A pulsed UV system for R/D laboratories involved with the bio-reduction and sterilization of air, water, food, pharmaceuticals, and surface decontamination is available from XENON Corp., of Woburn, Mass. The SteriPulse-XL® pulsed UV/visible light system is a bench-top unit that delivers high-peak energy that is 100,000 times more powerful than the sun and employs mercury-free, UV kill technology. It permits the use of small laboratory samples to provide proof-of-principle validation.