Packaging design for storage, transportation, and disposal of disused radiological sources
Abstract
A system for encapsulating and storing disused radiological sources in sealed capsules is provided, the system having a basket to removably position capsules relative to each other, the capsules containing the radiological sources; a containment vessel for receiving the basket; and a cask reversibly encapsulating or otherwise housing the containment vessel. Also provided is a method for packaging, transporting and storing disused radiological sources, the method having the steps of transporting sealed capsules containing radiological sources from water pools to baskets; placing the basket in a containment vessel and sealing the vessel with helium backfill; placing the vessel in a cask and reversibly capping the cask; surrounding the cask with personnel a shield and crumple zones to create a construct; and transporting and storing the construct until its final disposal at a geological repository or a deep borehole, all without repackaging of the disused radiological sealed capsules.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1498519
- Patent Number(s):
- 10186336
- Application Number:
- 15/435,640
- Assignee:
- UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2017 Feb 17
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Liu, Yung Y., Han, Zenghu, and Shuler, James M. Packaging design for storage, transportation, and disposal of disused radiological sources. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web.
Liu, Yung Y., Han, Zenghu, & Shuler, James M. Packaging design for storage, transportation, and disposal of disused radiological sources. United States.
Liu, Yung Y., Han, Zenghu, and Shuler, James M. Tue .
"Packaging design for storage, transportation, and disposal of disused radiological sources". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1498519.
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abstractNote = {A system for encapsulating and storing disused radiological sources in sealed capsules is provided, the system having a basket to removably position capsules relative to each other, the capsules containing the radiological sources; a containment vessel for receiving the basket; and a cask reversibly encapsulating or otherwise housing the containment vessel. Also provided is a method for packaging, transporting and storing disused radiological sources, the method having the steps of transporting sealed capsules containing radiological sources from water pools to baskets; placing the basket in a containment vessel and sealing the vessel with helium backfill; placing the vessel in a cask and reversibly capping the cask; surrounding the cask with personnel a shield and crumple zones to create a construct; and transporting and storing the construct until its final disposal at a geological repository or a deep borehole, all without repackaging of the disused radiological sealed capsules.},
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