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MSU research leads to new opportunities for commercial licensing

Researchers at Montana State University have developed a system for the removal of radioactive material from porous surfaces, a remediation scenario that had previously required the destruction of the contaminated materials. This low-cost method is now patented and available for commercial licensing.

The process, which MSU researchers in MSU’s Department of Physics developed in collaboration with Idaho National Lab, makes it possible to effectively and efficiently clean natural and man-made porous material of radioactive contamination. The system eliminates the practice of full demolition and removal of contaminated objects and can address radiation on surfaces such as brick, tile, cement, granite, marble and other stone material.

Porous surfaces represent a problem for traditional decontamination processes as radioactive material can hide deep in surface cavities and continue to emit radiation.

These technologies are the latest available for licensing at MSU. Interested companies and entrepreneurs should contact Gary Bloomer with the MSU Technology Transfer Office at (406) 994-7483, http://tto.montana.edu/technologies or by e-mail at [email protected].

Full Story: http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=10695

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