Abstract: A fecal canister for use in a space application has a canister body extending from an inlet end toward a remote end. Hooks are aligned along an inner surface of the canister from the inlet end towards the remote end. In embodiments, a compaction lid, or a storage bag catch on the hooks to maintain a compacted position.

Abstract: A resilient transverse partition for a substantially cylindrical body such as a drum or a pipe, wherein a plurality of narrow elongated leaves of thin resilient material and equal length are co-joined in an overlapping fanned array about a common center with their ends slideable with respect to one another and congruent with a circle of slightly greater diameter than said body, so that the array of leaves can be forced into the body transversely and coaxially therewithin and deformed into a concavo-convex domes partition resilient to axial displacement from forces acting on its convex side.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and an apparatus for storing contaminated waste material by compacting. The waste material is placed in a drum, it is compressed by forcing a precover into the drum and whose edges are made deformable in order to prevent the rising of the precover, by its edges locking on the walls of the drum, particularly by engaging in grooves made in these walls. The cycle is then repeated until the drum is completely full. Application to the storage of radioactive waste.