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Method of treatment of radioactive liquid waste
Assignee: Doryokuro Kakunenryo Kaihatsu Jigyodan
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Filing: 1988-02-10
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Granted: 1989-07-04
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Expires: 2008-02-10
Abstract
Abstract A method of treatment of a radioactive liquid waste containing fission products and a thermally decomposable sodium compound which comprises heating the liquid waste to convert the sodium compound into oxides of sodium, converting the oxides into sodium, hydroxide, reacting the sodium hydroxide with an alcohol to form a sodium alcoholate, separating the sodium alcoholate from an impurity residue essentially comprising fission products, decomposing the separated sodium alcoholate to form sodium hydroxide and recovering the sodium hydroxide.
Inventors
- 👤 Katsuyuki Ohtsuka
- 👤 Yoshiharu Takahashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 04:37
CPC Classifications
G; G21; G21F; G21F9/00; G21F9/04; G21F9/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
A method of treatment of a radioactive liquid waste comprising the steps of: heating a radioactive liquid waste containing fission products and a thermally decomposable sodium compound to convert the sodium compound into oxides of sodium, thereby forming a calcination product comprising fission products and oxides of sodium; converting the oxides of sodium in the calcination product into sodium hydroxide by means of water vapor; reacting the sodium hydroxide in the calcination product with an alcohol to form a sodium alcoholate; separating the thus formed sodium alcoholate by means of solid-liquid separation from an impurity residue comprising the fission products; and decomposing the sodium alcoholate with water to form and recover sodium hydroxide.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
113 words
A method of treatment of a radioactive liquid waste comprising the steps of: heating a radioactive liquid waste containing fission products and a thermally decomposable sodium compound to convert the sodium compound into oxides of sodium, thereby forming a calcination product comprising fission products and oxides of sodium; converting the oxides of sodium in the calcination product into sodium hydroxide by means of water vapor; reacting the sodium hydroxide in the calcination product with an alcohol to form a sodium alcoholate; separating the thus formed sodium alcoholate by means of solid-liquid separation from an impurity residue comprising the fission products; and decomposing the sodium alcoholate with water to form and recover sodium hydroxide.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein heating of the radioactive liquid waste is carried out by microwave heating.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the conversion of the oxides of sodium into sodium hydroxide is carried out by spraying water vapor to the calcination product.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
58 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the conversion of the oxides of sodium into sodium hydroxide is carried out by reacting the calcination product with carbon dioxide gas to convert the oxides of sodium in the calcination product into sodium carbonate, and then spraying water vapor to the calcination product to convert sodium carbonate into sodium hydroxide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method according to claim 1, which further comprises melting the separated impurity residue with a glass forming agent to produce a vitrified product.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method according to claim 1, which further comprises mixing the separated impurity residue with bitumen under heating to produce a product solidified by bitumen.
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