Hazardous material repository systems and methods
US10878972B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 20, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 29, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 20, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/13
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for storing nuclear waste include placing a plurality of nuclear waste portions into an inner volume of a housing of a nuclear waste canister configured to store the nuclear waste portions in a hazardous waste repository of a directional drillhole formed in a subterranean formation; substantially filling voids within the inner volume and between the plurality of nuclear waste portions with a solid or semi-solid granular material; and sealing the inner volume of the nuclear waste canister to enclose the plurality of nuclear waste portions and the solid or semi-solid granular material.
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