Remelting Capacity

Starmet CMI (our South Carolina operation) has two (2) remelt furnaces capable of melting 3 million pounds of contaminated steel per year. Ingot sizes range from 80 pounds to 3,500 pounds. Each furnace is capable of melting about 3,500 pounds in a single pour and is operational on a multi-shift basis. The amount of slag generated is about 5% of the initial melt weight and the cost to bury the slag is about 5 cents per pound of metal melted.

We successfully completed our efforts on the Westinghouse Savannah River Company's (WSRC) "Beneficial Reuse Program" for the recycling and reuse of slightly contaminated stainless steel. The stainless steel metal was melted and fabricated into low level radioactive waste receptacles, eliminating the need to purchase virgin containers, while avoiding the burial of the contaminated metal. Starmet CMI has also remelted their own depleted uranium contaminated steel for consolidation and decontamination purposes. Melt data has been documented to support free release of the resulting metal.

• MELT FURNACE CAPACITY = 3,500 Pounds
• INGOT SIZE RANGE = 75-1,750 Pounds each
• INGOT SHAPE = To customer specification
• ANNUAL CAPACITY = 3 million Pounds