Bagless transfer process and apparatus for radioactive waste confinement

Maxwell, David N; Hones, Robert H; Rogers, M Lane

Title: Bagless transfer process and apparatus for radioactive waste confinement

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A process and apparatus is 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.

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Maxwell, David N ^[1]; Hones, Robert H ^[2]; Rogers, M Lane ^[1]

Aiken, SC
Evans, GA

Issue Date:: 1998-01-01

Research Org.:: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 871476

Patent Number(s):: 5740545

Assignee:: Westinghouse Savannah River Company (Aiken, SC)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: 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

G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT

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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
Y10S83/93 - Radioactive

G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
G21F7/047 - Shielded passages

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
Y10S83/946 - Container

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
Y10T83/0596 - Cutting wall of hollow work

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DOE Contract Number:: AC09-89SR18035

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: bagless; transfer; process; apparatus; radioactive; waste; confinement; provided; removing; material; glovebox; placing; stainless; steel; storage; vessel; communication; sealing; welded; plug; severed; weld; half; forming; closure; remaining; provides; seal; remnant; portion; maintains; sealed; integrity; removing radioactive; radioactive material; active material; stainless steel; radioactive waste; transfer process; storage vessel; /588/83/

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