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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Barnhardt Manufacturing Company, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Steven T. Farmer, Pfafftown, NC (US);
Richard T. Stoehr, King, NC (US);
Richard L. Rose, Nampa, ID (US);
Assignee:
Barnhardt Manufacturing Company, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21F 9/00 (2006.01); G21F 9/36 (2006.01); G21F 1/10 (2006.01); G21F 9/30 (2006.01); G21F 5/005 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21F 9/36 (2013.01); G21F 1/10 (2013.01); G21F 9/30 (2013.01); G21F 5/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for encapsulating a radioactive object to render the object suitable for shipment and/or storage, and including the steps of preparing a plastic material, causing the plastic material to react with a foaming agent, generating a foaming plastic, encapsulating the radioactive object in the foaming plastic, and allowing the foaming plastic to solidify around the radioactive object to form an impervious coating.