Hazardous material repository systems and methods
US11837373B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 23, 2022 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/00
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
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Abstract
A power generator system includes one or more heat transfer members configured to contact: a heat source in a hazardous waste repository of a directional drillhole that stores nuclear waste in one or more nuclear waste canisters, and a heat sink in the hazardous waste repository; and one or more thermoelectric generators thermally coupled to the one or more heat transfer members and configured to generate electric power based on a temperature difference between the heat source and the heat sink.
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