The plasma phenomena occurs when conductive gases are disassociated Into negative and positive electrons. Scientists estimate that almost 99% of the substances in space are in a plasma state. However, in our daily lives we seldom have opportunities to observe the plasma phenomena with exceptions such as thunderstorms, the Aurora Borealis, conductive gases in fluorescent tubes, and the ion in rockets engines.

Plasma usually occurs only in the atmosphere and requires extremely high temperatures. In recent years, attempts to create artificial plasma by discharging electricity in gases through the injections of huge amounts of electricity, have resulted in new and practical applications.

Dr. Louis J.Circeo, principal research scientist and professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology has been one of the pioneers in this field for more than 20 years. The success of his 150KW pilot plant at GT lead to the construction of a 20 tons/ day msw ash vitrification plant at Bordeaux, France. His experiments and patented techniques using 200KW torches to stabilize and remediate soils, lead to the successful 1MW tests sponsored by Hydro Quebec. Test results and research papers, for these test, written in May, 1998, have been released by GIT and are attached.

For the past several years, Dr.Circeo has concentrated his plasma research into the areas of soil stabilization and remediation. He discovered that the ultra -high temperatures of the torch ( 7,000. and above) caused changes in soil geology. Exhaustive testing, much of it supported by U.S government agencies, proved that torch treatment of contaminated soils eliminated the contaminants by permanently sealing them into a metamorphosed obsidian-like igneous rock, virtually incapable of leaching. Remediation of hazardous waste sites are one of the primary applications of this technology and there are over 400,000 of these in the U.S alone.

Japan, as the world's second largest economy, has many similar contaminated waste sites, after years of pollution build-up from industrial processes. Pollutants are leaking into soils, flowing into rivers, and seriously damaging the Environment.

Besides man-made calamities such as "itai-itai" disease, huge Garbage dumps, and factory sludge dumps, Japan also has many natural disasters including floods and avalanches. Despite the difficulties in getting rid of all environmental pollution, we can at least find practical and efficient ways to reduce or reverse the constant growth of waste disposal problems in Japan. Plasma torch technology is considered an advanced as a uniquely viable solution.

We (Moritec Co., Ltd) received a suggestion from Dr. Louis J. Circeo that we represent them in Asia for all business development including forming consortium group to produce equipment for Asisa.

Moritec, Hydro Quebec and Dr. Louis J. Circeo had a meeting at HQ in Shawinigian, (Montreal, Canada) to discuss Moritec's representation rights in Asia and completed a Memorandum of understanding (MOU) on March, 1999.

The experimental facilities for the Prototype tests have just been established and the projects itself still need to manufacture necessary instruments and for these demonstration tests and operational costs are discussed below. The broad outline of the plasma arc technology follows with brief sections describing each application.