Method of making nanostructured glass-ceramic waste forms
| Patent Number: | 8,334,421 |
| Issued: | 12/18/2012 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | A method of rendering hazardous materials less dangerous comprising trapping the hazardous material in nanopores of a nanoporous composite material, reacting the trapped hazardous material to render it less volatile/soluble, sealing the trapped hazardous material, and vitrifying the nanoporous material containing the less volatile/soluble hazardous material. |
| Filed: | 7/1/2009 |
| Application Number: | 12/495,851 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |