Bagless transfer process and apparatus for radioactive waste confinement

Patent · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:871476

Maxwell, David N ^[1]; Hones, Robert H ^[2]; Rogers, M Lane ^[1]

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1. Aiken, SC
2. Evans, GA

A process and apparatus is provided for removing radioactive material from a glovebox, placing the material in a stainless steel storage vessel in communication with the glovebox, and sealing the vessel with a welded plug. The vessel is then severed along the weld, a lower half of the plug forming a closure for the vessel. The remaining welded plug half provides a seal for the remnant portion of the vessel and thereby maintains the sealed integrity of the glovebox.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• Assignee: Westinghouse Savannah River Company (Aiken, SC)
• Patent Number(s): US 5740545
• OSTI ID: 871476
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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