De­ve­lo­p­ment of boron-​infused basalt-​fiber rein­for­ced con­cre­te for nu­cle­ar and ra­dioac­ti­ve waste ma­nage­ment ap­p­li­ca­ti­ons - Boron-​Basalt fi­bers

Pro­ject sum­ma­ry

The aim of the pro­ject is to de­ve­lop a novel com­po­si­te ma­te­ri­al – fiber-​reinforced con­cre­te with basalt-​boron fiber. It im­pro­ves me­cha­ni­cal and en­han­ces radiation-​shielding pro­per­ties, it could be used with va­rious neu­tron sources, in­clu­ding nu­cle­ar and fu­si­on re­ac­tors. This com­po­si­te ma­te­ri­al in­crea­ses sub­stan­ti­al­ly ope­ra­ti­on safe­ty of ra­dioac­ti­ve sources and con­se­quent­ly bet­ter pu­blic ac­cep­t­ance of nu­cle­ar en­er­gy. Ex­pec­ted re­sult in­clu­de mo­del­led of shiel­ding pro­per­ties for gamma-​ray and neu­tron ra­dia­ti­on; de­ve­lo­ped me­tho­do­lo­gy for pro­duc­tion of basalt-​boron fiber for in­dus­tri­al con­di­ti­ons; per­for­mance tes­ting of the fiber in la­bo­ra­to­ry con­di­ti­ons; me­cha­ni­cal per­for­mance tes­ting of the fiber-​reinforced con­cre­te; ex­pe­ri­men­tal va­li­da­ti­on of shiel­ding pro­per­ties for neu­tron ra­dia­ti­on. De­ve­lo­p­ment of this fiber-​concrete is ex­pec­ted to have a con­sidera­ble eco­no­mic and en­vi­ron­men­tal im­pact due to in­crea­sed con­cre­te du­ra­bi­li­ty and im­pro­ved safe­ty in ope­ra­ti­on of ra­dioac­ti­ve sources.

Pro­ject De­tails

Call

Call 2017


Call Topic

High per­for­mance com­po­si­tes


Pro­ject start

01.05.2018


Pro­ject end

30.04.2020


Total pro­ject costs

262.000 €


Total pro­ject fun­ding

262.000 €


TRL

2 - 4


Co­or­di­na­tor

Dr. Madis Kiisk

Uni­ver­si­ty of Tartu, Üli­koo­li 18, 50090 Tartu, Es­to­nia


Part­ners and Fun­ders De­tails

Con­sor­ti­um Part­ner   Coun­try Fun­der
Uni­ver­si­ty of Tartu
https://www.ut.ee
Uni­ver­si­ty Es­to­nia EE-​ETAG
Gdansk Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­no­lo­gy
http://pg.edu.pl/
Uni­ver­si­ty Po­land PL-​NCN
Lai­ers Grupp OÜ
http://lai­ers.ee/
SME Es­to­nia EE-​ETAG
US Ba­salt Cor­po­ra­ti­on
http://us­ba­salt.com
SME United Sta­tes No Fun­ding
Ba­sal­t­Est OÜ
http://ba­sal­t­est.lai­ers.ee
SME Es­to­nia No Fun­ding

Key­words

ad­van­ced mul­ti­func­tio­nal ma­te­ri­als, ad­van­ced ma­nu­fac­tu­ring, ad­van­ced ma­te­ri­als, ad­van­ced pro­ces­sing, pro­cess tech­no­lo­gy, Fiber con­cre­te, Ra­dia­ti­on shiel­ding