Perma-Fix Appoints Former Congressman Zach Wamp to Board of Directors

ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwired - January 25, 2018) - Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: PESI) today announced the appointment of former Congressman Zach Wamp to its Board of Directors as an independent director.

Mr. Wamp is currently the President of Zach Wamp Consulting, a position he has held since 2011. As the President and owner of Zach Wamp Consulting, he has served some of the most prominent companies from Silicon Valley to Wall Street as a business development consultant and advisor. Mr. Wamp served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from January 1995 to January 2011 from Tennessee's 3rd district. His district included the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as well as the Y-12 National Security Complex, which is responsible for the refurbishment of nuclear weapons, storage of nuclear material. Among his many accomplishments, which included various leadership roles in the advancement of education and science, Mr. Wamp was instrumental in the formation and success of the Tennessee Valley Technology Corridor, which created thousands of jobs for Tennesseans in the areas of high-tech research, development, and manufacturing. Mr. Wamp's career in the political arena included serving on several prominent subcommittees during his 14 years on the House Appropriations Committee, including serving as a "ranking member" of the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies. Mr. Wamp has been a regular panelist on numerous media outlets and has been featured in a number of national publications effectively articulating sound social and economic policy. Mr. Wamp's business career included work in the real estate sector for a number of years as a licensed industrial-commercial real estate broker where he was named Chattanooga's Small Business Person of the Year. He is a founding partner in Learning Blade, the nation's premiere STEM education platform, which is now operating in 28 states.

Congressman Wamp, commented, "Perma-Fix is a leader in the nuclear waste industry, and I am excited to join the Board. I look forward to helping Perma-Fix advance its mission of remediating the nation's legacy nuclear waste sites, which represent an enormous environmental and economic burden for our nation."

Mark Duff, Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are honored to have Congressman Wamp join the Board of Directors. He brings extensive relationships with government and business leaders, as well as relevant experience in the nuclear and environmental industries that will be valuable as we continue to grow our Treatment and Services Segments."

About Perma-Fix Environmental Services

Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. is a nuclear services company and leading provider of nuclear and mixed waste management services. The Company's nuclear waste services include management and treatment of radioactive and mixed waste for hospitals, research labs and institutions, federal agencies, including the Department of Energy ("DOE"), the Department of Defense ("DOD"), and the commercial nuclear industry. The Company's nuclear services group provides project management, waste management, environmental restoration, decontamination and decommissioning, and radiological protection, safety and industrial hygiene capability to our clients. The Company operates three nuclear waste treatment facilities and provides nuclear services at DOE, DOD, and commercial facilities, nationwide.

Please visit us on the World Wide Web at http://www.perma-fix.com.

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" which are based largely on the Company's expectations and are subject to various business risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond the Company's control. Forward-looking statements generally are identifiable by use of the words such as "believe", "expects", "intends", "anticipate", "plans to", "estimates", "projects", and similar expressions. Forward-looking statement includes but not limited to: he brings extensive relationships with government and business leaders, as well as relevant experience in the nuclear and environmental industries that will be valuable as we continue to grow our Treatment and Services Segments. These forward-looking statements are intended to qualify for the safe harbors from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. While the Company believes the expectations reflected in this news release are reasonable, it can give no assurance such expectations will prove to be correct. There are a variety of factors which could cause future outcomes to differ materially from those described in this release, including, without limitation, future economic conditions; industry conditions; competitive pressures; our ability to apply and market our new technologies; the government or such other party to a contract granted to us fails to abide by or comply with the contract or to deliver waste as anticipated under the contract; inability to win bid projects; that Congress fails to provides continuing funding for the DOD's and DOE's remediation projects; and the "Risk Factors" discussed in, and the additional factors referred to under "Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" of, our 2016 Form 10-K and Forms 10-Q for quarters ended March 31, 2017, June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2017. The Company makes no commitment to disclose any revisions to forward-looking statements, or any facts, events or circumstances after the date hereof that bear upon forward-looking statements.

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