Commercial Low-Level Waste

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering action against Waste Control Specialists for an apparent license violation in 2014 in which the company improperly moved 73 waste box containers between two of its facilities in West Texas. According to NRC documents, WCS moved the containers from a storage pad outside of its “Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility” building […]

Waste Control Specialists said Friday it has hired a new executive to manage its license application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for development and operation of a consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel. Mike Ford’s title will be vice president of licensing and corporate compliance. He replaces Scott Kirk, WCS’ former vice president […]

Nuclear waste management provider Perma-Fix Environmental Services said Monday it recorded an operating loss of $11.2 million for the second quarter of 2016, a steep departure from the $613,000 in operating income earned for the same period in 2015. The earnings report was delayed by about a week because the company failed to meet its quarterly […]

Nuclear waste management provider Perma-Fix Environmental Services said Monday it recorded an operating loss of $11.2 million for the second quarter of 2016, a steep departure from the $613,000 of operating income earned for the same period in 2015. The earnings report was delayed by about a week because the company failed to meet its quarterly […]

Waste management company Perma-Fix Environmental Services is projecting a net loss of about $8.1 million from continuing operations for the second quarter of 2016, a steep drop from the $407,000 in net income recorded for the same period in 2015, according to preliminary quarterly results the company released Tuesday. The company has requested an extension to […]

French waste management group Veolia recorded a 6.4 percent increase in year-over-year net income for the first half of 2016, according to the company’s latest earnings report released Monday. Veolia reported a 1 percent decline in year-over-year revenue, recording $13.4 million (€12 million) for the first six months of the year, compared to $13.7 million […]

French waste management group Veolia recorded a 6.4 percent increase in year-over-year net income from the first half of 2015 to the same time frame this year, according to the company’s latest earnings report released Monday. Veolia reported a 1 percent decline in year-over-year revenue, recording $13.4 million (€12 million) for the first six months of […]

A North Dakota judge has denied the state’s request to dismiss a lawsuit over rules the North Dakota Health Council improperly adopted in 2015 that boosted landfill radiation-level allowances. State District Court Judge Thomas Schneider denied the Health Council’s motion in an order Monday, stating that “genuine issues of material fact exist.” The nongovernmental Dakota […]

North American environmental services company US Ecology recorded $122.4 million of total revenue for the second quarter of 2016, down from $139.7 million in the same quarter last year, according to the company’s latest earnings report Thursday. Total revenue for the first half of 2016 was $235.7 million, down from $276.4 million in the first […]

A North Dakota judge has denied the state’s request to dismiss a lawsuit over rules the North Dakota Health Council improperly adopted in 2015 that boosted landfill radiation-level allowances. State District Court Judge Thomas Schneider issued an order Monday stating that “genuine issues of material fact exist,” and denying the Health Council’s motion. The nongovernmental Dakota […]

Sweden-based nuclear technology company Studsvik’s sales remained largely flat year over year in the second quarter of 2016, according to its earnings report Friday. Sales decreased slightly from 177.7 million Swedish krona (SEK) ($20.6 million) in second-quarter 2015 to 176.3 million SEK ($20.4 million) in the same timespan this year, the report shows. The company’s profit per […]

The North Dakota Health Council will reconsider rules it illegally adopted in 2015 that boosted radiation-level allowances at state landfills, according to documents released Tuesday. The decision follows Monday’s court hearing in which a state attorney defended approval of the rules. The Health Council will consider the rules, which went into effect Jan. 1., for […]

The North Dakota Health Council will reconsider rules it illegally adopted in 2015 that boosted radiation-level allowances at state landfills, according to documents released Tuesday. The decision follows Monday’s court hearing in which a state attorney defended approval of the rules, which went into effect Jan. 1. The Health Council will consider the rules for re-ratification at its Aug. 9 meeting, according to […]

Environmental services provider US Ecology on Monday announced the departure of a senior executive. Mario Romero, executive vice president of operations for field and industrial services, is resigning as of Aug. 5 in order to “pursue other opportunities and his decision was not due to any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to […]

The U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said Monday it has won approval to build two new vaults and an extension to a third vault at its Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR). With the approval from planners in Cumbria, the facility, located near Drigg, will continue operation through 2050, creating about 120 construction jobs, according to […]

