Tritium waste package
A containment and waste package system for processing and shipping tritium oxide waste received from a process gas includes an outer drum and an inner drum containing a disposable molecular sieve bed (DMSB) seated within the 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 and oxygen present in the process gas to recombine to form water vapor, which is then adsorbed onto the DMSB. 1 fig.
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 131901
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States) PTO; SCA: 420204; 052000; PA: EDB-95:157303; SN: 95001485795
- Patent Number(s):
- US 5,464,988/A/
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-347,134; TRN: 96:004587
- Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 7 Nov 1995
- Research Org:
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES; 05 NUCLEAR FUELS; CONTAINERS; DESIGN; MOLECULAR SIEVES; TRITIUM OXIDES; TRANSPORT; ADSORPTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; ADSORBENTS; GASES; DECONTAMINATION; WASTE FORMS