Inner and outer waste storage vaults with leak-testing accessibility
A storage arrangement for waste materials of the type which tend to pollute the environment consists of a waterproof reinforced concrete vault, preferably located underground, and a permanent reinforced concrete storage vault within the underground vault and spaced from the walls thereof by a water lock. Sealed containers filled with chemical or nuclear waste are deposited in the permanent storage vault and sealed therein with bitumen. The underground vault is provided with an access opening to the water lock to enable testing of the water periodically for contamination due to leakage from the permanent storage vault. If no leakage is evident after a predetermined time period has elapsed, the permanent storage vault is removed from the underground vault and shipped to a permanent storage site.
- Assignee:
- Peckson USA Corp.
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4513205
- OSTI ID:
- 6416021
- Resource Relation:
- Patent Priority Date: Priority date 9 Feb 1983, Netherlands; Other Information: PAT-APPL-465192
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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