SELF SINTERING OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES
Abstract
A method is described for disposal of radioactive liquid waste materials. The wastes are mixed with clays and fluxes to form a ceramic slip and disposed in a thermally insulated container in a layer. The temperature of the layer rises due to conversion of the energy of radioactivity to heat boillng off the liquid to fomn a dry mass. The dry mass is then covered with thermal insulation, and the mass is self-sintered into a leach-resistant ceramic cake by further conversion of the energy of radioactivity to heat.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4192193
- Patent Number(s):
- 2918717
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10S - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-008324
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- WASTE DISPOSAL AND PROCESSING; ALUMINUM SILICATES; CERAMICS; COATING; CONVERSION; ENERGY; EVAPORATION; MIXING; RADIOACTIVITY; SINTERING; SOLIDIFICATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL INSULATION; VESSELS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE SOLUTIONS
Citation Formats
McVay, T N, Johnson, J R, Struxness, E G, and Morgan, K Z. SELF SINTERING OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES. United States: N. p., 1959.
Web.
McVay, T N, Johnson, J R, Struxness, E G, & Morgan, K Z. SELF SINTERING OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES. United States.
McVay, T N, Johnson, J R, Struxness, E G, and Morgan, K Z. Tue .
"SELF SINTERING OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES". United States.
@article{osti_4192193,
title = {SELF SINTERING OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES},
author = {McVay, T N and Johnson, J R and Struxness, E G and Morgan, K Z},
abstractNote = {A method is described for disposal of radioactive liquid waste materials. The wastes are mixed with clays and fluxes to form a ceramic slip and disposed in a thermally insulated container in a layer. The temperature of the layer rises due to conversion of the energy of radioactivity to heat boillng off the liquid to fomn a dry mass. The dry mass is then covered with thermal insulation, and the mass is self-sintered into a leach-resistant ceramic cake by further conversion of the energy of radioactivity to heat.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1959},
month = {12}
}
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