Advanced Nuclear Material Research Center
Location: Chalk River, Ontario, Canada
Award: Innovative Applications
Project Team
Owner: Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Contractor: Bird Construction
Engineer: Atkins Réalis
Concrete and Slag Cement: Heidelberg Materials

The Advanced Nuclear Material Research Center (ANMRC) project is a first of its kind Nuclear Laboratory in Canada. The project is being built in accordance with CSA N299 and N287.5 standards. Slag cement was used in controlled low strength material (CLSM) backfill placed between bedrock and raft slab foundations (approximately 10 m [33 ft] deep). The engineering team required that the CLSM strength was between 2 to 5 MPa (435 to 725 psi) at 28 days; an exceptionally narrow strength requirement.
Application Type
Application Type | |
% Slag Cement Replacement | 50% |
% Portland Cement | |
% Portland Limestone Cement | 50% |
% Other SCM (if applicable) | |
Aggregate | 1550 |
Water/cement ratio | |
7-day strengths | |
28-day strengths | 2-5 Mpa |

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The ANMRC project’s tight 2-5 MPa strength window for the CLSM backfill is a great example of precise mix design with 50% slag cement replacement. When I need to share project documents or technical reports quickly, a pdf to link service makes it easy to turn files into shareable URLs without bulky attachments.
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That 2-5 MPa strength window for the CLSM backfill is no joke—getting slag cement to behave that predictably at 50% replacement takes some serious mix design discipline. It's cool to see Canadian Nuclear Laboratories pushing standards like CSA N299 on a first-of-its-kind facility; that kind of precision is rare in construction. Speaking of precision engineering, it reminds me of the careful level design in monumentvalley 3, where every optical illusion has to line up just right for the puzzles to work. Makes you appreciate how much thought goes into both building physics and virtual worlds.