Hazardous waste canister with dual lid
AssigneeDeep Isolation, Inc.
InventorRichard A. Muller
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Abstract
A hazardous material storage system includes a drillhole extending into the Earth and including an entry at least proximate a terranean surface. The drillhole includes a substantially vertical portion, a curved portion, and a horizontal portion that includes a hazardous waste repository formed within a first portion of the horizontal portion of the drillhole, the hazardous waste repository vertically isolated, by a rock formation, from a subterranean zone that includes mobile water, and a safety runway formed within a second portion of the horizontal portion exclusive of the hazardous waste repository and adjacent the curved portion, the safety runway defined by a particular length.
Claims31
(canceled)
A nuclear waste canister, comprising:
- a housing that comprises a closed end and an open end opposite the closed end, the housing defines an inner volume sized to hold at least one nuclear waste portion and configured to store nuclear waste in a human-unoccupiable directional drillhole;
- a first lid attachable to the housing between the closed end and the open end to create a first seal of the inner volume;
- and
- a second lid attachable to the housing at or near the open end to create a second seal of the inner volume.
A method for containing nuclear waste, comprising:
- placing at least one nuclear waste portion into an inner volume of a housing of a nuclear waste canister through an open end, the housing comprising a closed end and the open end opposite the closed end and configured to store nuclear waste in a human-unoccupiable directional drillhole;
- attaching a first lid to the housing between the closed end and the open end to create a first seal of the inner volume;
- and
- attaching a second lid to the housing at or near the open end to create a second seal of the inner volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.