Method and apparatus for the management of hazardous waste material
A container for storing hazardous waste material, particularly radioactive waste material, consists of a cylindrical body and lid of precipitation hardened C17510 beryllium-copper alloy, and a channel formed between the mated lid and body for receiving weld filler material of C17200 copper-beryllium alloy. The weld filler material has a precipitation hardening temperature lower than the aging kinetic temperature of the material of the body and lid, whereby the weld filler material is post weld heat treated for obtaining a weld having substantially the same physical, thermal, and electrical characteristics as the material of the body and lid. A mechanical seal assembly is located between an interior shoulder of the body and the bottom of the lid for providing a vacuum seal. 40 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- Assignee:
- Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States); British Technology Group USA, Gulph Mills, PA (United States)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 5,391,887/A/
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-016,990
- OSTI ID:
- 27706
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 21 Feb 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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