Commercial Low-Level Waste

Perma-Fix Environmental Services on Friday reported a $1.1 million drop in revenue for the third quarter of 2017, while its operating and net losses both snuck up by hundreds of thousands of dollars. Quarterly revenue fell on a year-over-year basis from $12.9 million in 2016 to $11.8 million this year, as revenue in Perma-Fix’s services […]

Thomas Gardiner The state of Montana has delayed into 2018 a decision on new rules for management of technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM) waste, officials said Monday. The deadline for public comment on the proposed regulations was originally set for mid-October, but has been pushed back to 5 p.m. Nov. 17. Montana’s Department […]

Waste Control Specialists increased both sales and operating income for the third quarter of 2017, its parent company reported Thursday. The Dallas-based waste disposal provider’s year-to-date earnings numbers were also up through Sept. 30, but were dragged down by a $170.6 million long-lived asset impairment charge linked to its foiled buyout by rival EnergySolutions. There […]

French waste management company Veolia on Tuesday reported higher revenue but reduced net income for the first three quarters of 2017. The business segment that includes U.S.-based Veolia Nuclear Solutions posted even stronger revenue numbers than its parent. Company-wide onsolidated revenue spiked by 3.7 percent (4.4 percent at constant exchange rates) from €17.6 billion ($20.4 […]

The state of Montana has delayed into 2018 a decision on new rules for management of technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM) waste, officials said Monday. The deadline for public comment on the proposed regulations was originally set for mid-October, but has been pushed back to 5 p.m. Nov. 17. Montana’s Department of Environmental […]

The parent company for low-level radioactive waste disposal provider Waste Control Specialists is scheduled to release its latest earnings report after market close on Thursday. Valhi Inc. management will not conduct an earnings call with financial analysts, according to Janet Keckeisen, vice president for corporate strategy and investor relations. Valhi reported net income of $8.8 […]

Time ran out Monday for companies to submit proposals on a five-year low-level radioactive waste disposal contract with the Energy Department Office of Environmental Management, business that is now held by Waste Control Specialists and EnergySolutions. The Energy Department is expected to announce winners of the business, which could be worth a maximum outlay of […]

While US Ecology’s revenue rose in the third quarter of the year, two hurricanes and other challenges dragged down the company’s net income, according to its latest earnings report Thursday. Accordingly, the Boise, Idaho-based waste disposal and environmental services provider reduced its full-year earnings outlook. US Ecology reported $134.1 million in revenue for the quarter […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is in the final stages of revising its draft guidance on reviews of requests for alternative disposal of very low-level radioactive waste. As part of the process, the document is available for public comment through Dec. 18. Very low-level waste, or low-activity waste, is not an official designation, but rather refers […]

Time ran out Monday for companies to submit proposals on a five-year low-level radioactive waste disposal contract with the Energy Department Office of Environmental Management, business that is now held by Waste Control Specialists and EnergySolutions. The Energy Department is expected to announce winners of the business, which could be worth a maximum outlay of […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is in the final stages of revising its guidance on reviews of requests for alternative disposal of very low-level radioactive waste. As part of the process, the draft document is available for public comment through Dec. 18. Very low-level waste, or low-activity waste, is not an official designation, but rather refers […]

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking input on the draft regulatory analysis that will lay out updated cost and benefit figures for its revised Part 61 rule on low-level radioactive waste storage. The draft analysis was issued in September 2016 alongside NRC staff’s proposed final rule package. The commission itself last month directed a […]

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking input on the draft regulatory analysis that will lay out updated cost and benefit figures for its revised Part 61 rule on low-level radioactive waste storage. The draft analysis was issued in September 2016 alongside NRC staff’s draft final rule package. The commission itself last month directed a […]

A new buyer for Waste Control Specialists is expected to be announced in October, four months after a federal judge blocked a prior acquisition attempt, President and CEO Rod Baltzer said Monday. Baltzer mentioned the timeline during a presentation at the Nuclear Decommissioning and Used Fuel Strategy Summit in Charlotte, N.C., according to multiple industry […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled a supplemental inspection of the Columbia Generating Station in Washington state from Nov. 27 to Dec. 1 to ensure the nuclear power plant has adequately addressed errors that led to mislabeling of a radioactive waste shipment last year. The regulator in July issued a “white” finding, indicating low to moderate safety significance, […]

