Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. provided an update on its patent-pending new process, Perma-FAS®, for the destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including design specifications and the company's selection of ProcessBarron for the fabrication and assembly of its new Perma-FAS commercial unit. The system is a 1,000 gallon unit and is expected to be fully operational and accepting commercial waste for destruction by fourth quarter of 2024. The system uses a proprietary hydrolytic destruction process that is highly specific to PFAS compounds.

It operates between 100-150 degrees Celsius and breaks down the carbon-fluorine chain, resulting in mineralization, with just calcium fluoride, water, and other non-hazardous organic byproducts that can be recovered and reused or resold.