Tritium waste package

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:870147

Rossmassler, Rich ^[1]; Ciebiera, Lloyd ^[2]; Tulipano, Francis J ^[3]; Vinson, Sylvester ^[4]; Walters, R Thomas ^[5]

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1. Cranbury, NJ
2. Titusville, NJ
3. Teaneck, NJ
4. Ewing, NJ
5. Lawrenceville, NJ

A containment and waste package system for processing and shipping tritium xide waste received from a process gas includes an outer drum and an inner drum containing a disposable molecular sieve bed (DMSB) seated within outer drum. The DMSB includes an inlet diffuser assembly, an outlet diffuser assembly, and a hydrogen catalytic recombiner. The DMSB absorbs tritium oxide from the process gas and converts it to a solid form so that the tritium is contained during shipment to a disposal site. The DMSB is filled with type 4A molecular sieve pellets capable of adsorbing up to 1000 curies of tritium. The recombiner contains a sufficient amount of catalyst to cause any hydrogen add oxygen present in the process gas to recombine to form water vapor, which is then adsorbed onto the DMSB.

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03073
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 5464988
• OSTI ID: 870147
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

tritium
waste
package
containment
processing
shipping
xide
received
process
gas
outer
drum
inner
containing
disposable
molecular
sieve
bed
dmsb
seated
inlet
diffuser
assembly
outlet
hydrogen
catalytic
recombiner
absorbs
oxide
converts
solid
form
contained
shipment
disposal
site
filled
type
4a
pellets
capable
adsorbing
1000
curies
contains
sufficient
amount
catalyst
add
oxygen
recombine
water
vapor
adsorbed
solid form
sufficient amount
process gas
molecular sieve
water vapor
diffuser assembly
tritium oxide
waste package
disposal site
form water
sieve bed
outer drum
inner drum
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