Radioactive waste storage at Bátaapáti

 The construction works of the radioactive waste storage facility near Bátaapáti will involve the building of four containers, with a total concrete demand of 12000 m³. The construction of the container I-K1 used DDC’s CEM I 42.5 N and CEM III/A 32.5 N type cement products coming from the Beremend and Vác Plants respectively. The inauguration of the container I-K1 was in December 2012, and at the same time the first reinforced concrete container was disposed.

The cement demand of container I-K2 is fulfilled by DDC’s new special cement, the concreting works started in late June 2016. The implementation is carried out by the consortium of West Bau Hungária Ltd. and Mecsekérc cPlc. The CEM I 32.5 N-LH type product (which has especially small grinding fineness, and thus low calorification) made in the cement plant of Beremend was used to prepare C 30/37 and C 35/45 marked concretes with 355 and 370 kg/m³ cement dosage. Hungarian Product Trademark labeled CEM I 32.5 N-LH type product will be also used during the concreting works of container I-K3 and I-K4.

The unique concrete reciepes were prepared at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Construction Materials and Technologies, with the leadership of Dr. Salem G. Nehme, associate professor. The quality control of fresh and hardened concretes during construction is executed by DDC’s subsidiary company Beton Technológia Centrum Ltd. (BTC), on behalf of Bátkontroll Ltd.

BTC is a special contributor during the building of container I-K2 by carrying out quality control, and acting as a foreman at building technology tasks.