Bagless transfer process and apparatus for radioactive waste confinement
Abstract
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.
- Inventors:
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- Aiken, SC
- Evans, GA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER CO
- OSTI Identifier:
- 871476
- Patent Number(s):
- 5740545
- Assignee:
- Westinghouse Savannah River Company (Aiken, SC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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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
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
- 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/
Citation Formats
Maxwell, David N, Hones, Robert H, and Rogers, M Lane. Bagless transfer process and apparatus for radioactive waste confinement. United States: N. p., 1998.
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Maxwell, David N, Hones, Robert H, & Rogers, M Lane. 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. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/871476.
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author = {Maxwell, David N and Hones, Robert H and Rogers, M Lane},
abstractNote = {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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place = {United States},
year = {1998},
month = {1}
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