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Device for the pulverization of radioactive wastes

US4326842A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 24, 1980
Grant dateApr 27, 1982
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Expiry dateJan 24, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S422/903
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for pulverizing incombustible large solid radioactive wastes arising from atomic power plants or the like. The device comprises a furnace body provided with a vacant space for melting radioactive wastes, a gripper mounted on the furnace body to support the radioactive waste, plasma torches mounted on the furnace body to irradiate a plasma arc toward the lower end of the wastes, and a water vessel disposed below the vacant space.

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