Hydraulic and earth engineering – Subterranean waste disposal – containment – or treatment
Reexamination Certificate
2008-04-22
2008-04-22
Kreck, John (Department: 3672)
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Subterranean waste disposal, containment, or treatment
C588S017000, C588S319000, C588S407000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11410585
ABSTRACT:
A process to transform solid, low-level, radioactive waste produced from oil and gas production into a form that may be safely disposed of, such as by re-injection into geologic formations in the Earth.
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Kreck John
Myers, Jr. Richard S.
Stites & Harbison PLLC
University of Mississippi
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