Spent nuclear fuel is routinely stored in large pools of water (“wet” storage). An alternative to wet storage is containing spent nuclear fuel in high density walled vessels or “dry” vaults. These storage casks typically use dense materials to attenuate the high level of gamma radiation emitted from the spent nuclear fuel. The use of Reiss Viking’s high density heavy weight aggregates (HWA) in the construction of the concrete materials surrounding the vault or cask significantly enhances the radiation shielding compared to similar thicknesses of normal weight concrete.
The Reiss Viking HWA materials are suitable in your concrete mix design for constructing high density containment structures intended to attenuate radiation sources.
Contact us today to discuss ways Reiss Viking can meet your heavy weight aggregate demands.