The Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory (DIAL) (http://www.msstate.edu/Dept/DIAL/) at Mississippi State University, in conjunction with the United States Department of Energy, has established a collaborative agreement with the Russian Institute of Chemical Technology in Moscow to demonstrate and adapt a Hybrid Plasma Induction Cold Crucible Melter (PICCM) for waste recycling applications.  The pilot-scale apparatus for treatment of solid mixed radioactive wastes, a Plasmatron with Induction Cold Crucible Melter (PICCM), was developed within the framework of the JCCEM project in FY 1996-97, (V. Gotovchikov, Principal Investigator, Institute of Chemical Technology).  For more information see: Topical Report DIAL 40395, TR-96-2, February 1999.

The device has proven itself in laboratory and pilot scale tests.  Additional work is in progress so that it can be considered for application at DOE sites.

Joint Patent Applications

1. PROCESSING OF SOLID MIXED WASTE CONTAINING RADIOACTIVE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
   V.T.Gotovchikov, E.A. Filippov, and A.V. Ivanov.
   Patent Number: 5,750,822.
   Date Granted: May 2, 1998.

2. APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING OF SOLID MIXED WASTE CONTAINING RADIOACTIVE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
   V.T. Gotovchikov, E.A. Filippov, and A.V. Ivanov.
   Serial Number: 08/911,071.
   Filing Date: August 19, 1997
   

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