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7250119 Composite materials and techniques for neutron and gamma radiation shielding  
This invention deals with multi-component composite materials and techniques for improved shielding of neutron and gamma radiation emitting from transuranic, high-level and low-level radioactive...
7091393 Processes for immobilizing radioactive and hazardous wastes  
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...
7090827 Process for immobilizing metallic sodium in glass form  
A process for immobilizing metallic sodium in glass form. The process comprises: (A) introducing in a dispersed state, into a reactor, an amount of a vitrified matrix precursor, metallic sodium and...
7012168 Boron-based containment matrix for the storage or transmutation of long-life radioactive elements  
The invention relates to a confinement matrix for the storage or incineration of at least one long-life radioactive element, comprising at least one crystalline boron compound of a rhombohedral...
6518477 Simplified integrated immobilization process for the remediation of radioactive waste  
A method for remediating non-homogeneous radioactive waste to significantly reduce the waste mass/volume and to convert such waste to products that meet federal regulatory compliance standards is...
6448461 Method for treating boron-containing waste  
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for treating boron-containing waste, which prevent clogging of a waste liquid line, achieve an increase in feeding of a waste liquid to a...
6436271 Preparation of mineral matrices by cold crucible induction melting  
The aim of the present invention is a process for preparing a mineral matrix by melting, which is implemented according to the method of direct cold crucible induction melting. The method employs a...
6372950 Method of treating a radiation protector  
A radiation protector treating method including the steps of pulverizing a used radiation protector to obtain a pulverized radiation protector material and mixing the pulverized radiation protector...
6329563 Vitrification of ion exchange resins  
The present invention relates to vitrification of ion exchange resins that have become loaded with hazardous or radioactive wastes, in a way that produces a homogenous and durable waste form and...
6258994 Methods of vitrifying waste with low melting high lithia glass compositions  
The invention relates to methods of vitrifying waste and for lowering the melting point of glass forming systems by including lithia formers in the glass forming composition in significant amounts,...
6204214 Pumpable/injectable phosphate-bonded ceramics  
A pumpable ceramic composition is provided comprising an inorganic oxide, potassium phosphate, and an oxide coating material. Also provided is a method for preparing pumpable ceramic-based waste...
5998690 Method and agents for solidification of boric acid and/or borates solutions  
A unique method for solidification of solutions containing boric acid and/or borates is disclosed in this invention. The boron species in the solutions are polymerized to form polyborates, and the...
5961679 Recovery of fissile materials from nuclear wastes  
A process for recovering fissile materials such as uranium, and plutonium, and rare earth elements, from complex waste feed material, and converting the remaining wastes into a waste glass suitable...
5947887 Extruder glass-melter process for vitrification of nuclear and other toxic wastes  
A toxic waste and glass frit are fed into an extruder having a helical screw. The glass frit, as well as any glassy material and glass-forming component in the waste, are melted in the extruder as...
5846278 Method of determining glass durability  
A process for determining one or more leachate concentrations of one or more components of a glass composition in an aqueous solution of the glass composition by identifying the components of the...
5637127 Plasma vitrification of waste materials  
This invention provides a process wherein hazardous or radioactive wastes in the form of liquids, slurries, or finely divided solids are mixed with finely divided glassformers (silica, alumina,...
5613240 Method of preparing sodalite from chloride salt occluded zeolite  
A method for immobilizing waste chloride salts containing radionuclides and hazardous nuclear material for permanent disposal starting with a substantially dry zeolite and sufficient glass to form...
5530174 Method of vitrifying high-level radioactive liquid waste  
A method of vitrifying a high-level radioactive liquid waste comprising removing a precipitate composed mainly of Mo and Zr from the high-level liquid waste, mixing the resulting high-level liquid...
5494863 Process for nuclear waste disposal  
The present invention relates to a process for nuclear waste disposal. In it, a glass forming mixture including an aqueous solution of one or more metal alkoxides, alcohol, and solubilized, low...
