Method for reducing radiologically-contaminated waste
AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Corp.
InventorKeith Mahosky
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Abstract
A method for reducing radiologically-contaminated waste is provided. The method comprises treating radiologically-contaminated surfaces and subsurfaces. The method comprises consolidating soil waste. The method comprises employing real-time scanning technology to classify waste based at least in part on a threshold of radiological contamination. The waste is sorted based on the classification. The waste is disposed of via at least one of different disposal routes, based at least in part on the classification.
Claims18
A method for reducing radiologically-contaminated waste, the method comprising:
- treating radiologically-contaminated surfaces, wherein the radiologically-contaminated surfaces are treated with a surface treatment agent;
- treating radiologically-contaminated subsurfaces, wherein the radiologically-contaminated subsurfaces are treated with a surface/subsurface treatment agent;
- consolidating soil waste;
- employing real-time scanning technology to classify waste based at least in part on a threshold of radiological contamination;
- sorting the waste based on a classification produced from the employing the real-time scanning technology to classify waste;
- disposing of the waste via at least one of different disposal routes, based at least in part on the classification;
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- at least one of pyrolyzing and incinerating at least a portion of the waste.
A method for reducing radiologically-contaminated waste, the method comprising:
- treating radiologically-contaminated surfaces, wherein the radiologically-contaminated surfaces are treated with a surface treatment agent, wherein treating radiologically-contaminated surfaces comprises disassembling components and treating the components in a bath;
- treating radiologically-contaminated subsurfaces, wherein the radiologically-contaminated subsurfaces are treated with a surface/subsurface treatment agent;
- consolidating soil waste;
- employing real-time scanning technology to classify waste based at least in part on a threshold of radiological contamination;
- sorting the waste based on a classification produced by the employing real-time scanning technology to classify waste;
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- disposing of the waste via at least one of different disposal routes, based at least in part on the classification,
- wherein a reduction of radiologically-contaminated waste from a first contamination threshold to a second lower contamination threshold occurs, and
- wherein disposing of the waste comprises disposing via a disposal route that corresponds to the second lower contamination threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.