Studsvik has separated from its partnership of the THOR Treatment Technologies joint venture with AECOM, the company announced today. The two companies had worked together for 13 years, but according to Studsvik President Howard Stevens, Studsvik believes the technology and the company can stand on its own. “There are several significant opportunities in the DOE complex over the next 12 to 18 months,” Stevens said in a statement. “It is imperative that Studsvik position itself in the best way to win work from these opportunities. Studsvik’s THOR technology can treat some of DOE’s most troublesome waste streams in an efficient, cost effective and reliable manner. While Studsvik will no longer have a joint venture with AECOM, we welcome the chance to work with AECOM and other organizations on future projects within the DOE complex.”
The THOR technology is a patented steam reforming process developed and implemented to treat a broad range of radioactive wastes, the company said. The joint venture helped advance the THOR technology within the DOE complex, most notably at the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit at the Idaho cleanup project.