Hydraulic and earth engineering – Soil remediation – In situ contaminant removal or stabilization
Patent
1989-03-31
1990-09-11
Taylor, Dennis L.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Soil remediation
In situ contaminant removal or stabilization
405129, 521696, B09B 100, G21F 912
Patent
active
049559834
ABSTRACT:
A side loading system and method for the underground disposal of radioactive waste is disclosed herein. The vault system is formed from at least one vault cell that comprises a floor slab disposed within a recess in the earth, a ceiling slab disposed over the floor slab, an earth cap disposed over the ceiling slab and an elongated wall assembly disposed around the periphery of the floor slab for supporting the ceiling slab and earth cap. The elongated wall assembly is preferably four times as long as it is wide, and includes a back wall and a front wall, the front wall having an accessway for the side loading of radioactive waste. Radioactive waste is loaded in sequential rows starting from the back wall of the vault cell. Such a loading technique, in combination with the elongated shape of the wall assembly, minimizes radiation exposure to the personnel loading the vault cell as the front-most row of waste helps to shield the operators from radioactivity emitted by the balance of the waste contained within the vault cell. Additionally, because the ceiling slab does not depend upon the waste for support, each vault cell can be completely constructed and then inspected for structural faults before radioactive waste is loaded therein. Finally, the side-loading configuration of the vault cells advantageously shelters radioactive waste from ambient weather during the loading operation.
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Jones Bobby J.
Meess Daniel C.
Mello Raymond M.
Weiss, Jr. Thomas G.
Wright James B.
Taylor Dennis L.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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