, James J.; Sircar, Madhumita; Andrade, Carmen; Ordonez, Manuel

doi:10.3151/jact.14.368

Title: Review of the Current State of Knowledge on the Effects of Radiation on Concrete

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3151/jact.14.368· OSTI ID:1319190

Rosseel, Thomas M. ^[1]; Maruyama, Ippei ^[2]; Le Pape, Yann ^[1]; Kontani, Osamu ^[3]; Giorla, Alain B. ^[1]; Remec, Igor ^[1]; Wall, James J. ^[4]; Sircar, Madhumita ^[5]; Andrade, Carmen ^[6]; Ordonez, Manuel ^[7]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Nagoya Univ. (Japan)
Kajima Corporation, Tokyo (Japan)
Electric Power Research Inst., Charlotte, NC (United States)
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
Inst. Eduardo Torroja de Ciencias de la Construccion, Madrid (Spain)
ENRESA, Madrid (Spain)

A review of the current state of knowledge on the effects of radiation on concrete in nuclear applications is presented. Emphasis is placed on the effects of radiation damage as reflected by changes in engineering properties of concrete in the evaluation of the long-term operation (LTO) and for Plant Life or Aging Management of nuclear power plants (NPPs) in Japan, Spain, and the United States. National issues and concerns are described for Japan and the US followed by a discussion of the fundamental understanding of the effects radiation on concrete. Specifically, the effects of temperature, moisture content, and irradiation on ordinary Portland cement paste and the role of temperature and neutron energy spectra on radiation induced volumetric expansion (RIVE) of aggregate-forming minerals are described. This is followed by a discussion of the bounding conditions for extended operation, the significance of accelerated irradiation conditions, the role of temperature, creep, and how these issues are being incorporated into numerical and meso-scale models. From these insights on radiation damage, analyses of these effects on concrete structures are reviewed and the current status of work in Japan and the US are described. Also discussed is the recent formation of a new international scientific and technical organization, the International Committee on Irradiated Concrete (ICIC), to provide a forum for timely information exchanges among organizations pursuing the identification, quantification, and modeling of the effects of radiation on concrete in commercial nuclear applications. Lastly, the paper concludes with a discussion of research gaps including: 1) interpreting test-reactor data, 2) evaluating service-irradiated concrete for aging management and to inform radiation damage models with the Zorita NPP (Spain) serving as the first comprehensive test case, 3) irradiated-assisted alkali-silica reactions, and 4) RIVE under constrained conditions.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1319190

Journal Information:: Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, Vol. 14, Issue 7; ISSN 1346-8014

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