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公开(公告)号：US11135629B2
公开(公告)日：2021-10-05
申请号：US17145505
申请日：2021-01-11
申请人： Deep Isolation, Inc.
摘要： A hazardous material storage repository includes a drillhole extending into the Earth and including an entry. The drillhole includes a vertical drillhole portion, a transition drillhole portion coupled to the vertical drillhole portion, and a hazardous material storage drillhole portion coupled to the transition drillhole portion. The hazardous material storage drillhole portion is located below a self-healing geological formation and is vertically isolated, by the self-healing geological formation, from a zone that comprises mobile water. The repository includes a storage canister positioned in the hazardous material storage drillhole portion and sized to fit from the drillhole entry through the vertical drillhole portion, the transition drillhole portion, and into the hazardous material storage drillhole portion. The storage canister includes an inner cavity sized to enclose hazardous material.
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公开(公告)号：US10921301B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-16
申请号：US16796798
申请日：2020-02-20
申请人： Deep Isolation, Inc.
摘要： Techniques for determining the suitability of a subterranean formation as a hazardous waste repository include determining a concentration of at least one noble gas isotope of a plurality of noble gas isotopes in fluid sample from a subterranean formation below a terranean surface; determining a produced amount of the at least one noble gas isotope in the subterranean formation based on a production rate of the at least one noble gas isotope and a minimum residence time; calculating a ratio of the determined concentration of the at least one noble gas isotope in the fluid sample to the determined produced amount of the at least one noble gas isotope; and based on the calculated ratio being at or near a threshold value, determining that the subterranean formation is suitable as a hazardous waste repository.
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公开(公告)号：US20200023416A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-23
申请号：US16419866
申请日：2019-05-22
申请人： Deep Isolation, Inc.
摘要： A hazardous material storage repository includes a drillhole extending into the Earth and including an entry. The drillhole includes a vertical drillhole portion, a transition drillhole portion coupled to the vertical drillhole portion, and a hazardous material storage drillhole portion coupled to the transition drillhole portion. The hazardous material storage drillhole portion is located below a self-healing geological formation and is vertically isolated, by the self-healing geological formation, from a zone that comprises mobile water. The repository includes a storage canister positioned in the hazardous material storage drillhole portion and sized to fit from the drillhole entry through the vertical drillhole portion, the transition drillhole portion, and into the hazardous material storage drillhole portion. The storage canister includes an inner cavity sized to enclose hazardous material.
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公开(公告)号：US10265743B1
公开(公告)日：2019-04-23
申请号：US16207741
申请日：2018-12-03
申请人： Deep Isolation, Inc.
摘要： A hazardous material storage repository includes a drillhole extending into the Earth and including an entry at least proximate a terranean surface, the drillhole including a substantially vertical drillhole portion, a transition drillhole portion coupled to the substantially vertical drillhole portion, and a hazardous material storage drillhole portion, at least one of the transition drillhole portion or the hazardous material storage drillhole portion including an isolation drillhole portion; a storage canister positioned in the hazardous material storage drillhole portion, the storage canister sized to fit from the drillhole entry through the substantially vertical drillhole portion, the transition drillhole portion, and into the hazardous material storage drillhole portion of the drillhole, the storage canister including an inner cavity sized enclose hazardous material; and a seal positioned in the drillhole, the seal isolating the hazardous material storage drillhole portion of the drillhole from the entry of the drillhole.
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公开(公告)号：US10002683B2
公开(公告)日：2018-06-19
申请号：US14998232
申请日：2015-12-24
申请人： Deep Isolation, Inc.
CPC分类号： G21F5/008 , B09B1/00 , B09B1/008 , E21B41/005 , E21B43/00 , G21F9/165 , G21F9/304 , G21F9/34
摘要： A hazardous material storage bank includes a wellbore extending into the Earth and including an entry at least proximate a terranean surface, the wellbore including a substantially vertical portion, a transition portion, and a substantially horizontal portion; a storage area coupled to the substantially horizontal portion of the well bore, the storage area within or below a shale formation, the storage area vertically isolated, by the shale formation, from a subterranean zone that includes mobile water; a storage container positioned in the storage area, the storage container sized to fit from the wellbore entry through the substantially vertical, the transition, and the substantially horizontal portions of the wellbore, and into the storage area, the storage container including an inner cavity sized enclose hazardous material; and a seal positioned in the wellbore, the seal isolating the storage portion of the wellbore from the entry of the wellbore.
