The Applied Research Center provides a full spectrum of waste management research capabilities and services. Our staff has experience supporting waste management activities at various DOE sites in collaboration with national laboratories and private contractors. The Center's waste processing research program develops innovative, cost-effective technologies to help clients protect the environment from chemical pollutants generated as nuclear, industrial, and agricultural waste.

Capabilities

• Waste characterization, transport, treatment, and disposal
• Evaluation of commercial waste treatment and disposal technologies
• Development of novel treatment methods
• Waste information management
• Slurry monitoring for mixed and high-level radioactive waste
• Waste slurry transportation
• Nuclear waste vitrification and characterization
• Emission reduction of nitrogen oxides
• Aerosol generation and transport
• Chemical process research

Waste Treatment, Transport, and Disposal.
Clients such as the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense, Westinghouse, and the South Florida Water Management District enlist our team to develop integrated, advanced systems to characterize and monitor waste streams, facilitate pipeline transport, and reduce harmful emissions. The Applied Research Center responds by seamlessly integrating environmental, energy, and information technology into cutting-edge solutions tailor-made to meet our clients waste processing needs.