Nuclear waste retrievable disposal device, system, and method
OwnerCraig Porterinventor
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Abstract
A waste material depositing system for depositing waste material into a sub-seabed sediment of an ocean floor. There is a penetrator including a first disposal stage and a second disposal stage. The first disposal stage having an outer shell disposed about a cavity, the cavity being shaped and sized to receive a waste disposal canister. The second disposal stage being removably coupled to a top end of the first disposal stage by an automatic disengagement device, and having: an outer cylinder, a plurality of second disposal fins disposed along a length of the outer cylinder, and an arrestor system coupled to a top portion of the outer cylinder.
Claims20
A waste material depositing system for depositing waste material into a sub-seabed sediment of an ocean floor, comprising:
- a. a penetrator, including:
- i. a first disposal stage, having an outer shell disposed about a cavity, the cavity being shaped and sized to receive a waste disposal canister;
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- ii. a second disposal stage removably coupled to a top end of the first disposal stage by an automatic disengagement device, having:
- an outer cylinder, a plurality of second disposal fins disposed along a length of the outer cylinder, and an arrestor system coupled to a top portion of the outer cylinder.
A method of depositing waste material into a sub-seabed sediment of the ocean floor, comprising:
- a. receiving waste material;
- b. loading the waste material into a first disposal stage of a penetrator, wherein the penetrator includes the first disposal stage and a second disposal stage removably coupled to the first disposal stage;
- c. loading the penetrator onto a disposal vessel;
- d. transporting the penetrator to a disposal site;
- e. releasing the penetrator from the disposal vessel at the disposal site;
- f. penetrating the sub-seabed sediment of the ocean floor with the penetrator;
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- g. uncoupling the second disposal stage from the first disposal stage.
A method of reclaiming waste material from a sub-seabed sediment of the ocean floor, comprising:
- a. identifying a second signal from a second transponder coupled to a second disposal stage located within a surface of a sub-seabed sediment of the ocean floor;
- b. homing in on the second signal and locating the second disposal stage;
- c. recognizing a first signal from a first transponder coupled to a first disposal stage located below the second disposal stage and within the sub-seabed sediment of the ocean floor;
- d. digging downward from the second disposal stage toward the first signal and locating the first disposal stage;
- e. retrieving the first disposal stage from the sub-seabed sediment of the ocean floor, wherein the first disposal stage contains waste material, and thereby retrieving waste material from the sub-seabed sediment of the ocean floor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.