Device for the pulverization of radioactive wastes
US4326842A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 24, 1980 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 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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