Plant for sorting and packing toxic nuclear waste has sealed sorting cell with input conveyor and airlock and drum manipulating chamber with sealed trapdoor

摘要

A plant comprises a waste sorting cell (10) for opening waste drums (1), treating and cutting waste, and having an inlet conveyor (2), a sealed trapdoor (22) leading to a drum manipulation chamber (20) and a system to control its atmosphere. The drum manipulation chamber is located beneath the sorting cell and is connected to an outlet airlock (30).