 Perma-Fix Environmental Services Inc NASDAQ:PESI FRA:PFX1 has begun the development, design, and construction of its new Therma-Fix Gen3 vacuum thermal desorption system. The company said the new system provides a unique and full treatment cycle for a variety of problematic waste streams including mercury-contaminated wastes; soils, solids and sludges containing solvents volatile and semi-volatile; activated charcoal and spent carbon; industrial pipeline naturally occurring radioactive materials NORM waste; and other challenging waste streams. 