Tritium waste package

Title: Tritium waste package

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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:: Rossmassler, R.; Ciebiera, L.; Tulipano, F.J.; Vinson, S.; Walters, R.T.

Issue Date:: 1995-11-07

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

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