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Performance Assessment of Concrete Structures and Engineered Barriers for Nuclear Applications

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Various cementitious materials are used in nuclear applications covering a broad range of environmental conditions and time scales. The characterisation of cementitious materials and the determination of their properties are a key issue for assessing the evolution of nuclear infrastructures. This section gives in first place an overview of blended cements, low pH-cementitious materials and fiber reinforced and advanced cement-based materials. Degradation of cement-based materials in their environments is to a significant extent controlled by their transport properties. For this purpose, reactive transport models are being developed integrating multiple coupled phenomena. The scientific assessment basis needed for the development of these models is discussed. In particular, leaching, carbonation and oxidation of cementitious materials are dealt with. Besides chemical processes, desiccation and pre-cracking play also an important role in determining the transport properties of cementitious materials. Scaling to realistically-sized engineered systems under field conditions is a challenging issue.

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    cementitious materials performances adequacy with their functionality for nuclear engineered applications.

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Brown, K., Gallé, C., Kosson, D., Sanchez, F., Torrenti, J.M. (2016). Materials and Properties. In: L'Hostis, V., Gens, R. (eds) Performance Assessment of Concrete Structures and Engineered Barriers for Nuclear Applications. RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0904-8_2

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