The world practice of medical sterilization indicates the demand for this type of disinfection: an industrial installation for the radiation treatment of hospital waste based on electron accelerators with an energy of 1.5-3.0 MeV, with a power of 120 kW, is operated at the Virginia Cay waste processing plant in Miami, State Florida, USA, the volume of processing of one unit is up to 2.0 thousand tons; Radiation-technological installations based on linear electron accelerators of the "LINAK" type with an energy of 3.0-5.0 MeV are operated in Strasbourg (Centre hospitalier universitaire, France), in Italy (ENEA-Trisaia Center, Basilicata, Southern Italy), and in In Italy, out of 250 thousand tons of hospital waste, 60 thousand tons are disinfected, incl. 4.0 thousand tons - by the radiation method.
The innovation of the technology lies in its compactness, environmental friendliness and economy. The "SteRAY-MED" complex produced by OKB "Spectromart" is the result of the scientific activity of domestic physicists, it is the quintessence of nuclear technologies.
Due to the fact that they are not disposed of properly, a problem has arisen - the spread of infections, which, as a result of incorrect manipulations with waste, enter sewage and groundwater, air, and soil.