SBIR/STTR Research Award
SMART WATER-REACTIVE GROUTS FOR UNDERGROUND ENTOMBMENT FACILITIES
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1994Award details
- Awarding agency
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Guyer Santin, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
THIS PROPOSAL IS TO ADDRESS THE FEASIBILITY OF WATER-REACTIVE GROUTS AS A "SMART" MATERIAL CAPABLE OF BEING PLACED DURING CONSTRUCTION BUT NOT ACTIVATED UNTIL A THREAT EVENT OCCURS WHICH DEGRADES THE ORIGINAL WATERTIGHT INTEGRITY. WHEN SUCH DEGRADATION OCCURS, IT WILL EXPOSE THE WATER-REACTIVE GROUT TO GROUNDWATER. THIS WILL TRIGGER THE HARDENING PROCESS WHICH WILL AUTOMATICALLY AFFECT A EAL AT THE LOCATION OF THE GROUNDWATER INTRUSION.
Technology keywords
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