An apparatus for treating waste includes a vessel and AC plasma torches with a variable flame mounted with the vessel. The first jaw includes two fingers that define a slot through which the shaft can extend when the ball stud is inserted into the clamp. As the power characteristic incrementally changes, nodes are identified that initially received a signal broadcast from a first of the nodes but no longer receive the broadcast signal. The formulation can contain chemical- andor light-activated free-radical initiators.