Deep Isolation Licenses Borehole Waste Disposal Technology To Federal Contractor Navarro

Company sees deal as step toward commercialisation

Deep Isolation Licenses Borehole Waste Disposal Technology To Federal Contractor Navarro
In deep borehole disposal, radioactive waste is placed in a single deep borehole drilled vertically into the Earth’s crust. Courtesy Deep Isolation.

California-based nuclear waste management company Deep Isolation has licensed its borehole waste disposal technology to Navarro Research and Engineering for application in nuclear and hazardous waste projects in Tennessee and Idaho.

The deal covers Deep Isolation’s patented borehole repository systems and canister technologies, while ownership of all patents and processes will remain with Deep Isolation.

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