SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A CONTAINER HOLDING HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE FOR DRY STORAGE

摘要

A system and method for preparing a container holding high level radioactive waste for dry storage comprising connecting the gas circulation system to the canister so as to form a hermetically sealed closed-loop path that includes the cavity, filling the hermetically sealed closed-loop path with a non-reactive gas, circulating the non-reactive gas through the hermetically sealed closed-loop path until the condensing module is no longer removing substantial amounts of water from the circulating non-reactive gas, and subsequently placing either a desiccant module or a vacuum drying module in the closed loop path.