Method of treating radioactively contaminated solvent waste

Patent · Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5992261

Jablonski, W; Mallek, H; Plum, W

A method of and apparatus for treating radioactively contaminated solvent waste are claimed. The solvent waste is supplied to material such as peat, vermiculite, diaton, etc. This material effects the distribution or dispersion of the solvent and absorbs the foreign substances found in the solvent waste. Air or an inert gas flows through the material in order to pick up the solvent portions which are volatile as a consequence of their vapor pressure. The thus formed gas mixture, which includes air or inert gas and solvent portions, is purified in a known manner by thermal, electrical, or catalytic combustion of the solvent portions.

• Assignee: Kernforschungsanlage Julich Gmbh (Germany, Federal Republic of)
• Patent Number(s): US 4277362
• OSTI ID: 5992261
• Resource Relation: Patent Priority Date: Priority date 29 Jun 1977, German, Federal Republic of (F.R. Germany)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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