A new buyer for Waste Control Specialists is expected to be announced in October, four months after a federal judge blocked a prior acquisition attempt, President and CEO Rod Baltzer said Monday. Baltzer mentioned the timeline during a presentation at the Nuclear Decommissioning and Used Fuel Strategy Summit in Charlotte, N.C., according to multiple industry […]

A new buyer for Waste Control Specialists is expected to be announced this month, President and CEO Rod Baltzer said Monday. Baltzer mentioned the timeline during a presentation at the Nuclear Decommissioning and Used Fuel Strategy Summit in Charlotte, N.C., according to multiple industry representatives who were in attendance. The conference was closed to Weapons […]

Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment hopes to persuade lawmakers to change state law to increase its ability to regulate disposal of technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM) waste in state landfills. The state’s 1963 Radiation Control Act prohibits the Colorado government from developing regulations for management of TENORM until the U.S. Environmental […]

Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment hopes to persuade lawmakers to change state law to increase its ability to regulate disposal of technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM) waste in landfills. The state’s Radiation Control Act prohibits the state from developing regulations for management of TENORM until the Environmental Protection Agency does the […]

Entities that ship radiological waste to the large disposal site operated by Waste Control Specialists in Andrews County, Texas, will see their state fees reduced through mid-2019. The fee reductions, which went into effect this summer, were approved earlier this year by the Texas Legislature in an effort to improve business prospects for the financially […]

Perma-Fix Environmental Services President and CEO Lou Centofanti on Monday formally stepped down from the top spot he has held for more than two decades, replaced by the company’s chief operating officer. Centofanti founded the Atlanta-based nuclear services and waste management provider in 1991, and served two extended stints as president and chief executive officer: […]

Perma-Fix Environmental Services President and CEO Lou Centofanti on Monday formally stepped down from the top spot he has held for more than two decades, replaced by the company’s chief operating officer. Centofanti founded the Atlanta-based nuclear services and waste management provider in 1991, and served two extended stints as president and chief executive officer: […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued five “substantive revisions” to the draft final rule revising the federal regulation on disposal of low-level radioactive waste. The updated rule will be published as a supplemental proposed rule for 90 days of public comment, according to a Sept. 8 memo from Annette Vietti-Cook, secretary of the commission, to […]

It should not be long before the financially troubled Waste Control Specialists announces a new potential buyer, Charles Maguire, the director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s Radioactive Materials Division, told industry representatives recently. “I know some of you have expressed concerns … about WCS’s viability,” Maguire said on Sept. 6 at the ExchangeMonitor’s […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week issued five “substantive revisions” to the draft final rule updating the federal regulations on disposal of low-level radioactive waste. The updated rule will be published as a supplemental proposed rule for 90 days of public comment, according to a Sept. 8 staff-requirements memo from Annette Vietti-Cook, secretary of the commission, to NRC […]

Perma-Fix Environmental Services President and CEO Lou Centofanti on Monday formally stepped down from the top spot, replaced by the company’s chief operating officer. Centofanti founded the Atlanta-based nuclear services and waste management provider in 1991, and served two extended stints as president and chief executive officer: February 1991 to September 1995, and March 1996 […]

The state of Montana is considering a new set of regulations for management of technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material (TENORM) waste. Buckhorn Energy’s Oaks Disposal Services site in eastern Montana is the state’s first and only operating TENORM disposal site. The facility opened in 2013 and in the last four years has received over […]

The state of Montana is considering a new set of regulations for management of technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material (TENORM) waste. The state has one operational landfill that accepts TENORM waste, Buckhorn Energy’s Oaks Disposal Services site in eastern Montana. The facility in the last four years has received over 250,000 tons of radioactive […]

By Wayne Barber While there is much consolidation happening in the nuclear services and waste management industry these days, Perma-Fix Environmental Solutions is not looking to buy other businesses, President and CEO Louis Centofanti said recently. Perma-Fix is always interested in what is developing with industry mergers and acquisitions, Centofanti said Aug. 9 during his […]

Holding company Valhi Inc. continues to seek new potential buyers for its Waste Control Specialists (WCS) subsidiary, but has not ruled out shutting down the business in the wake of its foiled acquisition by EnergySolutions. “We have in the past considered and evaluated various strategic alternatives with respect to our Waste Management Segment,” which consists […]