H001013 Process for the immobilization and volume reduction of low level radioactive wastes from thorium and uranium processing  
A process for the immobilization and volume reduction of low level radioactive wastes produced from the processing of rare earth recovery processes comprising mixing the waste residue with 0.1 to...
4851156 Retention of radio-ruthenium in acid processing of nuclear waste  
Radioactive combustible waste can be processed with hot concentrated sulfuric acid and the resulting residue material immobilized in glass with retention of volatile radio-ruthenium, if present. In...
4797232 Process for the preparation of a borosilicate glass containing nuclear waste  
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a borosilicate glass containing nuclear waste. In this process, an inactive borosilicate matrix is prepared in an aqueous medium by mixing...
4772431 Process for the immobilization of nuclear waste in a borosilicate glass  
The invention relates to a process for the immobilization of nuclear waste in a borosilicate glass. In the process, the following are mixed simultaneously: a silica-based gel precursor, a...
4759879 Glass former composition and method for immobilizing nuclear waste using the same  
An alkoxide glass former composition has silica-containing constituents present as solid particulates of a particle size of 0.1 to 0.7 micrometers in diameter in a liquid carrier phase...
4725383 Process for volume reduction and solidification of a radioactive sodium borate waste solution  
A process is disclosed for volume reduction and solidification of a radioactive waste solution mainly composed of sodium borate and discharged from a pressurized water reactor. The process...
4595528 Process for immobilizing radioactive boric acid liquid wastes  
A method of immobilizing boric acid liquid wastes containing radionuclides by neutralizing the solution and evaporating the resulting precipitate to near dryness. The dry residue is then fused into...
4544499 Fixation by anion exchange of toxic materials in a glass matrix  
This invention relates to the immobilization of toxic, e.g., radioactive materials, internally in a silicate glass or silica gel matrix for extremely long periods of time. Toxic materials, such as...
4514329 Process for vitrifying liquid radioactive waste  
A process for vitrifying liquid radioactive waste is provided. In this process, a solution of a water-soluble vitrifying-facilitating inorganic compound in liquid radioactive waste is mixed with a...
4487711 Cinder aggregate from PUREX waste  
Disclosed is a process for making a cinder aggregate from neutralized PUREX waste. The PUREX waste is concentrated to about 30 to about 40 percent solids and a colloid of such de-alcoholated...
4430257 Alcohol-free alkoxide process for containing nuclear waste  
Disclosed is a method of containing nuclear waste. A composition is first prepared of about 25 to about 80%, calculated as SiO 2 , of a partially hydrolyzed silicon compound, up to about 30%,...
4422965 Nuclear waste encapsulation in borosilicate glass by chemical polymerization  
Disclosed is a process for containing a solution of nuclear waste, where the nuclear waste is at least 10% sodium or nitrate. A composition is prepared in an alcohol of about 1 to about 99% of a...
4376070 Containment of nuclear waste  
Disclosed is a method of immobilizing nuclear waste in glass. A composition is prepared of about 30 to about 85% of a hydrolyzed glass-forming silicon compound, about 5 to about 30% of a...
4202792 Method for noncontaminating solidification of radioactive waste materials  
Method for the solidification, in a manner which protects the environment against contamination, of waste materials obtained during reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel and/or breeder materials...
4152287 Method for calcining radioactive wastes  
This invention relates to a method for the preparation of radioactive wastes in a low leachability form by calcining the radioactive waste on a fluidized bed of glass frit, removing the calcined...
4097401 Thermodynamically stable product for permanent storage and disposal of highly radioactive liquid wastes  
Highly radioactive liquid wastes are permanently stored in a solidification matrix containing the components of a known borosilicate glass together with nucleation agents selected from the group...
4020004 Conversion of radioactive ferrocyanide compounds to immobile glasses  
Complex radioactive ferrocyanide compounds result from the scavenging of cesium from waste products produced in the chemical reprocessing of nuclear fuel. These ferrocyanides, in accordance with...
3321409 Production of radioactive fused glass bodies  
3272756 Radioactive waste disposal using colemanite  
3265627 Addition of lithium values in conversion of fission-product wastes to a glass-like solid for disposal  
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