ASEA’s New Method to Contain Nuclear Waste

ASEA, the Swedish worldwide manufacturer of electrical and mechanical equipment, is working on the development of a process using hot isostatic pressing for the safe containment and storage of nuclear waste.
This development work which is being carried out at the Company’s High-Pressure Laboratory at Robertsfors, in the north of Sweden, promises to contain all dangers in the disposal of nuclear waste.
Under high pressure the waste is compacted together to form a dense and solid body which is harder than any kind of rock including granite! this process which is called hot isostatic pressing, is already been used in some of ASEA’s products, for instance, the Quintus Presses marketed throughout the world including Singapore. This new method will not only interest countries who are now grappling with the nuclear waste problem, but also others like the Republic who are seriously considering nuclear energy as an alternative power to oil.
ASEA has been working in the field of high-pressure research since the 1940s and has developed a number of processes and products which have led to important breakthroughs in materials technology.