Process for compacting normally occurring radioactive material (

Details Process for compacting normally occurring radioactive material ( Process for compacting normally occurring radioactive material (

1992-12-07

1994-08-09

Taylor, Dennis L.

Hazardous or toxic waste destruction or containment

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100 37, 100249, 405128, B09B 100

Patent

active

053368436

ABSTRACT:
A process for compacting normally occurring radioactive material (NORM) into a cylinder, such as a pipe, by providing a cylinder having a continuous sidewall, a first open end and a second closed in, and a cavity formed by the side wall defining a NORM storage space therein; providing a hopper for holding a quantity of the NORM; positioning the open end of the cylinder against the hopper, so that there is communication between the hopper space containing the NORM and the cylinder space; moving a ram member through the hopper toward the open end of the cylinder for forcing a quantity of the NORM contained within the hopper into the cylinder; repeating the compaction step until the cylinder is substantially filled with the NORM; and closing off the open end of the cylinder so that the NORM cannot move from the cylinder. The process also includes the step of removing the moisture from the NORM before the NORM is compacted in the cylinder.

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