[미국특허]
Processes for immobilizing radioactive and hazardous wastes
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G21F-001/00
G21F-009/16
G21F-009/30
A62D-003/00
B09B-003/00
출원번호
US-0606218
(2003-06-26)
우선권정보
IL-136685(2000-06-12)
발명자
/ 주소
Chekhmir,Anatoly
Gribetz,Arthur
출원인 / 주소
Geomatrix Solutions, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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31
초록▼
The present invention utilizes one or more processes to immobilize a waste that contains one or more of radionuclides, hazardous elements, hazardous compounds, and/or other compounds present in the waste. Each of the processes create a barrier against leaching and diffusion of the wastes. The first
The present invention utilizes one or more processes to immobilize a waste that contains one or more of radionuclides, hazardous elements, hazardous compounds, and/or other compounds present in the waste. Each of the processes create a barrier against leaching and diffusion of the wastes. The first barrier is created by integrating the waste with an immobilizing mineral. The second barrier is a layer of non-radioactive or non-hazardous material that covers the first barrier. The second barrier may be created using an overgrowth procedure or by sintering. The third barrier is created by a rock or glass matrix that surrounds the first and/or second barriers. The fourth barrier is created by ensuring that the rock or glass has the same or similar composition as the indigenous rock at the disposal site. The resultant rock or glass matrix is in equilibrium with the groundwater or local hydrothermal solutions that are saturated with components of the indigenous rock of the disposal area.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A process for immobilizing wastes comprising: contacting an immobilizing mineral with a solution containing a waste having one or more of radionuclides, hazardous elements, and hazardous components, resulting in a waste integrated immobilizing mineral, wherein the immobilizin
What is claimed is: 1. A process for immobilizing wastes comprising: contacting an immobilizing mineral with a solution containing a waste having one or more of radionuclides, hazardous elements, and hazardous components, resulting in a waste integrated immobilizing mineral, wherein the immobilizing mineral is selected from the group consisting of loparite, apatite, sphen, plagioclase feldspar, sodalite, nepheline, thorite, zircon, monazite, and calcium-zeolite; and heating the waste integrated immobilizing mineral to transform the waste integrated immobilizing mineral from a less stable mineral to a more stable mineral, wherein said transformation produces a waste integrated mineral. 2. The process of claim 1, further comprising activating the immobilizing mineral, prior to said contacting step, by enhancing the capability of the immobilizing mineral to integrate with one or more of the radionuclides, hazardous elements, and hazardous compounds in the waste. 3. The process of claim 2, wherein the step of activating involves a treatment selected from the group consisting of acid, base and heat. 4. The process of claim 1, wherein the heating of the waste integrated immobilizing mineral forms a waste product having a waste integrated mineral encapsulated by a surrounding matrix. 5. The process of claim 4, further comprising burying the waste product within an indigenous rock, wherein the indigenous rock and the surrounding matrix comprise at least one common component. 6. A process for immobilizing solid wastes comprising: heating a solid waste having one or more of radionuclides, hazardous elements, and hazardous compounds with components of an immobilizing mineral at an elevated temperature whereby a solid state reaction occurs between the solid waste and the components of an immobilizing mineral; and cooling to result in crystallization into one or more reacted crystals that is integrated with the one or more of radionuclides, hazardous elements, and hazardous compounds. 7. The process of claim 6, further comprising mixing the solid waste with the components of an immobilizing mineral before or during the heating step. 8. A process for immobilizing wastes comprising: adding to a mixture of a waste and an immobilizing mineral rock or glass that has components of the immobilizing mineral, wherein the waste includes one or more of radionuclides, hazardous elements, and hazardous components; heating the mixture to a temperature that is above melting point of the rock or glass but below the melting point of the immobilizing mineral, to form a waste integrated mineral; and cooling the mixture to result in formation of an effective covering of the waste integrated mineral and formation of a surrounding rock or glass matrix.
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