FLUID CONVEYED MATERIAL COLLECTION SYSTEM

The present invention is a system (or apparatus) and method for processing fluids, especially waste streams from nuclear power plants, and other fluid media th at may be carrying valuable or useful substances, in order to collect the substances carried by such media. The system uses sequential filtering and multiple passes to concentra te the substances, which allows the system to collect virtually all of the substances of intere st to the user while reducing the volume of both the unwanted materials as well as the desired materials desired without affecting the purity of the fluid after processing. Additionally, th e collected substances can be processed in-place, and without requiring any thermal processing prior to disposal of unwanted substances, or for the recovery and/or reuse of valuabl e substances. Furthermore, the system provides other desirable features including, but not limited to, a novel multi-purpose container, and an optional means to stabilize waste through in-place solidification.