Perma-Fix Environmental Services Inc Secures Contract From ATOX Co., Ltd

Perma-Fix Environmental Services Inc announced it has been awarded a contract from ATOX Co., Ltd, which is funded by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, to assist with "Integrated Dose Reduction Planning" toward decontamination of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS). ATOX, Co., Ltd. is responsible for the project aimed at planning comprehensive dose reduction measures to control radiation exposure of workers during the removal of spent nuclear fuel and fuel debris during the decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi NPS. Perma-Fix was one of six companies worldwide selected to serve as a technical advisor. Decontamination experts and Certified Health Physicists from Perma-Fix will be providing technical approaches and plans to decontaminate and reduce the radiological dose located in the refueling area (including walls, ceiling and gantry crane) of the Unit 2 Reactor Building.