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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard L Gay, Canoga Park, CA (US);
LeRoy F Grantham, Calabasas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell International Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
110342 ; 34 10 ; 34 5 / ; 55259 ; 110216 ; 110224 ; 110237 ; 110238 ; 110346 ; 110348 ; 159 481 ; 159D / ; 159-402 ; 423242 ;
Abstract
The volume of low-level radioactive wastes containing free water is reduced by introducing the waste as a finely atomized spray into a zone heated by means of a hot gas. Contact of the spray particles with the hot gas results in the production of a dry, flowable radioactive solid product and a gaseous non-radioactive product which contains substantially no NO.sub.x or SO.sub.x and no volatile radionuclides, which are retained in the solid product.