Method of using nuclear waste to produce heat and power
OwnerStuart Snyderinventor
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Abstract
A method of using nuclear waste material and exploiting heat generated by radioactive decay of said radioactive waste, comprising the steps of incorporating solid nuclear waste into glass, ceramic, or cementitious blocks, covering the blocks in heat absorbing sealed containers, placing the sealed containers in a columnar arrangement in a gas tight containment room, circulating a heat exchange gas around said containers, passing the heated gas through a sealed heat exchanger, and using the heated water for useful work.
Claims16
A method for using nuclear waste to produce heat or power, said method comprising the steps of:
- incorporating nuclear waste in at least one solid composition block;
- covering said at least one solid composition block in at least one heat absorbing sealed container;
- transferring said at least one sealed container to a gas tight containment room;
- arranging said at least one sealed container in rows and columns in said containment room so that said containers are not in physical contact with one another;
- introducing cool molecular gas into said gas tight containment room through a gas inlet port;
- circulating said molecular gas around and among said at least one container to heat said molecular gas;
- drawing off said heated molecular gas through a gas outlet port;
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- circulating said heated molecular gas through a sealed heat exchanger to perform work.
A method for using nuclear waste to produce heat or power, said method comprising the steps of:
- incorporating nuclear waste in at least one solid composition block;
- covering said at least one solid composition block in at least one heat absorbing sealed container;
- transferring said at least one sealed container to a gas tight containment room;
- arranging said at least one sealed container in rows and columns in said containment room so that said containers are not in physical contact with one another;
- introducing cool molecular gas into said gas tight containment room through a gas inlet port;
- circulating said molecular gas around and among said at least one container to heat said molecular gas;
- drawing off said heated molecular gas through a gas outlet port;
- circulating said heated molecular gas through a sealed heat exchanger to perform work;
- providing an exit to said containment room, having a door for sealing said exit;
- providing a hallway extending outwardly from said exit door, having at least two angled turns to reduce the number of radioactive emissions which travel to the end of said hallway;
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- providing at least one robot, said robot to be stored at the end of said hallway, said robot capable of monitoring the integrity of said gas tight room and the heat output of individual sealed containers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.