Dennis J Hotaling

US Patent:

44041292, Sep 13, 1983

Filed:

Dec 30, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/221376

Inventors:

H. Larry Penberthy - Seattle WA
Dennis J. Hotaling - Seattle WA

Assignee:

Penberthy Electromelt International, Inc. - Seattle WA

International Classification:

C09K 300
C09K 1104

US Classification:

252629

Abstract:

A method for sequestering radioactive waste materials against dissolution and migration into the biosphere during prolonged storage is disclosed. The method comprises incorporating the waste materials as oxides into a mass of molten glass, and subsequently casting the homogeneous molten mass in an inert chemically durable glass container supported by a mold. The container is then sealed and permitted to cool, thereby forming a solid mass having an outer layer or cladding of non-radioactive glass. The glass used for the container preferably is a leach resistant soda-lime-alumina-silica glass similar to conventional bottle glass, and the coefficient of expansion thereof should be sufficiently close to that of the contents to avoid excessive stress at the interface upon cooling.