Integrated ion-exchange disposal and treatment system
AssigneeGeoRoc International, Inc.
InventorsSalvatore Moricca, Paul Heath, Martin William Alexander Stewart
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Abstract
A canister for interim storage and subsequent consolidation of waste materials via hot pressing and comprising at least one ion exchange material. The canister is configured to house the ion exchange material after it is exchanged with a contaminating ion without releasing the contaminating ion and to consolidate waste materials via hot-isostatic pressing. A method comprising contacting a fluid waste with an ion exchange material.
Claims33
A canister for interim storage and subsequent consolidation of waste materials via hot isostatic pressing, the canister comprising at least one ion exchange material therein, the canister configured to:
- house the ion exchange material after it is exchanged with a contaminating ion without releasing said contaminating ion;
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- consolidate said ion exchange material via hot-isostatic pressing,
- wherein the ion exchange material is located in the interior of the canister as an integral part of the canister or is located in a filter or cartridge that is housed inside the canister.
A method of immobilize waste in a dense monolith, the method comprising:
- contacting a fluid waste with an ion exchange material located in a canister;
- evacuating the canister;
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- hot isostatically pressing (HIP) the canister until it collapses under HIP conditions, said conditions comprise heat and pressure that are sufficient to consolidate the ion exchange material containing said waste into a dense monolith, wherein the ion exchange material is located in the interior of the canister as an integral part of the canister, or is located in a filter or cartridge that is housed inside the canister.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.