Features:
- Each block capable of retaining at least 3.2 liters of liquid
- Very stable long term storage (500 years +)
Applications:
- Disposal of low level radioactive waste liquids
- Disposal of plutonium contaminated (PCM) liquid waste
- Spill bunds
- Long term contaminated Liquid Storage
- Each block capable of retaining at least 3.2 liters of liquid
- Very stable long term storage (500 years +)
Applications:
- Disposal of low level radioactive waste liquids
- Disposal of plutonium contaminated (PCM) liquid waste
- Spill bunds
- Long term contaminated Liquid Storage
Bentonite Absorber Blocks
© Smith Engineering GB Ltd 2011
Tel: +44 (0) 1900 815831 | Fax: +44 (0) 1900 815553 | Email: r.smith@moonbuggy.com
Solway Industrial Estate, Maryport, Cumbria, CA15 8NF
Vat No: 330471196 | Registered in England & Wales
Tel: +44 (0) 1900 815831 | Fax: +44 (0) 1900 815553 | Email: r.smith@moonbuggy.com
Solway Industrial Estate, Maryport, Cumbria, CA15 8NF
Vat No: 330471196 | Registered in England & Wales
Mechanism:
Briefly, the operation of the blocks are as follows:
- Whilst dry the Absorber Block material is packed with microscopic voids, each of those microscopic voids contain a dehydrated particle of bentonite.
- When a liquid comes into contact with the Absorber Block, the bentonite actively absorbs the liquid deep inside the block and the now hydrated bentonite particle swells to fill the void.
- Once the liquid has been absorbed by the bentonite into the Absorber Block, it becomes stable and will not leak or leach out of the block. The waste liquid is then encapsulated within the Absorber Block for a period of at least 500 years in a stable condition.
Briefly, the operation of the blocks are as follows:
- Whilst dry the Absorber Block material is packed with microscopic voids, each of those microscopic voids contain a dehydrated particle of bentonite.
- When a liquid comes into contact with the Absorber Block, the bentonite actively absorbs the liquid deep inside the block and the now hydrated bentonite particle swells to fill the void.
- Once the liquid has been absorbed by the bentonite into the Absorber Block, it becomes stable and will not leak or leach out of the block. The waste liquid is then encapsulated within the Absorber Block for a period of at least 500 years in a stable condition.
Specifications:
Length: 230 mm
Width: 170 mm
Height: 120 mm
Dry weight: 3.5 Kg
Wet weight: 7.5 Kg
Retained liquid: 3.2 litre minimum
Delivery: Palletized packs of 135 blocks each.
Length: 230 mm
Width: 170 mm
Height: 120 mm
Dry weight: 3.5 Kg
Wet weight: 7.5 Kg
Retained liquid: 3.2 litre minimum
Delivery: Palletized packs of 135 blocks each.
Cementitious Absorber blocks for absorbing low level
active liquid & PCM nuclear waste, before
encapsulation.
Absorber blocks have been developed & manufactered by Smith Engineering at the absorbant block plant within the Maryport facility for over 5 years.
The blocks have been used extensively by Sellafield Ltd in the liquid barrier lining in the base of their low level waste containers (containing PCM waste) at their above ground LLW Repository at Drigg, Cumbria.
The stable long term storage nature of Absorber Blocks make them the only suitable product for this task in the world.
Absorber blocks have been developed & manufactered by Smith Engineering at the absorbant block plant within the Maryport facility for over 5 years.
The blocks have been used extensively by Sellafield Ltd in the liquid barrier lining in the base of their low level waste containers (containing PCM waste) at their above ground LLW Repository at Drigg, Cumbria.
The stable long term storage nature of Absorber Blocks make them the only suitable product for this task in the world.