Inventors:
Martin J. Coyne - Pittsburgh PA
Gregory M. Fiscus - McMurray PA
Alfred G. Sammel - Pittsburgh PA
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by the United States Department
of Energy - Washington DC
International Classification:
G21F 5005
Abstract:
A system for remote vacuum compaction and containment of low-level radioactive or hazardous waste comprising a vacuum source, a sealable first flexible container, and a sealable outer flexible container for receiving one or more first flexible containers. A method for compacting low level radioactive or hazardous waste materials at the point of generation comprising the steps of sealing the waste in a first flexible container, sealing one or more first containers within an outer flexible container, breaching the integrity of the first containers, evacuating the air from the inner and outer containers, and sealing the outer container shut.