Container
AssigneeBritish Nuclear Fuels plc
InventorDavid J. Brown
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Abstract
A container for material contaminated with a toxic substance or a radionuclide has a base with recesses. A highly absorbent cementitious material is disposed in the recesses for absorbing any liquid in the container. The cementitious material is made by mixing together a sodium bentonite clay slurry and a cement slurry at a water/solids ratio of about 1.5/1. Subsequent heating of the mixture removes capillary water without substantially dehydrating any hydrated cement.
Claims13
A container for material contaminated with a toxic substance or a radionuclide, wherein the improvement comprises, the container having a base, intersecting members at the base inside the container define a plurality of recesses therebetween, and absorbent cementitious material disposed in the recesses for absorbing liquid in the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.