Recently, high-performance aluminum foam was used in the country’s first large-scale radioactive material transport container, which successfully passed the prototype mechanical test at the radioactive material packaging container test base of the Chinese Academy of Radiation Protection.
Aluminum foam application
The transportation of radioactive materials refers to the rapid, safe and perfect transportation of radioactive materials to the destination. It is an indispensable link in nuclear industry production and radioisotope application. When a collision occurs due to improper transportation, it will cause leakage and cause great harm.
To ensure the safety of the container during lifting and transportation, buffers are installed on the top and bottom of the container. Foamed aluminum has excellent energy absorption buffering, flame-retardant and explosion-proof properties. It is used in shock absorbers at both ends. When subjected to an external load impact, the foamed aluminum deforms and absorbs energy, which acts as an energy-absorbing buffer and shock absorption to meet the requirements of static The support and protection effect and the shock absorption and energy absorption effect when bearing external load.
Application of foamed aluminum in shock absorbers
This test is China’s first mechanical test of a prototype of a large-scale radioactive material transport container, marking that high-performance aluminum foam has entered the field of nuclear power protection in large steps, protecting nuclear safe transportation and storage in all aspects!
Post time: Nov-03-2021
