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Title: Method of preparing sodalite from chloride salt occluded zeolite A

Patent Application ·
OSTI ID:555322

A method is described for immobilizing waste chloride salts containing radionuclides and hazardous nuclear material for permanent disposal starting with a substantially dry zeolite and sufficient glass to form leach resistance sodalite with occluded radionuclides and hazardous nuclear material. The zeolite and glass are heated to a temperature up to about 1,000 K to convert the zeolite to sodalite and thereafter maintained at a pressure and temperature sufficient to form a sodalite product near theoretical density. Pressure is used on the formed sodalite to produce the required density.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
Assignee:
US Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
Patent Number(s):
PATENTS-US-A8375141
Application Number:
ON: DE97009522; PAN: 8-375,141; TRN: AHC29802%%17
OSTI ID:
555322
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English