Advanced Containment System
Abstract
An advanced containment system for containing buried waste and associated leachate. A trench is dug on either side of the zone of interest containing the buried waste so as to accommodate a micro tunnel boring machine. A series of small diameter tunnels are serially excavated underneath the buried waste. The tunnels are excavated by the micro tunnel boring machine at a consistent depth and are substantially parallel to each other. As tunneling progresses, steel casing sections are connected end to end in the excavated portion of the tunnel so that a steel tube is formed. Each casing section has complementary interlocking structure running its length that interlocks with complementary interlocking structure on the adjacent casing section. Thus, once the first tube is emplaced, placement of subsequent tubes is facilitated by the complementary interlocking structure on the adjacent, previously placed, casing sections.
- Inventors:
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- Idaho Falls, ID
- Tokyo, JP
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- BECHTEL BWXT IDAHO LLC
- OSTI Identifier:
- 879991
- Patent Number(s):
- 6802670
- Application Number:
- 10/411521
- Assignee:
- Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC (Idaho Falls, ID)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B09 - DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE B09B - DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B09 - DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE B09C - RECLAMATION OF CONTAMINATED SOIL
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-99ID13727; AC07-94ID13223
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Kostelnik, Kevin M, Kawamura, Hideki, Richardson, John G, and Noda, Masaru. Advanced Containment System. United States: N. p., 2004.
Web.
Kostelnik, Kevin M, Kawamura, Hideki, Richardson, John G, & Noda, Masaru. Advanced Containment System. United States.
Kostelnik, Kevin M, Kawamura, Hideki, Richardson, John G, and Noda, Masaru. Tue .
"Advanced Containment System". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/879991.
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abstractNote = {An advanced containment system for containing buried waste and associated leachate. A trench is dug on either side of the zone of interest containing the buried waste so as to accommodate a micro tunnel boring machine. A series of small diameter tunnels are serially excavated underneath the buried waste. The tunnels are excavated by the micro tunnel boring machine at a consistent depth and are substantially parallel to each other. As tunneling progresses, steel casing sections are connected end to end in the excavated portion of the tunnel so that a steel tube is formed. Each casing section has complementary interlocking structure running its length that interlocks with complementary interlocking structure on the adjacent casing section. Thus, once the first tube is emplaced, placement of subsequent tubes is facilitated by the complementary interlocking structure on the adjacent, previously placed, casing sections.},
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