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US 4,400,314 AGranted
Method for the ultimate disposal of high level radioactive waste
AssigneeChevron Research Company
InventorsJ. R. B. Ellis, Bernard A. Fries
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for disposing of an aqueous solution of radioactive nuclides, in which the solution is diluted with formation water recovered from a subsea reservoir in a porous geological formation and, after dilution, the dilute solution is injected into the same subsea geological formation.
Claims6
A method for disposing of an aqueous solution of radioactive nuclides, comprising:
- (a) producing water from a water-containing, porous, generally horizontally-extending, water-permeable geological formation located below sorptive sedimentary geological strata;
- (b) forming a dilute solution of said nuclides by mixing produced water with said aqueous solution;
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- (c) injecting said dilute solution into said formation.
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