- Patent Title: Filling container and method for storing hazardous waste material
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Application No.: US14123427Application Date: 2011-06-02
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Publication No.: US10910121B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Walter Guillermo Bermudez , Salvatore Moricca , Allan Grant Murray
- Applicant: Walter Guillermo Bermudez , Salvatore Moricca , Allan Grant Murray
- Applicant Address: AU Bangor; AU Woonona; AU Tahmoor
- Assignee: Walter Guillermo Bermudez,Salvatore Moricca,Allan Grant Murray
- Current Assignee: Walter Guillermo Bermudez,Salvatore Moricca,Allan Grant Murray
- Current Assignee Address: AU Bangor; AU Woonona; AU Tahmoor
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- International Application: PCT/IB2011/001565 WO 20110602
- International Announcement: WO2012/164331 WO 20121206
- Main IPC: G21F5/002
- IPC: G21F5/002 ; G21F5/12 ; G21F5/005 ; B09B3/00 ; G21F9/34 ; G21F9/08 ; G21F9/00 ; G21F9/22 ; G21F5/14

Abstract:
The present invention provides systems, methods and devices for storing and/or disposing of hazardous waste material. In some embodiments, the waste material includes nuclear waste such as calcined material. In certain embodiments, the device includes a container having a container body, a filling port configured to couple with a filling nozzle and a filling plug, and an evacuation port having a filter. The evacuation port is configured to couple with an evacuation nozzle and an evacuation plug. In certain embodiments, the method includes (a) adding hazardous waste material via a filling nozzle coupled to a filling port of a container, the container including an evacuation port, (b) evacuating the container during adding of the hazardous waste material via an evacuation nozzle coupled to an evacuation port of the container, (c) sealing the filling port, (d) heating the container, and (e) sealing the evacuation port.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140221721A1 Filling Container and Method For Storing Hazardous Waste Material Public/Granted day:2014-08-07
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