As Filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 25, 1997                   Registration No. 333-_______
===========================================================================

                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         WASHINGTON, D.C.   20549
                           ____________________

                                 FORM S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                   UNDER
                        THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                   PRMA-FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
            ___________________________________________________
          (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        Delaware                                     58-1954497
________________________                  _______________________________
(State of Incorporation)               (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

      1940 Northwest 67th Place, Suite A, Gainesville, Florida 32653
       _____________________________________________________________
            (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                  Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc.
                     1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
            __________________________________________________
                           (Full Titles of Plan)

                Richard T. Kelecy, Chief Financial Officer
                    1940 Northwest 67th Place, Suite A
                        Gainesville, Florida 32653
                              (352) 373-4200
          _______________________________________________________
         (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Title of                      Proposed        Proposed
securities     Amount         maximum         maximum            Amount of
  to be        to be       offering price     aggregate        registration
registered  registered(1)   per share(2)    offering price(2)      fee
__________   __________    _______________  _________________  _____________
<S>          <C>           <C>              <C>                <C>
Common Stock
($.001 par 
value)          500,000        $1.6875          $843,750           $255.68

<FN>
(1)  The 500,000 shares of the registrant's common stock, $.001 par
     value ("Common Stock") to be registered represent the
     anticipated maximum number of shares which are to be issued
     pursuant to the Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. 1996
     Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "1996 Plan").  Pursuant to
     Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
     "Act"), this Registration Statement also covers an
     indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as, in
     accordance with the registrant's 1996 Plan, may be required to
     cover possible adjustments to the Common Stock resulting from
     stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

(2)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
     registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h), of
     the  Act, on the basis of the average bid and asked prices for
     the Common Stock on April 22, 1997, of $1.5625 and $1.8125,
     respectively, as reported on the National Association of
     Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System.
</FN>
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
PART II.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.     Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities
and Exchange Commission are incorporated herein by reference:

     (a)  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
          ended December 31, 1996;

     (b)  All other reports filed pursuant to Sections
          13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
          end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual
          Report on Form 10-K referred to in (a) above;

     (c)  Description of the Registrant's Common Stock
          set forth in the Registrant's Form S-1
          Registration Statement, dated September 11,
          1992, Commission File No. 33-51874.
    
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act") subsequent to the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment, which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents (such
documents, and the documents listed above, being hereinafter
referred to as "Incorporated Documents").  Any statement contained
in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.

Item 4.     Description of Securities.

The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section
12 of the Exchange Act.

Item 5.     Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

<PAGE>
Item 6.     Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended,
provides for the indemnification by the Registrant of its directors
and officers to the full extent permitted by Section 145 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (or any similar
provision or provisions of applicable law at the time in effect). 
This indemnification is not deemed exclusive of any other rights to
which those seeking indemnification might be entitled under any
bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors,
or otherwise, both as to action in an official capacity and as to
action in another capacity while holding such office.  This
indemnification will continue as to such person who was a director
or officer of the Registrant, but has ceased to be a director or
officer and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such person.

Effective as of November 26, 1991, the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Registrant was amended to, among other things,
limit the liability of its directors to the corporation or its
stockholders for any monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duty
as a director.  Under the Registrant's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, and as permitted under the Delaware
General Corporation Law, directors are not liable to the Registrant
or its stockholders for monetary damages arising from a breach of
their fiduciary duties as directors.  Such provision, however, does
not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its
stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii)
under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (relating
to liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividend or
unlawful stock purchase or redemption); or (iv) for any transaction
from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.  The
director's limitations of liability described above may not limit
a director's liability for violation of, or otherwise relieve the
Registrant or its directors from the necessity of complying with,
federal or state securities laws or affect the availability of
equitable remedies, such as injunctive relief or rescission. 
However, as a practical matter, equitable remedies may not be
available in all situations, and there may be instances in which no
effective remedy is available at all.  The Registrant maintains a
form of officers' and directors' liability insurance policy which
provides coverage to the officers and directors of the Registrant
for certain liabilities.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed

Not applicable.
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Item 8.  Exhibits

Exhibit
Number   Description of Document
_______  _______________________
<S>      <C>
4.1      Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and
         all Certificates of Designations, incorporated by
         reference from Exhibit 3(i) from the Company's Form 10-K
         for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996.

4.2      Bylaws, as incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to
         the Company's Registration Statement No. 33-51874, as
         filed on September 11, 1992.

4.3      Specimen Common Stock Certificate as incorporated by
         reference from Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Registration
         Statement No. 33-51874, as filed on September 11, 1992.

