Recently, in Da Nang, U.S Senator Patrich Leahy and Senior Lieutenant General and Deputy Defense Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh both switched on the thermal treatment system of the Environmental Remediation of Dioxin Contamination Project at Da Nang airport. The ceremony was attended by representatives of U.S Embassy in Vietnam, Vietnamese ministries, agencies and Da Nang City People’s Committee.
The dioxin contamination cleanup project officially commencing in August 2012 has filled 45,000 cubic meters of dioxin-contaminated soil and sediment in treatment structure. The dioxin-contaminated soil and sediment will be heated to the minimum temperature of 335 Celsius degree until 95 percent of dioxin is destroyed within the structure. Any remaining dioxin will be capture as vapor and liquid, and then treated in the secondary system nearby which is monitored to ensure no dioxin is released into the surrounding air or water.
Phase 2 sees 28,000 cubic meters of remaining dioxin-contaminated soil and sediment excavated in 2014 and treated from late 2015 to early 2016. It is scheduled to treat 73,000 cubic meters of contaminated soil and sediment in the total area of over 191.400 cubic meters within Da Nang airport, specifically at Sen Lake, northern end of drainage ditch, northern end of eastern wetland and area between eastern wetland and drainage ditch.
The total project cost of 84 million USD is non-refundable ODA funded by the U.S government and managed and implemented by USAID. The counterpart capital of 35 billion VND is funded by Vietnamese government and implemented by Vietnam’s People Air Force (Ministry of Defense).
Thanh Binh
Đăng ký: VietNam News
