Perma-Fix Purchases Mercury Amalgamation Process Rights (PESI)

Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. PESI, a leading provider of nuclear waste services, today announced the purchase of two mercury treatment technologies from Mercury Control Technologies, LLC, a Colorado-based company. The first patented technology is for mercury amalgamation, which is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency required treatment method for radioactively contaminated elemental mercury. The second patented technology is for mercury stabilization, which is the EPA required treatment method for other chemical forms of mercury. The application of these treatment technologies ensures that radioactive mercury contaminated wastes meet EPA's Land Disposal Restrictions for safe disposal.