Romania / Israel | Specialist in plasma-based thermal treatment Environmental Energy Resources (EER) of Israel is to set up and operate a facility in Orastie, Romania, for processing municipal solid waste based on its own plasma gasification melting technology.
The system was developed by Israeli and Russian scientists at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology. Between 80 and 120 tonnes per day of unsorted municipal and solid waste is placed in a reactor and then metal particles are separated by magnets while the remaining waste is broken down at high temperatures. The organic material is converted into gases, and the rest turns into a black gravel that can be used in infrastructure projects. The 30 000-tonnes-per-annum system can also handle medical as well as radioactive waste to provide a treatment solution for nuclear power stations.
According to a memorandum of understanding (MOU), EER will design, construct, operate and maintain the facility. The Orastie municipality will be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all the relevant licences, permits and approvals from any authority or other third party in order to establish, build or operate the facility during the term of the MOU.
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