4.4      Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. 1996 Employee
         Stock Purchase Plan as incorporated by reference to the
         Company's Proxy Statement dated November 8, 1996.

5.1      Opinion of Conner & Winters, P.C.

23.1     Consent of Conner & Winters, P.C. (incorporated into
         Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

23.2     Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.

23.3     Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

24.1     Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).
</TABLE>

<PAGE>
Item 9.  Undertakings.

The Registrant hereby undertakes:

    (a)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
         being made of the securities registered hereby, a post-
         effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

         (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section
               10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
               (the "Securities Act");

         (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
               arising after the effective date of this
               Registration Statement (or the most recent post-
               effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
               in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
               the information set forth in this Registration
               Statement; and

         (iii)  To include any material information with respect
                to the plan of distribution not previously
                disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
                material change to such information in this
                Registration Statement;

         provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in
         paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above do not apply if the
         Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 and the
         information required to be included in a post-effective
         amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
         reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
         Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
         by reference in this Registration Statement.

    (b)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
         the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
         shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
         relating to the securities offered therein, and the
         offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
         to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

    (c)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
         amendment any of the securities being registered
         remaining unsold at the termination of the offering.

    (d)  That, for purpose of determining any liability under the
         Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
         report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
         Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this
         Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Regis-
         tration Statement relating to the Securities offered
<PAGE>
         herein, and the offering of such securities at that time
         shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
         thereof.

    (e)  To deliver, or cause to be delivered with the prospectus,
         to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given,
         the latest annual report to security holders that is
         incorporated by reference in the prospectus and furnished
         pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or
         Rule 14c-3 under the Exchange Act; and, where interim
         financial information required to be presented by Article
         3 of Regulation S-X are not set forth in the prospectus,
         to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to
         whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest
         quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by
         reference in the prospectus to provide such interim
         financial information.

    (f)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities rising under
         the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
         officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
         pursuant to the provisions of the Restated Certificate of
         Incorporation or Bylaws of the Registrant and the
         provisions of the laws of the State of Delaware described
         in Item 6, above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
         advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
         Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
         public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is,
         therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
         indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
         payment by the Registrant of expense incurred or paid by
         a director, officer or controlling person of the
         Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit
         or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
         controlling person in connection with the securities
         being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
         opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
         controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
         jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
         it is against public policy as expressed in the
         Securities Act and will be governed by the final
         adjudication of such issue.

<PAGE>
                                SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta,
State of Georgia, on the 25th day of April, 1997.

                                  PERMA-FIX ENVIRONMENTAL
                                  SERVICES, INC.


                                   By: /s/ Dr. Louis F. Centofanti
                                      _____________________________
                                      Dr. Louis F. Centofanti
                                      Chairman of the Board,
                                      Chief Executive Officer 
                                      and President


                             POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Dr. Louis
F. Centofanti as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do them
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-
in-fact and agent or any of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Form S-8 Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons on behalf of the registrant and in capacities and
on the dates indicated.

  /s/ Dr. Louis F. Centofanti               April 25, 1997
____________________________________       Date:___________________
Dr. Louis F. Centofanti
Chairman of the Board, 
Chief Executive Officer and President

  /s/ Richard T. Kelecy                     April 25, 1997
____________________________________       Date:___________________
Richard T. Kelecy
Chief Financial Officer


<PAGE>
  /s/ Mark A. Zwecker                       April 25, 1997
____________________________________       Date:___________________
Mark A. Zwecker 
Director

  /s/ Steve Gorlin                          April 25, 1997
____________________________________       Date:___________________
Steve Gorlin
Director

  /s/ Jon Colin                             April 25, 1997
____________________________________       Date:___________________
Jon Colin
Director
<PAGE>
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                               EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit                                                   Sequential
Number          Description of Document                    Page No.
_______    ______________________________________         __________
<S>        <C>                                            <C>
4.1        Restated Certificate of Incorporation,              *
           as amended, and all Certificates of
           Designations, incorporated by reference
           from Exhibit 3(i) from the Company's
           Form 10-K for the fiscal year
           ended December 31, 1996.

4.2        Bylaws, as incorporated by reference                *
           from Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's
           Registration Statement No. 33-51874,
           as filed on September 11, 1992.                         

4.3        Specimen Common Stock Certificate,                  *
           as incorporated by reference from
           Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's
           Registration Statement No. 33-51874,
           as filed on September 11, 1992.                 

