Treatment of sewage by electrons and gammas
The use of high‐energy electrons in the treatment of sewage sludge for return to the land as fertilizer is undergoing technical and economic assessment under actual conditions in Boston. The project constitutes a joint effort by MIT's High‐Voltage Research Laboratory, High‐Voltage Engineering Corp (suppliers of the electron accelerator) and the State and municipal commissions in charge of the treatment plant. Another program, conducted at Sandia Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., is concerned with the scientific practicality of decontaminating sewage wastes by exposure to radioactive cesium.