Utilization of concrete as a construction material in the concept of Radioactive Waste Storage in Slovak Republic

• Main Author: Igor Hudoba
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Technical University of Kosice 2007-01-01
• Series: Acta Montanistica Slovaca
• Subjects: high performance concrete; fibre concrete; strength; durability; service lifetime
• Online Access: http://actamont.tuke.sk/pdf/2007/s1/23hudoba.pdf

The nuclear power energy for the production of electricity seems to be, along with the alterantive ways like the wind, solar and geothermal energy, the only possibility how to cover the increasing needs for the energy in the human population. The adoption of nuclear power energy concept for the production of electricity is always a hot topic of discussion not only on the professional, but also on the political level. The join of problem of the electricity production in nuclear power plants is the disposal and storing of radioactive waste. The increasing amount of low and medium radioactive waste needs a serious concept of a long term policy in the radioactive waste management. In general, a period of 300 years is a minimum time span in which the storing facilities have to guarantie the safety of human population and environment against radiation and radiation-chemical danger. A correct design of the storage place for the radioactive waste is a challenge for experts in the fields of material science, geoscience, construction etc. This paper is dealing with the basic information about the concept, material and construction basis of the low a medium radioactive waste storage in Slovak Republic.