Repository disposal container
OwnerMorris Reich, Bernard Manowitz +1inventors
InventorsMorris Reich, Bernard Manowitz, James R. Powell
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Abstract
The Repository Disposal Container is a vessel for the disposal of waste in a geologic repository. The vessel, typically a cylinder, must be made of graphite and may also be made of other materials. The graphite must be in a solid form of sufficient strength and durability to survive emplacement in the repository and form a barrier against the release of the waste into a geologic repository for a period of time in excess of that achievable from comparable vessels made of steel or any of its alloys.
Claims4
A vessel, open at one or both ends and used for containing wastes in a geologic repository, comprising:
- a. a graphite barrier having a thickness between about 0.1 to 300 centimeters, a diameter or width between about 0.1 and 1,000 centimeters, a length between about 0.1 and 1000 centimeters;
- and,
- b. a graphite lid for each open end of the graphite barrier which is capable of sealing the graphite barrier.
A cylindrical vessel, open at one or both ends and used for containing wastes in a geologic repository, comprising:
- a. a graphite barrier having a thickness of about 7 centimeters, a diameter or width of about 145 centimeters, and a length of about 498 centimeters;
- b. a graphite lid for each open end of the graphite barrier which is capable of sealing the graphite barrier;
- c. a carbon steel barrier, which mates with the external surface of the graphite barrier, and which has a thickness of about 10 centimeters;
- d. a carbon steel barrier, which mates with the internal surface of the graphite barrier having a thickness of about 2 centimeters;
- e. a carbon steel lid for each open end of the carbon steel barrier mating with the external surface of the graphite barrier, which is capable of sealing said carbon steel barrier;
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- f. a carbon steel lid for each open end of the carbon steel barrier mating with the internal surface of the graphite barrier, which is capable of sealing said carbon steel barrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.