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Encapsulation of nuclear wastes

US4077901A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 3, 1975
Grant dateMar 7, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 3, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG21F9/167
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Toxic waste materials are encapsulated by the method wherein the waste material in liquid or finely divided solid form is uniformly dispersed in a vinyl ester resin or an unsaturated polyester and the resin cured under conditions that the exotherm does not rise above the temperature at which the integrity of the encapsulating material is destroyed.

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