5.1        Opinion of Conner & Winters, P.C.                    8

23.1       Consent of Conner & Winters, P.C. 
           (incorporated into Exhibit 5.1 hereto).              8

23.2       Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.                        11

23.3       Consent of Arthur Andersen L.L.P.                   13

24.1       Powers of Attorney (included on 
           signature page).                                     6

____________________
<FN>
*       Incorporated herein by reference.
</FN>
</TABLE>
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As Filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 25, 1997                   Registration No. 333-_______
===========================================================================

                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         WASHINGTON, D.C.   20549
                           ____________________

                                 FORM S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                   UNDER
                        THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                   PRMA-FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
            ___________________________________________________
          (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        Delaware                                     58-1954497
________________________                  _______________________________
(State of Incorporation)               (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

      1940 Northwest 67th Place, Suite A, Gainesville, Florida 32653
       _____________________________________________________________
            (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                  Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc.
                     1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
            __________________________________________________
                           (Full Titles of Plan)

                Richard T. Kelecy, Chief Financial Officer
                    1940 Northwest 67th Place, Suite A
                        Gainesville, Florida 32653
                              (352) 373-4200
          _______________________________________________________
         (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Title of                      Proposed        Proposed
securities     Amount         maximum         maximum            Amount of
  to be        to be       offering price     aggregate        registration
registered  registered(1)   per share(2)    offering price(2)      fee
__________   __________    _______________  _________________  _____________
Common Stock
($.001 par 
value)          500,000        $1.6875          $843,750           $255.68
(1)  The 500,000 shares of the registrant's common stock, $.001 par
     value ("Common Stock") to be registered represent the
     anticipated maximum number of shares which are to be issued
     pursuant to the Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. 1996
     Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "1996 Plan").  Pursuant to
     Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
     "Act"), this Registration Statement also covers an
     indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as, in
     accordance with the registrant's 1996 Plan, may be required to
     cover possible adjustments to the Common Stock resulting from
     stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

(2)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
     registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h), of
     the  Act, on the basis of the average bid and asked prices for
     the Common Stock on April 22, 1997, of $1.5625 and $1.8125,
     respectively, as reported on the National Association of
     Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System.
PART II.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.     Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities
and Exchange Commission are incorporated herein by reference:

     (a)  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
          ended December 31, 1996;

     (b)  All other reports filed pursuant to Sections
          13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
          end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual
          Report on Form 10-K referred to in (a) above;

     (c)  Description of the Registrant's Common Stock
          set forth in the Registrant's Form S-1
          Registration Statement, dated September 11,
          1992, Commission File No. 33-51874.
    
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act") subsequent to the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment, which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents (such
documents, and the documents listed above, being hereinafter
referred to as "Incorporated Documents").  Any statement contained
in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.

Item 4.     Description of Securities.

The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section
12 of the Exchange Act.

Item 5.     Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.
Item 6.     Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended,
provides for the indemnification by the Registrant of its directors
and officers to the full extent permitted by Section 145 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (or any similar
provision or provisions of applicable law at the time in effect). 
This indemnification is not deemed exclusive of any other rights to
which those seeking indemnification might be entitled under any
bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors,
or otherwise, both as to action in an official capacity and as to
action in another capacity while holding such office.  This
indemnification will continue as to such person who was a director
or officer of the Registrant, but has ceased to be a director or
officer and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such person.

Effective as of November 26, 1991, the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Registrant was amended to, among other things,
limit the liability of its directors to the corporation or its
stockholders for any monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duty
as a director.  Under the Registrant's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, and as permitted under the Delaware
General Corporation Law, directors are not liable to the Registrant
or its stockholders for monetary damages arising from a breach of
their fiduciary duties as directors.  Such provision, however, does
not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its
stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii)
under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (relating
to liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividend or
unlawful stock purchase or redemption); or (iv) for any transaction
from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.  The
director's limitations of liability described above may not limit
a director's liability for violation of, or otherwise relieve the
Registrant or its directors from the necessity of complying with,
federal or state securities laws or affect the availability of
equitable remedies, such as injunctive relief or rescission. 
However, as a practical matter, equitable remedies may not be
available in all situations, and there may be instances in which no
effective remedy is available at all.  The Registrant maintains a
form of officers' and directors' liability insurance policy which
provides coverage to the officers and directors of the Registrant
for certain liabilities.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed

Not applicable.
Item 8.  Exhibits

Exhibit
Number   Description of Document
_______  _______________________
4.1      Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and
         all Certificates of Designations, incorporated by
         reference from Exhibit 3(i) from the Company's Form 10-K
         for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996.

4.2      Bylaws, as incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to
         the Company's Registration Statement No. 33-51874, as
         filed on September 11, 1992.

4.3      Specimen Common Stock Certificate as incorporated by
         reference from Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Registration
         Statement No. 33-51874, as filed on September 11, 1992.

