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Abstract

A system and method of disinfecting and/or decontaminating articles such as pieces of mail that have been exposed to diverse biological and/or chemical contaminants. The system includes an enclosure having a door, an input port, and an output port, a mail tumbling drum, a radiation beam source and applicator, an electromagnetic field source and applicator, an ultraviolet radiation source and applicator, a chemical decontamination unit, and a status indicator. The enclosure door is opened, a quantity of mail is placed in the tumbling drum inside the enclosure, and the door is closed. At the end of a predetermined delay time, radiation beams, electromagnetic fields, ultraviolet radiation, and chemical decontaminates are applied to the mail for a predetermined time, and in predetermined combinations and sequences, thereby destroying essentially all biological viruses, bacteria, spores, pollutants, and bomb material that may be on or within the pieces of mail. The mail box processor is configured to minimize leakage so that contaminating substances harmful to humans and animals are contained and deactivated within the enclosure.

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