Bagless transfer process and apparatus for radioactive waste confinement
Abstract
A process and apparatus are provided for removing radioactive material from a glovebox, placing the material in a stainless steel storage vessel in communication with the glovebox, and sealing the vessel with a welded plug. The vessel is then severed along the weld, a lower half of the plug forming a closure for the vessel. The remaining welded plug half provides a seal for the remnant portion of the vessel and thereby maintains the sealed integrity of the glovebox. 7 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 645963
- Patent Number(s):
- 5740545
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-546,566; TRN: 98:007962
- Assignee:
- Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 14 Apr 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES; 05 NUCLEAR FUELS; GLOVEBOXES; UNLOADING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; CONTAINERS; REMOTE HANDLING; REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT; SEALS
Citation Formats
Maxwell, D N, Hones, R H, and Rogers, M L. Bagless transfer process and apparatus for radioactive waste confinement. United States: N. p., 1998.
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Maxwell, D N, Hones, R H, & Rogers, M L. Bagless transfer process and apparatus for radioactive waste confinement. United States.
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"Bagless transfer process and apparatus for radioactive waste confinement". United States.
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title = {Bagless transfer process and apparatus for radioactive waste confinement},
author = {Maxwell, D N and Hones, R H and Rogers, M L},
abstractNote = {A process and apparatus are provided for removing radioactive material from a glovebox, placing the material in a stainless steel storage vessel in communication with the glovebox, and sealing the vessel with a welded plug. The vessel is then severed along the weld, a lower half of the plug forming a closure for the vessel. The remaining welded plug half provides a seal for the remnant portion of the vessel and thereby maintains the sealed integrity of the glovebox. 7 figs.},
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