Processing of solid mixed waste containing radioactive and hazardous materials
Abstract
Apparatus for the continuous heating and melting of a solid mixed waste bearing radioactive and hazardous materials to form separate metallic, slag and gaseous phases for producing compact forms of the waste material to facilitate disposal includes a copper split water-cooled (cold) crucible as a reaction vessel for receiving the waste material. The waste material is heated by means of the combination of a plasma torch directed into the open upper portion of the cold crucible and an electromagnetic flux produced by induction coils disposed about the crucible which is transparent to electromagnetic fields. A metallic phase of the waste material is formed in a lower portion of the crucible and is removed in the form of a compact ingot suitable for recycling and further processing. A glass-like, non-metallic slag phase containing radioactive elements is also formed in the crucible and flows out of the open upper portion of the crucible into a slag ingot mold for disposal. The decomposition products of the organic and toxic materials are incinerated and converted to environmentally safe gases in the melter. 6 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 645947
- Patent Number(s):
- 5750822
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-557,961; TRN: 98:007953
- Assignee:
- Inst. of Chemical Technology, Moscow (Russian Federation)
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 12 May 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 05 NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; MIXTURES; WASTE FORMS; PLASMA HEATING; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; SEPARATION PROCESSES; COMBUSTION
Citation Formats
Gotovchikov, V T, Ivanov, A V, and Filippov, E A. Processing of solid mixed waste containing radioactive and hazardous materials. United States: N. p., 1998.
Web.
Gotovchikov, V T, Ivanov, A V, & Filippov, E A. Processing of solid mixed waste containing radioactive and hazardous materials. United States.
Gotovchikov, V T, Ivanov, A V, and Filippov, E A. Tue .
"Processing of solid mixed waste containing radioactive and hazardous materials". United States.
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title = {Processing of solid mixed waste containing radioactive and hazardous materials},
author = {Gotovchikov, V T and Ivanov, A V and Filippov, E A},
abstractNote = {Apparatus for the continuous heating and melting of a solid mixed waste bearing radioactive and hazardous materials to form separate metallic, slag and gaseous phases for producing compact forms of the waste material to facilitate disposal includes a copper split water-cooled (cold) crucible as a reaction vessel for receiving the waste material. The waste material is heated by means of the combination of a plasma torch directed into the open upper portion of the cold crucible and an electromagnetic flux produced by induction coils disposed about the crucible which is transparent to electromagnetic fields. A metallic phase of the waste material is formed in a lower portion of the crucible and is removed in the form of a compact ingot suitable for recycling and further processing. A glass-like, non-metallic slag phase containing radioactive elements is also formed in the crucible and flows out of the open upper portion of the crucible into a slag ingot mold for disposal. The decomposition products of the organic and toxic materials are incinerated and converted to environmentally safe gases in the melter. 6 figs.},
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