System for the permanent storage of radioactive wastes

Details System for the permanent storage of radioactive wastes System for the permanent storage of radioactive wastes

1990-06-21

1992-06-30

Pollard, Steven M.

Receptacles

Receptacle having flexible, removable inner liner

Means for venting air trapped between the liner and its...

2505061, 2505071, G21F 500

Patent

active

051255324

ABSTRACT:
System for the permanent storage of radioactive wastes (11) and of wastes in general involving a great risk of environmental and human contamination, the radioactive wastes (11) being collected in drums (12) or other suitable means, the drums (12) being capable of being stacked and gathered within containers (13) consisting advantageously of centrifuged concrete, the system arranging that a multi-barrier configuration is interposed between the radioactive source (11) and the surrounding terrain (17), the multiple barriers consisting of concrete structures (13-15-16) and of clay (14-114-214) injected in the liquid state within the concrete structures (13-15-16) so as to fill the whole of the empty interspaces, the clay solidifying into an impermeable plastic agglomerate after being injected.

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