Aqueous radioactive waste concentrator

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE CONCENTRATION OF AQUEOUS RADIOACTIVE WASTES COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, (A) A BATCH STORAGE TANK, (B) MEANS TO FILL SAID BATCH STORAGE TANK WITH RADIOACTIVE WASTE, (C) A FIRST PUMP DRAWING WASTE FROM SAID BATCH TANK, (D) A FIRST EDUCATOR THROUGH WHICH SAID PUMP FORCES WASTE WHICH RETURNS TO SAID BATCH TANK, (E) AN EVAPORATOR AND CONDENSER COIL IN ITS UPPER IN ITS LOWER PORTION, A CONDENSION COIL IN ITS UPPER PORTION, MEANS COLLECTING CONDENSATE FROM SAID CONDENSING COIL, AND DROP SEPARATORS BETWEEN SAID HEATING AND CONDENSING COILS, (F) A FIRST VALVE ENABLING SOME FLOW FROM SAID FIRST EDUCATOR TO FLOW INTO THE BOTTOM OF SAID EVAPORATOR AND CONDENSER, (G) MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE WASTE LEVEL IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID EVAPORATOR AND CONDENSOR CLOSING SAID FIRST VALVE, (H) A FIRST PIPE THROUGH WHICH SAID FIRST EDUCATOR DRAWS WASTE FROM SAID EVAPORATOR AND CONDENSRO TO RETURN WITH THE WASTE FLOWING FROM SAID FIRST EDUCATOR TO SAID BATCH TANK, (I) A DISTILLATE HOLDING TANK, (J) A SECOND PUMP DRAWING WATER FROM SAID DISTILLATE HOLDING TANK, (K) A SECOND EDUCATOR THROUGH WHICH SAID SECOND PUMP FORCES WATER WHICH RETURNS TO SAID DISTILLATE HOLDING TANK, (L) A SECOND PIPE THROUGH WHICH SAID SECOND EDUCATOR DRAWS A VACUUM IN SAID EVAPORATOR AND CONDENSER, (M) A PURITY SENSING DEVICE, (N) A THREE-WAY VALVE, SAID THREE-WAY VALVE DIRECTING CONPURITY SENSING DEVICE, AND (O) A THIRD PIPE LEADING FROM SAID MEANS COLLECTING CONDENSATE THROUGH SAID PURITY SENSING DEVICE TO SAID THREE-WAY VALVE, SAID THREE-WAY VALVE DIRECTING CONDENSATE TO SAID SECOND EDUCATOR TO PASS INTO SAID DISTILLATE TANK AND SAID THREE-WAY VALVE BEING ACTIVATED IN RESPONSE TO SAID PURITY SENSING DEVICE DIRECTING DISTILLATE OF LESSER PURITY TO SAID FIRST EDUCATOR TO PASS INTO SAID BATCH TANK.