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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Grand Abyss, Llc, Tulsa, OK (US);
Inventors:
Leonid N. Germanovich, Atlanta, GA (US);
Lawrence C. Murdoch, Clemson, SC (US);
Marvin Robinowitz, Tulsa, OK (US);
Assignee:
Grand Abyss, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21D 1/02 (2006.01); G21C 19/32 (2006.01); G21D 3/06 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); G21F 9/24 (2006.01); G21C 9/016 (2006.01); G21F 9/34 (2006.01); B09B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/32 (2013.01); E21B 41/0057 (2013.01); G21C 9/016 (2013.01); G21D 1/02 (2013.01); G21D 3/06 (2013.01); G21F 9/24 (2013.01); G21F 9/34 (2013.01); B09B 1/008 (2013.01); G21Y 2002/207 (2013.01); G21Y 2004/503 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method to safely isolate mobile radioactive material during an emergency includes a borehole located in close proximity and at a depth sufficient to safely isolate the material. An already- or pre-prepared vertical-oriented gravity fracture is located at the bottom end of the borehole, with the mobile radioactive material entering the gravity fracture during the emergency. A dense slurry or fluid could be mixed with the mobile radioactive material to create and propagate the gravity fracture as the radioactive material is being disposed of.