STABILIZED DEPLETED URANIUM MATERIAL

摘要

The present invention is a radiation shielding composition devised to provide shielding for radioactive materials. The invention is a stabilized depleted uranium material having an air and/or water impermeable layer (28) at the surface (26) of a depleted uranium compound (24). The stabilized depleted uranium material is a stable form of at least one depleted uranium compound, which may be used for radiation shielding as a base component, aggregate or additive, in shielding materials such as concrete, ceramic, bituminous materials, metal, composite, polymercements, polymer, glass or water.