Hazardous material repository systems and methods
US10751769B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 20, 2020 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 20, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/00
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Techniques for forming a directional drillhole for hazardous waste storage include identifying a subterranean formation suitable to store hazardous waste; determining one or more faults that extend through the subterranean formation; forming a vertical drillhole from a terranean surface toward the subterranean formation; and forming a directional drillhole from the vertical drillhole that extends in or under the subterranean formation and parallel to at least one of the one or more faults. The directional drillhole includes a hazardous waste repository configured to store the hazardous waste.
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