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ARI
Technologies Awarded $225,000 Contract from DOE
for Technology Deployment
October
2, 2000 - Kent, WA —
ARI
Technologies, Inc. (ARI) of Kent was awarded a contract
by the U.S. Department of Energy Federal Energy Technology
Laboratory (NETL) to deploy its Thermochemical Conversion
Technology (TCCT)
for destruction of asbestos.
The
agreement, requires that ARI acquire asbestos from
within the DOE complex, transport the material to
its processing system located in Tacoma, Washington,
and destroy it. The project will involve extensive
monitoring and evaluation to document destruction
of the asbestos and to evaluate costs for future applications.
The asbestos is scheduled for destruction in February,
2001.
ARI
uses a high temperature process that destroys asbestos
through mineralogical conversion. The process results
in 100% destruction of asbestos and produces a product
that is inert, non-toxic, unregulated, and suitable
for construction applications. The technology is also
being applied to hazardous wastes and is permitted
by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to
treat PCBs. The technology is being further developed
for immobilization of metals and radionuclides in
wastes.
There
are limited options for destruction of asbestos in
the U.S.. Landfill disposal does not affect the toxicity
of asbestos and it is becoming increasingly expensive.
ARI Technologies, Inc. provides an alternative to
the inadequate practice of land disposal for a wide
variety of toxic materials including asbestos, PCBs,
other organic contamination, toxic metals and radioactive
wastes.
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Technologies, Inc. • 1221 2nd Avenue North •
Kent, WA 98032 • USA
Phone: 253.796.5995 • FAX: 425.961.0632
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