Scientists of the Troitsky Institute of Innovative and Thermonuclear Research (TRINITY), part of Rosatom, tested a mobile laser for cleaning the water surface from an oil film for the first time.
According to the press service of the Institute, the test results proved that the unique laser machine allows remote, efficient and fast elimination of oil spills.
The experiment was conducted in the waters of the Okhotsk Sea off the coast of Sakhalin Island. A laser machine developed at the TRINITY was used to burn out the oil spill. During the tests, the mobile laser system was placed on the deck of a cargo ship.
"The tests have shown that the use of laser technologies to remove oil film from the water surface can become a promising method of eliminating oil spills in the Arctic, where it is impossible to use biological methods due to low temperatures, and ice interferes with the work of oil collectors. The domestic laser tech will allow cleaning operations to be carried out safely and promptly," said Kirill Ilyin, Director General of TRINITY.
After tests are completed, the Institute's specialists plan to build a prototype laser complex, which will be placed on the deck of a vessel operating on the Northern Sea Route, TASS reports.
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