PMID- 37176402
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230515
IS  - 1996-1944 (Print)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Electronic)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 9
DP  - 2023 May 4
TI  - Hungarian Fine-to-Coarse Aggregate, a Possible Constituent of Near-Vessel 
      Structural Concrete of Nuclear Power Plants.
LID - 10.3390/ma16093520 [doi]
LID - 3520
AB  - Significant gravel mines, representative of four regions of Hungary (northeast, 
      central, northwest, and southwest) were systematically sampled to characterize 
      their sand and pebbles as potential constituents of nuclear-grade concrete. The 
      samples were analysed for their elemental compositions as a function of the 
      mining locality and grain size, using two complementary neutron-based analytical 
      techniques, prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA) and neutron activation 
      analysis (NAA). The combined analysis resulted in reliable mass fractions for 
      over thirty elements that could be used to assess the radiation shielding and 
      activation properties of the resulting concrete, essential in nuclear 
      applications, by means of computer simulations. The studied aggregates are proven 
      to be appropriate constituents for biological shielding at radiological centres, 
      NPPs, and at nuclear research installations, even in mixed neutron/gamma 
      radiation fields. The elemental compositions also revealed geochemical 
      differences between the sedimentologically different regions.
FAU - Gmeling, Katalin
AU  - Gmeling K
AD  - Nuclear Analysis and Radiography Department, Centre for Energy Research, 1121 
      Budapest, Hungary.
FAU - Szilagyi, Veronika
AU  - Szilagyi V
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8522-676X
AD  - Nuclear Analysis and Radiography Department, Centre for Energy Research, 1121 
      Budapest, Hungary.
FAU - Harsanyi, Ildiko
AU  - Harsanyi I
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5031-8488
AD  - Nuclear Analysis and Radiography Department, Centre for Energy Research, 1121 
      Budapest, Hungary.
FAU - Szentmiklosi, Laszlo
AU  - Szentmiklosi L
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7747-8545
AD  - Nuclear Analysis and Radiography Department, Centre for Energy Research, 1121 
      Budapest, Hungary.
LA  - eng
GR  - NN 127102/National Research, Development and Innovation Office/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230504
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Materials (Basel)
JT  - Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101555929
PMC - PMC10179888
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - aggregate
OT  - long-lived isotopes
OT  - neutron and gamma-ray radiation
OT  - nuclear analytical techniques
OT  - pebble
OT  - sand
OT  - shielding concrete
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2023/05/13 15:13
MHDA- 2023/05/13 15:14
PMCR- 2023/05/04
CRDT- 2023/05/13 01:32
PHST- 2023/03/08 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/04/18 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/04/28 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/05/13 15:14 [medline]
PHST- 2023/05/13 15:13 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/05/13 01:32 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/05/04 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ma16093520 [pii]
AID - materials-16-03520 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ma16093520 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Materials (Basel). 2023 May 4;16(9):3520. doi: 10.3390/ma16093520.