Method for disposing of radioactively labeled animal carcasses
AssigneeWaste Reduction by Waste Reduction, Inc.
InventorsGordon I. Kaye, Peter B. Weber
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Abstract
A method for disposing of animal tissue containing radioactive materials by producing a solution containing a substantially de minimis concentration of radioactive materials through alkaline hydrolysis and dilution of the animal tissue containing the radioactive materials followed by disposing of the de minimis solution in a sewage system or septic system. Additionally, an apparatus for practicing the above method which comprises a tank capable of forming a closed reaction vessel with a highly basic solvent therein. The apparatus further comprises a means for heating the highly basic solvent and means for filtering and removing the solution of de minimis radioactivity formed within the tank.
Claims19
A method for producing a safely disposable solution from animal tissue containing radioactive materials comprising the steps of:
- providing a highly basic solvent;
- heating said highly basic solvent;
- immersing said animal tissue containing radioactive materials in said highly basic solvent;
- allowing said animal tissue to remain within said highly basic solvent until substantially digested;
- and
- forming a solution containing a substantially de minimis concentration of
- radioactive materials.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.