Fireproof impact limiter aggregate packaging inside shipping containers
Abstract
The invention is a product and a process for making a fireproof, impact limiter, homogeneous aggregate material for casting inside a hazardous material shipping container, or a double-contained Type-B nuclear shipping container. The homogeneous aggregate material is prepared by mixing inorganic compounds with water, pouring the mixture into the void spaces between an inner storage containment vessel and an outer shipping container, vibrating the mixture inside the shipping container, with subsequent curing, baking, and cooling of the mixture to form a solidified material which encapsulates an inner storage containment vessel inside an outer shipping container. The solidified material forms a protective enclosure around an inner storage containment vessel which may store hazardous, toxic, or radioactive material. The solidified material forms a homogeneous fire-resistant material that does not readily transfer heat, and provides general shock and specific point-impact protection, providing protection to the interior storage containment vessel. The material is low cost, may contain neutron absorbing compounds, and is easily formed into a variety of shapes to fill the interior void spaces of shipping containers.
- Inventors:
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- Knoxville, TN
- (Kingston, TN)
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 874040
- Patent Number(s):
- 6299950
- Assignee:
- BWXT Y12 LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
- 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 Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- fireproof; impact; limiter; aggregate; packaging; inside; shipping; containers; product; process; homogeneous; material; casting; hazardous; container; double-contained; type-b; nuclear; prepared; mixing; inorganic; compounds; water; pouring; mixture; void; spaces; inner; storage; containment; vessel; outer; vibrating; subsequent; curing; baking; cooling; form; solidified; encapsulates; forms; protective; enclosure; store; toxic; radioactive; fire-resistant; readily; transfer; heat; provides; shock; specific; point-impact; protection; providing; interior; cost; contain; neutron; absorbing; easily; formed; variety; shapes; fill; shipping container; inorganic compounds; aggregate material; resistant material; hazardous material; radioactive material; organic compound; organic compounds; containment vessel; active material; neutron absorbing; void space; transfer heat; material forms; shipping containers; providing protection; protective enclosure; easily form; impact limiter; absorbing compounds; /428/252/250/376/976/
Citation Formats
Byington, Gerald A, Oakes, Jr., Raymon Edgar, and Feldman, Matthew Rookes. Fireproof impact limiter aggregate packaging inside shipping containers. United States: N. p., 2001.
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Byington, Gerald A, Oakes, Jr., Raymon Edgar, & Feldman, Matthew Rookes. Fireproof impact limiter aggregate packaging inside shipping containers. United States.
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"Fireproof impact limiter aggregate packaging inside shipping containers". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874040.
@article{osti_874040,
title = {Fireproof impact limiter aggregate packaging inside shipping containers},
author = {Byington, Gerald A and Oakes, Jr., Raymon Edgar and Feldman, Matthew Rookes},
abstractNote = {The invention is a product and a process for making a fireproof, impact limiter, homogeneous aggregate material for casting inside a hazardous material shipping container, or a double-contained Type-B nuclear shipping container. The homogeneous aggregate material is prepared by mixing inorganic compounds with water, pouring the mixture into the void spaces between an inner storage containment vessel and an outer shipping container, vibrating the mixture inside the shipping container, with subsequent curing, baking, and cooling of the mixture to form a solidified material which encapsulates an inner storage containment vessel inside an outer shipping container. The solidified material forms a protective enclosure around an inner storage containment vessel which may store hazardous, toxic, or radioactive material. The solidified material forms a homogeneous fire-resistant material that does not readily transfer heat, and provides general shock and specific point-impact protection, providing protection to the interior storage containment vessel. The material is low cost, may contain neutron absorbing compounds, and is easily formed into a variety of shapes to fill the interior void spaces of shipping containers.},
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