FR2546331A1 - Improvements to hydrogen-containing materials for antineutron protection - Google Patents
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- G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
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Abstract
Description
La présente invention a trait aux matériaux de protection antineutronique, destinés notamment à être utilisés pour la réalisation des écrans anti-rayonnement de cellules de travail, emballages du transport ou châteaux de stockage. The present invention relates to antineutronic protection materials, intended in particular to be used for the production of radiation shields for working cells, transport packaging or storage castles.
Les propriétés les plus intéressantes que doit présenter un matériau de protection anti-neutronique peuvent être énumérées de la manière suivante
1. Efficacité maximale
2. Faible densité
3. Facilité de mise en oeuvre
4. Coût réduit
5. Bonne tenue mécanique
6. Bonne tenue thermique
La propriété 1. visant l'efficacité est évidemment essentielle il est indispensable que le matériau retenu soit capable de ralentir les neutrons rapides et de les absorber. Il y a cependant lieu de souligner que le choix d'un matériau implique toujours un compromis entre ses différentes propriétés, en fonction de l'utilisation particuliere envisagée.The most interesting properties that an anti-neutron protective material must have can be listed as follows
1. Maximum efficiency
2. Low density
3. Ease of implementation
4. Reduced cost
5. Good mechanical strength
6. Good thermal resistance
The property 1. aiming at efficiency is obviously essential it is essential that the selected material is capable of slowing down the fast neutrons and of absorbing them. It should however be emphasized that the choice of a material always implies a compromise between its different properties, depending on the particular use envisaged.
L'expérience démontre que les qualités d'un matériau de protection anti-neutronique sont étroitement liées a la densité d'atomes légers présents dans ce matériau. C'est la raison pour laquelle l'on a naturellement eu recours à l'eau, au polyéthylène, a la paraffine, aux bectons, etc... Toutefois aucun de ces matériaux classiques ne réunit l'ensemble des qualités souhaites pour une protection optimale. Experience shows that the qualities of an anti-neutron protective material are closely linked to the density of light atoms present in this material. This is the reason why we naturally resorted to water, polyethylene, paraffin, bectons, etc. However, none of these classic materials meets all the desired qualities for protection optimal.
Un matériau réunissant dans une bonne mesure les six propriétés recherchées telles qu'énumérées ci-dessus a StE décrit dans le brevet français N 1 534 032 du 14 Juin 1967 appartenant à la présente Demanderesse. On rappelera succinctement que la matériau décrit est composé de billes ou granules d'un produit très hydrogéné (polyéthylène ou polypropylène) retenues dans un liant constitué par du pitre et additionné d'un produit borE. A material combining to a good extent the six desired properties as listed above in StE described in French patent N 1,534,032 of June 14, 1967 belonging to the present Applicant. It will be briefly recalled that the material described is composed of beads or granules of a highly hydrogenated product (polyethylene or polypropylene) retained in a binder consisting of claw and added with a borE product.
L'utilisation pratique d'un tel matériau hydrogéné a permis de vérifier que toutes les propriétés complementaires dépendaient en fait de la qualité du liant. Dans ces conditions la présente invention a pour objet une famille de matériaux de protection anti-neutronique du type de celui qui fait l'objet du brevet français sus-mentionné, réalisés avec des liants bores prehydrates aptes à améliorer encore l'efficacité anti-neutronique et à assurer une meilleure tenue mécanique tout en conservant les autres qualités déjà acquises. The practical use of such a hydrogenated material made it possible to verify that all of the complementary properties actually depended on the quality of the binder. Under these conditions, the present invention relates to a family of anti-neutron protection materials of the type which is the subject of the above-mentioned French patent, produced with boron prehydrate binders capable of further improving the anti-neutron efficiency and to ensure better mechanical strength while retaining the other qualities already acquired.
L'invention consiste essentiellement à incorporer au liant un hydrate stable qui est compatible avec l'agent de solidification et qui complète celui-ci afin d'accroître la résistance mecanique de l'ensemble. The invention essentially consists in incorporating into the binder a stable hydrate which is compatible with the solidifying agent and which supplements it in order to increase the mechanical strength of the whole.
Parmi les hydrates susceptibles de convenir, on citera les aluminates de calcium hydratés et les hydrates d'alumine, tout particulièrement le tri-hydrate d'alumine (Al2 03, 3 H20). En pareil cas on aura avantageusement recours pour le liant, non plus au plâtre, mais à un ciment alumineux du type ciment fondu", ou à une résine polyester. Among the hydrates which may be suitable, mention will be made of hydrated calcium aluminates and alumina hydrates, most particularly alumina trihydrate (Al2 03, 3 H 2 O). In such a case, the binder will advantageously be used, no longer plaster, but an aluminous cement of the molten cement type ", or a polyester resin.
