Use of recycled concrete materials from nuclear decommissioning for nuclear waste management.

水泥生产目前是英国工业二氧化碳排放的最大来源。在世界范围内，该行业产生了约10%的人为二氧化碳。通过直接减少新水泥的使用，回收废混凝土可以提供一个很好的解决方案，以减少水泥工业的二氧化碳净排放量。本课题研究了废混凝土材料在核废料封装中的应用。这不仅将有助于水泥的可持续利用，而且还将为核废料管理提供新的材料来源。

Cement production is currently the largest source of the industrial CO2 emission in the UK. World-widely, this industry generates ~10 % of man-made CO2. Recycling of waste concretes can offer a good solution to reduce the net CO2 emission from the cement industry, by directly reducing the use of new cements. The project investigates the application of the waste concrete materials for nuclear waste encapsulation. This will not only aid the sustainable use of cement but also provide a new source of materials for nuclear waste management.