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US 12,595,718 B2Granted
Hazardous waste canister systems and methods
AssigneeDeep Isolation, Inc.
InventorRichard A. Muller
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Abstract
A hazardous waste canister includes a housing that defines an inner volume sized to enclose a portion of hazardous waste and including an excess space between the enclosed portion of hazardous waste and an inner wall surface of the housing; a cap configured to seal an open end of the housing through which the portion of hazardous waste is inserted into the inner volume; and a pressure balancing material inserted into the inner volume to fill the excess space.
Claims26
A hazardous waste canister, comprising:
- a housing that defines an inner volume sized to enclose a portion of hazardous waste, the inner volume comprising an excess space between the enclosed portion of hazardous waste and an inner wall surface of the housing;
- a cap configured to seal an open end of the housing through which the portion of hazardous waste is inserted into the inner volume;
- and
- a pressure balancing material inserted into the inner volume to fill the excess space.
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A method, comprising:
- enclosing a portion of hazardous waste in an inner volume of a housing of a hazardous waste canister, the inner volume comprising an excess space between the enclosed portion of hazardous waste and an inner wall surface of the housing;
- inserting a pressure balancing material into the inner volume to fill the excess space;
- and
- sealing an open end of the housing through which the portion of hazardous waste is inserted into the inner volume with a cap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.