The impact of the physical state of synthetic thermoset polymer on the cementation of a radioactive resin used in softening the water of Triga Mark II reactor

Abstract

The objective of our study was designed to improve the formulation of the reference matrix by adding a load constituted by the polymer novolac oxide, while taking into account the various parameters influencing the compressive strength, particularly the time for kneading, and the physical state of the polymer in the matrix. For this we evaluated the impact of thermoset synthetic polymer on the packaging of REI at 12%. This led us to the study based on several physical states of the polymer matrix in the solid state, in granules at various percentages as well as different sizes.