Download or read book Role of Concrete in Nuclear Facilities written by Ravindra K. Dhir and published by Thomas Telford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Preface - Introduction - Organising Committee - Scientific and Technical Committee - Collaborating Institutions - Sponsoring Organisations With Exhibition - Exhibiting Organisations - Supporting Institutions - Opening Paper - Concrete Behaviour in Engineering Barriers for Low and Medium Radioactive Waste Repository: Example of El Cabril, Cordoba, Spain THEME 1 CONSTITUENT MATERIALS AND CONCRETE REQUIREMENTS Keynote Paper - Continuing the Service of Nuclear Power Plant Civil Structures A Review of Activities and Research Needs - Heavyweight Concrete with Steel Slag Aggregates - Indian Experience in Self-Compacting Concrete - Tensile Strength of Two-Stage Concrete Measured by Double-Punch Tests - Bound Water Content, Permeability and Residual Compressive Strength of Concrete at High Temperatures - Criteria for and Prediction of Limit States of Degradation of Reinforced Concrete Structures - The Extra-Heavy Concrete for Protection from Radiation THEME 2 CONSIDERATIONS FOR NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE Keynote Paper - International Developments in the Field of Ageing Management of Nuclear Power Infrastructure - Dounreay ILW Shaft: Integrity of the Stub Tunnel Plug - Dynamic Response Analysis of Concrete Structures: Simplified Design Method and its Limitations - Performance of Concrete Structures for Nuclear Reprocessing Plant: Review of Current Research and Future Requirements - An Active Facility Management Strategy for Containment of Intermediate Level Waste Using Risk-Based Service Life Modelling of Reinforced Concrete - Assessment of Corrosion Damaged Reinforced Concrete Structures - Radwaste Treatment Technologies - Cemented Waste forms for Disposal of Nuclear Wastes - Closing Paper - Index of Authors - Subject Index