Hazardous or toxic waste destruction or containment – Destruction or containment of radioactive waste – By fixation in stable solid media
Patent
1999-06-22
2000-10-24
Marcantoni, Paul
Hazardous or toxic waste destruction or containment
Destruction or containment of radioactive waste
By fixation in stable solid media
501152, 501155, 264 05, 252625, G21F 900
Patent
active
061370258
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a ceramic composition for the immobilization of actinides, particularly uranium and plutonium. The ceramic is a titanate material comprising pyrochlore, brannerite and rutile.
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Allender Jeffrey S.
Ebbinghaus Bartley B.
Jostsons Adam
Rankin David Thomas
Stewart Martin W.
Chang Randall W.
Daubenspeck William C.
Marcantoni Paul
Moser William R.
The United States of America as represented by the United States
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