Battelle Energy Alliance, operator of the Idaho National Laboratory, issued a sources sought notice yesterday for interested parties who are capable of commercializing its prototype Integrated Waste Screening System (IWSS) design that helps in the segregation of radioactive waste. The system has applications with Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) waste produced as a by-product of oil and gas operations, especially hydraulic fracking. The screening system segregates the radioactive portion of waste, allowing the larger volume of non-radioactive waste to then be disposed of in a sanitary landfill, instead of needing a low-level disposal site, which would save money for producers on disposal and transportation costs. BEA is looking for a company to enter into a license agreement to commercialize the design. “Patent filing for IWSS has been completed and BEA is seeking one, or more, potential licensees to take the IWSS from the prototype stage to field deployable systems,” the notice said. “It is estimated that several million dollars might be needed to take each subsystem prototype and conceptual design from a technology readiness level 3-4 to level 9. BEA seeks to license this intellectual property to the best qualified candidate to ensure its successful commercialization.”
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