Method of and apparatus for the introduction of radiocative metallic wastes into a melting furnace

摘要

A method of and apparatus for melting radioactive waste contained in a metal transport vessel and in which the transport vessel is introduced into a container which is closed by a laterally retractable cover and then inverted by rotation through 180 DEG about a horizontal axis to lie above the mouth of a furnace. The mouth of the furnace is provided with a horizontally retractable slider and the cover and the slider are independently retracted to allow discharge of the transport vessel and the radioactive waste contents thereof into the furnace for melting therein. The container and its cover thus form part of the gate allowing transfer of the radioactive waste into the furnace without a hot or radioactive cell shielding the entire unit from vagabond or wayward radioactivity.