Researchers at the Applied Physics Institute have experience in developing a variety of systems and field experience for cleaning up our environment.

API researchers have designed systems to characterize nuclear waste for fissile content and heat generation. Some also have previous field experience in characterizing clean-up sites such as the Melton Valley Storage Tanks in Oak Ridge, TN. They have designed systems to detect ⁹⁹Tc, a contaminant in nuclear fuel.

While API researchers have developed systems to clean up former battlefields and military installations, they also have experience in using these systems under field conditions. The API is continually developing new techniques and systems to make our world a safer place.

Please follow the links below for project specific details.

• Coal analysis to reduce fossil fuel power plant emissions to the atmosphere.
• Humanitarian Demining using nuclear techniques.
• Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) environmental cleanup systems.
• Remote Handled Transuranic (RH-TRU) waste characterization.
• Technetium-99 monitoring systems.
• Incinerator Waste Analysis.