US Patent Issued to Deep Isolation on Feb. 17 for "Monitoring a hazardous waste repository formed in a drillhole" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,332, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Deep Isolation Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Monitoring a hazardous waste repository formed in a drillhole" was invented by Richard A. Muller (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hazardous waste repository includes a directional drillhole formed from a terranean surface into at least one subterranean formation suitable for storing hazardous waste. The directional drillhole includes a storage region configured to store one or more hazardous waste canisters that is configured to enclose hazardous waste. The repository further includes a casing that extends to at or near the terranean su...