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ARI's thermochemical treatment process is an effective and economic method for destroying asbestos and for treating other hazardous and radioactive wastes. The process effectively destroys organic and inorganic compounds and immobilizes metals and radionuclides, resulting in a product that is inherently safe and often recyclable.

ARI offers remediation contracting services, technology transfer & licensing support, treatability testing, and engineering & technical support for application of thermochemical treatment to hazardous and radioactive waste. ARI has the resources and capabilities to meet the needs of its customers and to help address complex technical issues related to waste treatment.

ARI's thermochemical conversion technology (TCCT) is the only process currently capable, permitted, and available to destroy asbestos and PCBs. It is one of only a few technologies at full-scale maturity capable of destroying organic and inorganic compounds and immobilizing metals and radionuclides into an inert rocklike product, all in one process.

Advantages of ARI's Thermochemical Treatment Technology include:

• Listed as Best Available Technique (BAT) by the Integrated Pollution Prevention Control Bureau for asbestos destruction in the European Union
• Capable and permitted by EPA for asbestos and PCB destruction
• Capable of thermal desorption followed by destruction of organic compounds
• Able to immobilize metals and radionuclides in a rocklike product
• Process parameters can be adjusted to accommodate specific waste types
• Able to process a wide variety of contaminated media including soil, sludge, sediment, debris, etc.
• The processing units can be made to be transportable
• The process results in significant volume reduction of waste (20% to 90%)
• The technology can operate using a variety of energy sources.

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