Patent · US Expired

Container for radioactive nuclear waste materials

US4474689A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 2, 1981
Grant dateOct 2, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 2, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG21F9/36
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed are two improved container alloys 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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