Patent · US Expired

Container for radioactive nuclear waste materials

US4337167A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 5, 1980
Grant dateJun 29, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 5, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG21F5/005
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed are two improved container materials for radioactive nuclear waste. Radioactive nuclear waste can be contained over extended periods of time by encapsulating the waste materials in containers composed of these alloys and burying the containers underground in an impervious, stable rock formation.

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