Method and apparatus for the management of hazardous waste material
Abstract
A container for storing hazardous waste material, particularly radioactive waste material, consists of a cylindrical body and lid of precipitation hardened C17510 beryllium-copper alloy, and a channel formed between the mated lid and body for receiving weld filler material of C17200 copper-beryllium alloy. The weld filler material has a precipitation hardening temperature lower than the aging kinetic temperature of the material of the body and lid, whereby the weld filler material is post weld heat treated for obtaining a weld having substantially the same physical, thermal, and electrical characteristics as the material of the body and lid. A mechanical seal assembly is located between an interior shoulder of the body and the bottom of the lid for providing a vacuum seal.
- Inventors:
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- (Hopewell, NJ)
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 869756
- Patent Number(s):
- 5391887
- Assignee:
- Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, NJ); British Technology Group USA (Gulph Mills, PA)
- 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
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- method; apparatus; management; hazardous; waste; material; container; storing; particularly; radioactive; consists; cylindrical; lid; precipitation; hardened; c17510; beryllium-copper; alloy; channel; formed; mated; receiving; weld; filler; c17200; copper-beryllium; hardening; temperature; aging; kinetic; whereby; post; heat; treated; obtaining; substantially; physical; thermal; electrical; characteristics; mechanical; seal; assembly; located; interior; shoulder; bottom; providing; vacuum; precipitation hardening; channel formed; weld filler; filler material; seal assembly; hazardous waste; waste material; radioactive waste; heat treated; copper alloy; electrical characteristics; vacuum seal; mechanical seal; storing hazardous; kinetic temperature; electrical characteristic; /250/376/588/
Citation Formats
Murray, Jr., Holt. Method and apparatus for the management of hazardous waste material. United States: N. p., 1995.
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Murray, Jr., Holt. Method and apparatus for the management of hazardous waste material. United States.
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"Method and apparatus for the management of hazardous waste material". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/869756.
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title = {Method and apparatus for the management of hazardous waste material},
author = {Murray, Jr., Holt},
abstractNote = {A container for storing hazardous waste material, particularly radioactive waste material, consists of a cylindrical body and lid of precipitation hardened C17510 beryllium-copper alloy, and a channel formed between the mated lid and body for receiving weld filler material of C17200 copper-beryllium alloy. The weld filler material has a precipitation hardening temperature lower than the aging kinetic temperature of the material of the body and lid, whereby the weld filler material is post weld heat treated for obtaining a weld having substantially the same physical, thermal, and electrical characteristics as the material of the body and lid. A mechanical seal assembly is located between an interior shoulder of the body and the bottom of the lid for providing a vacuum seal.},
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