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公开(公告)号：US20230408001A1
公开(公告)日：2023-12-21
申请号：US18032284
申请日：2021-10-18
申请人： Deep Isolation, Inc.
发明人： Richard A. Muller
IPC分类号： F16L15/00 , E21B17/042 , E21B17/046 , F16L15/08 , G21F9/34 , B09B1/00
CPC分类号： F16L15/006 , E21B17/042 , E21B17/046 , F16L15/08 , G21F9/34 , B09B1/008 , F16L27/04
摘要： A casing joint includes a tubular including a particular length, a particular diameter, and a first wall thickness; a male connection formed on a first end of the tubular, the male connection including an axial length and a plurality of threads formed on a portion of an external surface of the male connection less than the axial length of the male connection; and a female connection formed on a second end of the tubular opposite the first end, the female connection including an axial length and a plurality of threads formed on a portion of an internal surface of the female connection less than the axial length of the female connection.
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公开(公告)号：US11837375B2
公开(公告)日：2023-12-05
申请号：US17175106
申请日：2021-02-12
申请人： Deep Isolation, Inc.
CPC分类号： G21F9/34 , B09B1/008 , G01N1/08 , G01N33/0036 , G01T1/167
摘要： Techniques for determining the suitability of a subterranean formation as a hazardous waste repository include determining a neutron flux of a first isotope in a subterranean formation; calculating, based at least in part on the determined neutron flux of the first isotope, a predicted production rate of a second isotope in the subterranean formation; calculating a first ratio of the predicted production rate of the second isotope relative to a theoretical production rate of a stable form of the second isotope; measuring respective concentrations of the second isotope and the stable form of the second isotope in a subterranean water sample; calculating a second ratio of the measured concentration of the second isotope relative to the measured concentration of the stable form of the second isotope; and based on a comparison of the first and second ratios, determining that the subterranean formation is suitable as a hazardous waste repository.
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公开(公告)号：US11666953B2
公开(公告)日：2023-06-06
申请号：US17750651
申请日：2022-05-23
申请人： Deep Isolation, Inc.
摘要： Methods for storing or disposing of nuclear waste include forming a drillhole that extends into the Earth from a terranean surface. The drillhole includes an entry at least proximate the terranean surface, a substantially vertical drillhole portion, and a hazardous material storage drillhole portion that is coupled to the substantially vertical drillhole portion and is formed in a subterranean salt formation. The methods further include moving a storage canister into the hazardous material storage drillhole portion. The storage canister is sized to fit from the drillhole entry through the substantially vertical drillhole portion, and into the hazardous material storage drillhole portion of the drillhole. The storage canister has an inner cavity that encloses nuclear waste material. The methods further include positioning a seal in the drillhole to isolate the hazardous material storage drillhole portion of the drillhole from the entry of the drillhole.
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公开(公告)号：US20230130489A1
公开(公告)日：2023-04-27
申请号：US17976114
申请日：2022-10-28
申请人： Deep Isolation, Inc.
发明人： Richard A. Muller
摘要： A hazardous material storage system includes a drillhole extending into the Earth and including an entry at least proximate a terranean surface. The drillhole includes a substantially vertical portion, a curved portion, and a horizontal portion that includes a hazardous waste repository formed within a first portion of the horizontal portion of the drillhole, the hazardous waste repository vertically isolated, by a rock formation, from a subterranean zone that includes mobile water, and a safety runway formed within a second portion of the horizontal portion exclusive of the hazardous waste repository and adjacent the curved portion, the safety runway defined by a particular length.
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公开(公告)号：US11338338B2
公开(公告)日：2022-05-24
申请号：US17001057
申请日：2020-08-24
申请人： Deep Isolation, Inc.
发明人： Richard A. Muller
摘要： A drillhole plug includes a frame or housing of a corrosion-resistant material and sized to fit within a milled portion of a directional drillhole that includes a hazardous waste repository; and a material that fills at least a portion of the frame or housing. The material exhibits creep such that the material fills one or more voids between the frame or housing and a subterranean formation adjacent the milled portion of the directional drillhole.
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