Tritium waste package
Abstract
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.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 131901
- Patent Number(s):
- 5,464,988
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-347,134; TRN: 96:004587
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 7 Nov 1995
- 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
Citation Formats
Rossmassler, R, Ciebiera, L, Tulipano, F J, Vinson, S, and Walters, R T. Tritium waste package. United States: N. p., 1995.
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Rossmassler, R, Ciebiera, L, Tulipano, F J, Vinson, S, & Walters, R T. Tritium waste package. United States.
Rossmassler, R, Ciebiera, L, Tulipano, F J, Vinson, S, and Walters, R T. Tue .
"Tritium waste package". United States.
@article{osti_131901,
title = {Tritium waste package},
author = {Rossmassler, R and Ciebiera, L and Tulipano, F J and Vinson, S and Walters, R T},
abstractNote = {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.},
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