Medical waste plasma reprocessing integrated facility
The integrated facility is intended for advanced thermal reprocessing of morphologically complex solid medical waste (classes A-G) that contain both combustible and noncombustible (up to 40-50 wt. %) components, which results in a highly strong and chemically stable slag compound. The facility is a perfect choice for the deployment on industrial waste grounds with the highest level of environmental safety or for use in industrial construction and road building.
The facility permits efficient reprocessing of solid medical waste resulting from activities of clinics and medical preventive institutions, as well as from commission reprocessing of expired pharmaceuticals, confiscated medical products (including drugs and strong medical preparations) and counterfeited medicines.
The facility can be used as a regional point for the collection and reprocessing of medical waste.
SPECIFICATION
Capacity for solid medical waste, kg/h |
150-250 |
LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
In 2007, RADON put into operation a pilot facility called Pluton for the plasma reprocessing of solid radioactive waste (capacity, up to 250 kg/h), which has been used since 2008 for scheduled waste reprocessing by plasma method as part of Amendment 3, dated 25.04.2007, to the validity conditions of the Federal Service for the Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision’s license No. GN 07-303-0770, dated 21.03.2002, for the handling of radioactive waste in its reprocessing.
The SRW plasma reprocessing technology developed by RADON is protected by Russian and foreign patents (USA, Canada, Ukraine).
In the 1990s, RADON experts launched a pilot facility for the plasma reprocessing of medical waste at the Tokyo Red Cross Center for Japan Prometron Technics Corp., and designed a commercial plant for the medical waste plasma reprocessing. With the RADON involvement, a demonstration plasma integrated facility of the capacity up to 500 kg/h was built in Israel for the domestic waste reprocessing.