Patent ID: 7495145

Claim:
A method of operating a reactor to oxidize and neutralize chemical or biological materials housed in a container, comprising: placing the container in the reactor and sealing the reactor; activating a charge disposed within the reactor to open the container disposed within the reactor to release the chemical or biological material into a reaction chamber of the reactor; injecting an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution into the reaction chamber, wherein said solution comprises about 35 percent hydrogen peroxide and 65 percent water, and further includes one or more bases selected from the group consisting of calcium peroxide, magnesium peroxide, sodium percarbonate, and mixtures thereof; and heating the chemical or biological material with the hydrogen peroxide, water, and bases contained within the chamber to a temperature of between 1,000 and 1,100° F. and a pressure of between 3,900 and 4,200 psig to initiate a supercritical water oxidation process.