STORING HAZARDOUS MATERIAL IN A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION

Abstract A hazardous material storage repository, comprising a drillhole that extends into the Earth from a terranean surface, the drillhole comprising an entry at least proximate the terranean surface, the drillhole comprising a substantially vertical drillhole portion and a hazardous material stor...

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Hauptverfasser:	Muller, Richard A, Muller, Elizabeth A
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR NUCLEAR ENGINEERING NUCLEAR PHYSICS PHYSICS PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULARRADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL
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Zusammenfassung:	Abstract A hazardous material storage repository, comprising a drillhole that extends into the Earth from a terranean surface, the drillhole comprising an entry at least proximate the terranean surface, the drillhole comprising a substantially vertical drillhole portion and a hazardous material storage drillhole portion that is coupled to the substantially vertical drillhole portion and formed in a subterranean salt formation, a storage canister positioned in the hazardous material storage drillhole portion, the storage canister sized to fit from the drillhole entry through the substantially vertical drillhole portion, and into the hazardous material storage drillhole portion of the drillhole, the storage canister comprising an inner cavity sized to enclose nuclear waste material, and a seal positioned in the drillhole, the seal isolating the hazardous material storage drillhole portion of the drillhole from the entry of the drillhole. WO 2018/226636 PCT/US2018/035974 oo 0 0r