International Conference on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Decommissioning, Environmental Protection and Remediation: Ensuring Safety and Enabling Sustainability

Induced Radioactivity and In-Situ Neutron Shielding Measurement of Different Concrete Mixtures in Cyclotron Target Rooms

Not scheduled

20m

M-Building (IAEA Headquarters, Vienna)

POSTER Track 5 - Practical experiences in integrating safety and sustainable development

Speaker

Prof. Khaled Haddad (Atomic Energy Commission of Syria (AECS))

Description

Cyclotron operation generates secondary neutrons, which induce activation in the concrete radiation shielding. In-situ investigation of neutron shielding properties of special cements for the neutron field in the cyclotron was performed in this work using the activation 54Fe(n,p)54Mn on stainless steel foil. The induced radioactivity in the cement was also investigated. The results show that, cement mixture, which contains dolomite aggregate has the best shielding properties and simultaneously has the lowest induced radioactivity.

Presentation materials

Abstract.docx