4.4      Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. 1996 Employee
         Stock Purchase Plan as incorporated by reference to the
         Company's Proxy Statement dated November 8, 1996.

5.1      Opinion of Conner & Winters, P.C.

23.1     Consent of Conner & Winters, P.C. (incorporated into
         Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

23.2     Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.

23.3     Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

24.1     Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).
Item 9.  Undertakings.

The Registrant hereby undertakes:

    (a)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
         being made of the securities registered hereby, a post-
         effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

         (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section
               10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
               (the "Securities Act");

         (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
               arising after the effective date of this
               Registration Statement (or the most recent post-
               effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
               in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
               the information set forth in this Registration
               Statement; and

         (iii)  To include any material information with respect
                to the plan of distribution not previously
                disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
                material change to such information in this
                Registration Statement;

         provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in
         paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above do not apply if the
         Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 and the
         information required to be included in a post-effective
         amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
         reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
         Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
         by reference in this Registration Statement.

    (b)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
         the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
         shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
         relating to the securities offered therein, and the
         offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
         to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

    (c)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
         amendment any of the securities being registered
         remaining unsold at the termination of the offering.

    (d)  That, for purpose of determining any liability under the
         Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
         report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
         Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this
         Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Regis-
         tration Statement relating to the Securities offered
herein, and the offering of such securities at that time
         shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
         thereof.

    (e)  To deliver, or cause to be delivered with the prospectus,
         to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given,
         the latest annual report to security holders that is
         incorporated by reference in the prospectus and furnished
         pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or
         Rule 14c-3 under the Exchange Act; and, where interim
         financial information required to be presented by Article
         3 of Regulation S-X are not set forth in the prospectus,
         to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to
         whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest
         quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by
         reference in the prospectus to provide such interim
         financial information.

    (f)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities rising under
         the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
         officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
         pursuant to the provisions of the Restated Certificate of
         Incorporation or Bylaws of the Registrant and the
         provisions of the laws of the State of Delaware described
         in Item 6, above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
         advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
         Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
         public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is,
         therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
         indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
         payment by the Registrant of expense incurred or paid by
         a director, officer or controlling person of the
         Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit
         or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
         controlling person in connection with the securities
         being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
         opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
         controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
         jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
         it is against public policy as expressed in the
         Securities Act and will be governed by the final
         adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta,
State of Georgia, on the 25th day of April, 1997.

                                  PERMA-FIX ENVIRONMENTAL
                                  SERVICES, INC.

                                   By: /s/ Dr. Louis F. Centofanti
                                      _____________________________
                                      Dr. Louis F. Centofanti
                                      Chairman of the Board,
                                      Chief Executive Officer 
                                      and President

                             POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Dr. Louis
F. Centofanti as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do them
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-
in-fact and agent or any of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Form S-8 Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons on behalf of the registrant and in capacities and
on the dates indicated.

  /s/ Dr. Louis F. Centofanti               April 25, 1997
____________________________________       Date:___________________
Dr. Louis F. Centofanti
Chairman of the Board, 
Chief Executive Officer and President

  /s/ Richard T. Kelecy                     April 25, 1997
____________________________________       Date:___________________
Richard T. Kelecy
Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Mark A. Zwecker                       April 25, 1997
____________________________________       Date:___________________
Mark A. Zwecker 
Director

  /s/ Steve Gorlin                          April 25, 1997
____________________________________       Date:___________________
Steve Gorlin
Director

  /s/ Jon Colin                             April 25, 1997
____________________________________       Date:___________________
Jon Colin
Director
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit                                                   Sequential
Number          Description of Document                    Page No.
_______    ______________________________________         __________
4.1        Restated Certificate of Incorporation,              *
           as amended, and all Certificates of
           Designations, incorporated by reference
           from Exhibit 3(i) from the Company's
           Form 10-K for the fiscal year
           ended December 31, 1996.

4.2        Bylaws, as incorporated by reference                *
           from Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's
           Registration Statement No. 33-51874,
           as filed on September 11, 1992.                         

4.3        Specimen Common Stock Certificate,                  *
           as incorporated by reference from
           Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's
           Registration Statement No. 33-51874,
           as filed on September 11, 1992.                 

5.1        Opinion of Conner & Winters, P.C.                    8

23.1       Consent of Conner & Winters, P.C. 
           (incorporated into Exhibit 5.1 hereto).              8

23.2       Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.                        11

23.3       Consent of Arthur Andersen L.L.P.                   13

24.1       Powers of Attorney (included on 
           signature page).                                     6

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*       Incorporated herein by reference.