Remote vacuum compaction of compressible hazardous waste
Abstract
A system for remote vacuum compaction and containment of low-level radioactive or hazardous waste comprising a vacuum source, a sealable first flexible container, and a sealable outer flexible container for receiving one or more first flexible containers. A method for compacting low level radioactive or hazardous waste materials at the point of generation comprising the steps of sealing the waste in a first flexible container, sealing one or more first containers within an outer flexible container, breaching the integrity of the first containers, evacuating the air from the inner and outer containers, and sealing the outer container shut.
- Inventors:
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- Pittsburgh, PA
- McMurray, PA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 871884
- Patent Number(s):
- 5818059
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States Department (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B30 - PRESSES B30B - PRESSES IN GENERAL
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC11-89PN38014
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- remote; vacuum; compaction; compressible; hazardous; waste; containment; low-level; radioactive; comprising; source; sealable; flexible; container; outer; receiving; containers; method; compacting; level; materials; generation; steps; sealing; breaching; integrity; evacuating; air; inner; shut; waste comprising; flexible container; outer container; hazardous waste; waste material; waste materials; level radioactive; vacuum source; remote vacuum; vacuum compaction; /250/53/588/
Citation Formats
Coyne, Martin J, Fiscus, Gregory M, and Sammel, Alfred G. Remote vacuum compaction of compressible hazardous waste. United States: N. p., 1998.
Web.
Coyne, Martin J, Fiscus, Gregory M, & Sammel, Alfred G. Remote vacuum compaction of compressible hazardous waste. United States.
Coyne, Martin J, Fiscus, Gregory M, and Sammel, Alfred G. Thu .
"Remote vacuum compaction of compressible hazardous waste". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/871884.
@article{osti_871884,
title = {Remote vacuum compaction of compressible hazardous waste},
author = {Coyne, Martin J and Fiscus, Gregory M and Sammel, Alfred G},
abstractNote = {A system for remote vacuum compaction and containment of low-level radioactive or hazardous waste comprising a vacuum source, a sealable first flexible container, and a sealable outer flexible container for receiving one or more first flexible containers. A method for compacting low level radioactive or hazardous waste materials at the point of generation comprising the steps of sealing the waste in a first flexible container, sealing one or more first containers within an outer flexible container, breaching the integrity of the first containers, evacuating the air from the inner and outer containers, and sealing the outer container shut.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1998},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1998}
}
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