1. Process for the reduction of radioactive waste and particularly by regeneration of filters called iodine traps, in particular in nuclear centers and in the centers for nuclear studies, characterized in that it is practiced by means of a mobile device and consists essentially, on site, in placing at least one filter (1) in a chamber (2), without previous disassembly, circulating hot air in this chamber (2), creating a vacuum in the chamber (2), so as to extract the pollutants, then impregnating, under vacuum, the active carbon of the filter (1) by means of a chemical impregnation product (3) such as an amine or an amine derivative.
2. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the heating of the filters in the chamber (2) is carried out at a temperature which is comprised between 80 C. and 200 C.
3. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the vacuum created within the chamber (2) by means of a vacuum pump (5) with a liquid circuit, for placing under vacuum the chamber (2) for the extraction, is preferably comprised between 80 mbar and 120 mbar absolute and this vacuum is maintained for at least 15 minutes.
4. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the impregnation under vacuum of the filter (1) is carried out by sublimation of a heated chemical impregnation product (3), preferably at a temperature comprised between 40 C. and 80 C. under a vacuum maintained by means of a vacuum pump (6) for maintaining, under vacuum for impregnation, between 5 mbar and 30 mbar absolute and for a duration comprised between 15 hours and 20 hours.
5. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the impregnation product is preferably an amine or an amine derivative and is preferably triethylenediamine.
6. Device for practicing the process according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it is in the form of a mobile assembly essentially constituted by at least one vacuum chamber (2) for reception of at least one filter (1) to be regenerated, by a heating device (4), by a vacuum pump (5) with a liquid circuit for placing under vacuum the chamber (2) for extraction, by a vacuum pump (6) for placing under vacuum for impregnation, and by a heating grill (7) for receiving an impregnation product (3) disposed above the filter (1) to be regenerated, the different individual elements being controlled by means of a control and monitoring panel (8).
7. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises several chambers under vacuum, namely several individual chambers for heating and for desorption of individual filters and a larger chamber that can contain several filters for carrying out the vacuum impregnation phase.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An apparatus to validate configuration, the apparatus comprising:
a determination module configured to make a determination of a type of a host operating system of a host computer;
a characterization module configured to characterize a host type of a logical volume through a read-only examination of the logical volume;
a compatibility module configured to determine if the logical volume is configured for the determined type of host operating system; and
a mitigation module configured to mitigate the mis-configuration if the logical volume is not configured for the host operating system.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mitigation module is further configured to notify a user if the logical volume is not configured for the host operating system.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mitigation module is further configured to reconfigure the logical volume such that the logical volume is configured for the host operating system if the host type is incompatible with the host operating system.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mitigation module is further configured to identify a host operating system compatible with the logical volume if the logical volume is incompatible with the host operating system.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the characterization module is configured to characterize the host type from metadata.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the characterization module is configured to characterize the host type as a member of a group of host types.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a host type record configured with a plurality of host types each associated with at least one host operating system and comprising at least one host operating system characteristic specification.
8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the configuration module is further configured to characterize the host type as unknown if the host type is not equivalent to a host type of the host type record.
9. A system capable of validating configuration of a logical volume, the system comprising:
a host computer;
a storage subsystem comprising:
a storage device configured with a logical volume; and
a controller module in communication with the host computer and the storage device, configured to control the storage device, the controller device comprising:
a determination module configured to make a determination of a type of a host operating system of the host computer;
a characterization module configured to characterize a host type of the logical volume through a read-only examination of the logical volume;
a compatibility module configured to determine if the logical volume is configured for the determined type of host operating system; and
a mitigation module configured to mitigate the mis-configuration if the logical volume is not configured for the host operating system.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the storage subsystem is configured as a storage area network configured with a plurality of storage devices.
11. The system of claim 9, wherein the mitigation module is further configured to direct the characterization module to characterize the host type of a plurality of logical volumes and the comparison module to determine if the host type of each logical volume is configured for the host operating system, and wherein the mitigation module associates a compatible logical volume with the host computer.
12. The system of claim 9, wherein the controller module is configured to direct the determination module, the characterization module, the compatibility module, and the mitigation module to validate the configuration of the logical volume for the host operating system responsive to a user command.
13. The system of claim 9, wherein the mitigation module is further configured to notify a user if the logical volume is not configured for the host operating system.
14. The system of claim 9, wherein the mitigation module is further configured to reconfigure the logical volume such that the logical volume is compatible with the host operating system if the logical volume is incompatible with the host operating system.
15. A signal bearing medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform operations to validate configuration, the operations comprising:
making a determination of a type of a host operating system of a host computer;
characterizing the host type of a logical volume through a read-only examination of the logical volume;
determining if the logical volume is configured for the determined type of host operating system; and
mitigating the mis-configuration if the logical volume is not configured for the host operating system.
16. The signal bearing medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further comprise operations to notify a user to mitigate the mis-configuration if the logical volume is not configured for the host operating system.
17. The signal bearing medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further comprise operations to reconfigure the logical volume such that the logical volume is compatible with the host operating system if the logical volume is not configured for the host operating system.
18. A method for validating compatibility, the method comprising:
making a determination of a type of a host operating system of a host computer;
characterizing the host type of a logical volume through a read-only examination of the logical volume;
determining if the logical volume is configured for the determined host operating system; and
mitigating the mis-configuration if the logical volume is not configured for the host operating system.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising notifying a user to mitigate the mis-configuration if the logical volume is not configured for the host operating system.
20. The method of claim 18, further comprising reconfiguring the logical volume such that the logical volume is compatible with the host operating system if the logical volume is not configured for the host operating system.