Detection of free liquid in containers of solidified radioactive waste

Patent ·

OSTI ID:5336114

Greenhalgh, W O

Nondestructive detection of the presence of free liquid within a sealed enclosure containing solidified waste is accomplished by measuring the levels of waste at two diametrically opposite locations while slowly tilting the enclosure toward one of said locations. When the measured level remains constant at the other location, the measured level at said one location is noted and any measured difference of levels indicates the presence of liquid on the surface of the solifified waste. The absence of liquid in the enclosure is verified when the measured levels at both locations are equal.

• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76FF02170
• Assignee: EDB-84-034356
• Application Number: ON: DE84005915
• OSTI ID: 5336114
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
CONTAINERS
LEVEL INDICATORS
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
LIQUIDS
NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
SOLID WASTES
FLUIDS
MATERIALS
MATERIALS TESTING
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
TESTING
WASTES
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