SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  August 16, 2002


                      COMMODORE APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




          DELAWARE                       1-11871               11-3312952
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         (State or other               (Commission            (I.R.S. Employer
          jurisdiction                  File Number)        Identification No.)
          of incorporation)


         2121 Jamieson, Suite 1406
         Alexandria, Virginia                                    22314
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   (Address of principal executive offices)                     (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (703) 567-1284



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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


                           CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K

                      COMMODORE APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                                 August 22, 2002


ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

         On August 21, 2002, our Company,  Commodore Applied Technologies,  Inc.
(the  "Company"),  issued a press  release  regarding  the failure of its wholly
owned subsidiary, Commodore Advance Sciences, Inc. ("CASI"), to obtain a further
extension of its Analytical Services Support subcontract to provide sampling and
analytical work in support of the closure of the Department of Energy's  (DOE's)
Rocky Flats site. The current contract is due to expire in October 2002. For the
past two  calendar  years this  contract  represented  approximately  65% of the
Company's aggregate gross revenues, after excluding discontinued operations.

         The Company is evaluating a possible  challenge or protest of the award
of the contract to a  competitor.  While the loss of this  contract  will have a
short-term  impact,  management  currently  believes  that it will obtain future
contracts  using the SET  technology  that may  replace the lost  revenues.  The
company  is  currently  generating  revenue  from SET  operations  at Oak Ridge,
Tennessee,  and management  believes contracts are anticipated for deployment of
the SET technology at Hanford, Washington. A copy of the Company's press release
is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

         This  Current  Report on Form 8-K contains  forward-looking  statements
that are based on our current  expectations,  beliefs and assumptions  about the
industry  and markets in which  Commodore  Applied  Technologies,  Inc.  and its
subsidiaries operate. Such forward-looking  statements involve known and unknown
risks,  uncertainties,  and  other  factors  that may cause  Commodore's  actual
results to be materially  different from any future results expressed or implied
by these statements. Actual results may differ materially from what is expressed
in  these  statements,  and  no  assurance  can  be  given  that  Commodore  can
successfully implements its core business strategy and improve future earnings.

         Such factors  include the  following:  Commodore's  ability to generate
cash from operations to sustain  existing  operations and meet ongoing  existing
obligations  and capital  requirements;  Commodore's  ability to  implement  its
commercial waste processing  operations,  including  obtaining  commercial waste
processing  contracts and processing  waste under such contracts in a timely and
cost-effective  manner; the timing and award of contracts by the U.S. Department
of Energy for the clean-up of waste sites  administered  by it; ; the acceptance
and implementation of Commodore's waste treatment technologies in the government
and commercial sectors; and other large technical support services projects. All
forward-looking statements are also expressly qualified in their entirety by the
cautionary  statements  included  in  Commodore's  SEC  filings,  including  its
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and its annual report on Form 10-K.



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ITEM 7.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

                  (a)      Not applicable.

                  (b)      Not applicable.

                  (c)      Exhibits.

                  99.1     Press Release dated August 21, 2002.

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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                           COMMODORE APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


Date:    August 22, 2002                    By: /s/ James M. DeAngelis
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                                            James M. DeAngelis
                                            Senior Vice President and
                                            Chief Financial Officer

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