Pour ce qui est du bore, celui-ci sera apporté sous la forme de minerais (colémanite standard, par exemple) ou de composés industriels tels que le carbure de bore (B4C). Comme dans le cas du brevet antérieur l 534 032 le bore est destiné à absorber les neutrons qui ont été ralentis par les autres constituants à atomes légers du mélange qui forme le matériau suivant l'invention.Afin de faciliter leur dispersion dans la masse, les grains qui constituent le produit boré ont des dinensions de l'ordre de 50 à 200
On donnera ci-apres deux types de compositions, correspondant l'une à un liant à l'eau, l'autre à un liant résine
Composés Liants à l'eau Liant résine
Alumine hydratez 40 à 60% 40 à 55%
Ciment fondu 15 à 25% O
Eau 20 à 30% 0
Résine synthétique 0 35 à 45% Colemanite 10 à 15% 10 à 15%
ou
Carbure de bore 1 à 3% 1 à 3%
Sur le plan pratique de la mise en oeuvre, on commence par mélanger intimement à sec les poudres constituant le liant, on ajoute l'eau ou la résine (avec dans ce dernier cas addition de l'agent catalyseur), et lorsque le me lange est homogène on incorpore les granulés de polyétylène ou de polypropylène, de la mime manière que dans le brevet français antérieur de la Demanderesse ; la proportion des ces granulés par rapport au liant peut varier de 34 à 42%.As for boron, this will be provided in the form of ores (standard colemanite, for example) or industrial compounds such as boron carbide (B4C). As in the case of the prior patent 1 534 032 boron is intended to absorb the neutrons which have been slowed down by the other constituents with light atoms of the mixture which forms the material according to the invention. In order to facilitate their dispersion in the mass, grains which constitute the borated product have dinensions of the order of 50 to 200
Two types of compositions will be given below, one corresponding to a water binder, the other to a resin binder
Compounds Water binders Resin binder
Alumina hydrate 40 to 60% 40 to 55%
Melted cement 15 to 25% O
Water 20 to 30% 0
Synthetic resin 0 35 to 45% Colemanite 10 to 15% 10 to 15%
or
Boron carbide 1 to 3% 1 to 3%
On the practical level of implementation, we start by intimately dry mixing the powders constituting the binder, we add water or resin (with in the latter case addition of the catalyst agent), and when the mixture is homogeneous, the polyethylene or polypropylene granules are incorporated, in the same manner as in the prior French patent of the Applicant; the proportion of these granules relative to the binder can vary from 34 to 42%.
Les essais ont démontré que le matériau obtenu conformément à l'invention présentait une haute résistance mécanique et des qualités d'efficacité de protection anti-neutronique très élevées. Il convient d'observer que le tri-hydrate d'alumine commence à perdre son eau à partir de 2200C, ce qui assure une grande stabilité de protection. Par ailleurs les réactions de déshydratation sont de nature très endothermique, ce qui confère au matériau une excellente tenue au feu ; cet avantage est particulièrement intéressant dans le cas des écrans ou blindages pour châteaux de transport de matibre radioactives. The tests demonstrated that the material obtained in accordance with the invention exhibited high mechanical strength and very high anti-neutron protection efficiency qualities. It should be noted that the alumina tri-hydrate begins to lose its water from 2200C, which ensures high protection stability. Furthermore, the dehydration reactions are very endothermic in nature, which gives the material excellent resistance to fire; this advantage is particularly advantageous in the case of screens or shields for transport casks of radioactive material.
Les formules du genre de celles sus-indiquas permettent de réaliser des matériaux de protection comportant un nombre d'atomes d'hydrogène par unité de volume supérieur à celui de l'eau. On indiquera ci-après une composition atomique élémentaire an g/dt3 susceptible d' & re obtenue
Aluminium 189,6
Bore 10,4
Calcium 47,7
Carbone 454,2
Fer 21,6
Hydrogène 113,4
Oxygène 506,0
Divers 7,1 entant bien noté qu'il s'agit d'un simple exemple non limitatif.The formulas of the kind of those indicated above make it possible to produce protective materials comprising a number of hydrogen atoms per unit of volume greater than that of water. An elementary atomic composition an g / dt3 capable of being obtained will be indicated below
Aluminum 189.6
Boron 10.4
Calcium 47.7
Carbon 454.2
Iron 21.6
Hydrogen 113.4
Oxygen 506.0
Miscellaneous 7.1 being noted that this is a simple non-limiting example.
Il doit d'ailleurs être entendu que la description qui prEcade n'a été donnée qu'à titre d'exemple et qu'elle ne limite nullement le domaine de l'invention dont on ne sortirait pas en remplaçant les détails d'exécution décrits par tous autres équivalents. It should moreover be understood that the description which precedes has been given only by way of example and that it in no way limits the field of the invention from which one would not depart by replacing the execution details described by all other equivalents.
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