Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Filling devices, systems and methods for transferring hazardous waste material into a sealable container
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Application No.: US14123322Application Date: 2011-06-02
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Publication No.: US10706980B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Salvatore Moricca , Walter Guillermo Bermudez , Allan Grant Murray
- Applicant: Salvatore Moricca , Walter Guillermo Bermudez , Allan Grant Murray
- Applicant Address: AU Lucas Heights
- Assignee: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
- Current Assignee: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
- Current Assignee Address: AU Lucas Heights
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- International Application: PCT/IB2011/002190 WO 20110602
- International Announcement: WO2012/164335 WO 20121206
- Main IPC: G21F5/002
- IPC: G21F5/002 ; G21F5/005 ; G21F5/12 ; G21F9/36 ; G21F5/14 ; B09B3/00 ; G21F9/22

Abstract:
The present invention provides systems, methods and devices for storing and/or disposing of hazardous waste material such as calcined material. In certain embodiments, the system comprises a filling nozzle having a valve body having a distal end and an outer surface, the outer surface proximate the distal end being configured to sealingly and removeably couple to an inner surface of a filling port of the container. In certain embodiments, the method comprises (a) coupling an outer surface of a filling nozzle with an inner surface of a filling port of a container to form a first seal (b) adding hazardous waste material into the container (c) decoupling the filling port from the filling nozzle and (d) inserting a fill plug into the filling port, the fill plug forming a second seal with the inner surface of the filling port, the second seal being distally spaced from at least a portion of the first seal with respect to the container.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140221720A1 Filling Devices, Systems And Methods For Transferring Hazardous Waste Material Into A Sealable Container Public/Granted day:2014-08-07
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