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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360588 | Thermal processes for subsurface formations A process may include providing heat from one or more heaters to at least a portion of a subsurface formation. Heat may transfer from one or more heaters to a part of a formation. In some embodiments, heat from the one or more heat sources may pyrolyze at least some... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7056062 | Subterranean waste disposal process and system A method for using large chambers, located deep within the earth, for the disposal of processed waste is disclosed. In this context, waste includes solid waste from sewage, and other organic-waste materials from urban, agricultural or industrial sources. These waste... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6597755 | Apparatus and method for installing nuclear reactors A nuclear power plant (18) and its heat exhanger (26) are enclosed in an envelope (22) which is suspended above a bored shaft (14) from a support stem (30). When appropriate, the stem (30) can be melted by a furnace (34) to drop the envelope (22) to the b... | 07/22/2003 |
| 5771265 | Method and apparatus for generating electrical energy from nuclear waste while enhancing safety A method and apparatus for generation of electricity from packages of spent-fuel rods either on a remote site or in a permanent underground waste repository. It can also be applied to abandoned deep mines with high temperatures. Also many low-temperature ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 4273615 | Oil stimulation process A method of converting organic waste into useful petroleum products and for recovering previously unrecoverable residual oil in oil bearing geologic layers. An organic slurry containing obligatory anaerobes is first formed from garbage, sewage and the lik... | 06/16/1981 |
| 3932300 | System for disposing of radioactive water A system for reducing radioactivity released to the biosphere in the course of producing natural gas from a reservoir stimulated by the detonation of nuclear explosives therein. Tritiated water produced with the gas is separated out and returned to a nucl... | 01/13/1976 |
