Development of Neutron Shielding Concrete Containing Colemanite and Peridotite

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Barite concrete-based cement composites for 252Cf spontaneous neutron and 60Co/192Ir shielding based on Monte Carlo computation

“…While the preliminary cost-benefit analysis on this barite concrete recommends use prior to the normal concrete which poses activation concerns, other material types should be investigated for a full and complete database production. Other concrete-based materials such as the colemanite and the peridotite concrete were investigated by Koichi et al [55], and they obtained the neutron transmission through such material to be appropriate and that it reduced at maximum the shielding wall of about 25 cm compared to ordinary concrete [55,56].…”