Published December 19, 1984 | Version v1
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Offshore waste disposal

Creators

Description

A method according to the invention comprises drilling at least one bore hole from a bottom-supported drilling platform at an offshore site, temporarily storing units of waste material on the platform, transferring the units from storage to the head of a bored hole, disposing units one upon another in the bore hole and sealing the hole to contain the waste materials below the seabed. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available from The Patent Office, 25 Southampton Buildings, London, WC2A 1AY.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
10 p.
IPC:
Int. Cl. G21f9/34.
IPC
Int. Cl. G21f9/34.
Patent number
GB patent document 2141575/A/

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
16058724
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BOREHOLES; CONTAINERS; MARITIME TRANSPORT; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; OFFSHORE SITES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ROCK DRILLING; SEA BED; SEALS
Descriptors DEC
CAVITIES; MACHINING; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; MATERIALS DRILLING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; TRANSPORT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
GB priority 8314674.