Environmental groups suing the state of North Dakota in an attempt to vacate newly adopted landfill rules will have their say in court Monday. The Dakota Resource Council and the North Dakota Energy Industry Waste Coalition argue that the rules should be vacated because the North Dakota Health Council violated state open meeting law during the […]

Perma-Fix Environmental Services on Tuesday announced a steep acceleration in both operating and net loss for the first quarter of 2016. Net loss attributable to common stockholders rose from $2.1 million ($0.18 per share) in first-quarter 2015 to $3.8 million ($0.33 per share) this year, while the operating loss jumped from $1.8 million to $3.6 […]

International Isotopes on Tuesday reported a 118 percent spike in year-over-year net loss for the first quarter of 2016, which it attributed to a lower gross profit and rising research and development costs. The Idaho company listed a $374,518 net loss for the three months ended March 31, up from $171,548 in the first quarter […]

The owner of the West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Bridgeton, Mo., is moving forward with installation of an isolation barrier intended to prevent a nearby underground fire from coming into contact with nuclear waste material. The West Lake Landfill, which contains waste from the former uranium production facility at Mallinckrodt Chemical Works in St. […]

The owner of the West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Bridgeton, Mo., is moving forward with installation of an isolation barrier intended to ensure that a nearby underground fire doesn’t come into contact with nuclear waste material. The West Lake Landfill, which contains waste from the former uranium production facility at Mallinckrodt Chemical Works in St. […]

North American waste company US Ecology recorded $113.3 million of total revenue for the first quarter of 2016, down from $136.7 million in the same quarter last year, according to the company’s latest earnings report released Thursday. Despite the decline, Chairman and CEO Jeff Feeler during an earnings call Friday described “solid financial results that were […]

EnergySolutions on Tuesday played down a lawsuit filed by its former partner on a major remediation project at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), saying it never received a copy of a January complaint from Environmental Dimensions Inc., of Albuquerque N.M. Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions, by far the larger of the two companies, was a subcontractor to Environmental […]

Numerous state officials responded positively this week to news that sites in their respective jurisdictions were left off the Department of Energy’s site recommendation for the disposal of greater-than-class C (GTCC) waste and GTCC-like waste. Last week, DOE released its final environmental impact statement on disposal options for GTCC waste, recommending the Waste Isolation Pilot […]

Three state officials responded positively this week to news that sites in their respective jurisdictions were left off the Department of Energy’s site recommendation for the disposal of Greater-Than-Class C (GTCC) waste and GTCC-like waste. Last week, DOE released its final environmental impact statement on disposal options for GTCC waste, recommending the Waste Isolation Pilot […]

The Department of Energy on Thursday released its final environmental impact statement on disposal options for greater-than-class C (GTCC) waste and GTCC-like waste, opting for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico and/or land disposal at generic commercial facilities. The EIS evaluated potential environmental impacts associated with constructing and operating new facilities or […]

Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 1/8/2016 A reaction from rainwater and material from corroded steel drums led to an industrial fire in October at a closed low-level radioactive waste dump 115 miles northwest of Las Vegas, according to the Nevada State Fire Marshal. The agency released this and other details Wednesday concerning an investigation led by […]

Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 1/8/2016 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it will build an isolation barrier at the West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Bridgeton, Mo., to ensure that an underground fire doesn’t come into contact with nuclear waste material. EPA Region 7 Administrator Mark Hague announced the decision last week for […]

The Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing a recent study that claims fugitive radon gas is escaping Missouri’s West Lake Landfill, causing elevated levels of lead in the suburbs of St. Louis, an official said Wednesday. Angela Brees, deputy director for the EPA’s Region 7 Office of Public Affairs, said the agency received the document last […]

A new research study has found that fugitive radon gas is escaping Missouri’s West Lake Landfill, leading to elevated levels of lead in sediment and house dust in the suburbs of St. Louis. The study, which was published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, claims that 48 percent of its 287 soil and sediment […]

A reaction from rainwater and material from corroded steel drums led to an industrial fire in October at a closed low-level radioactive waste dump 115 miles northwest of Las Vegas, according to the Nevada State Fire Marshal. The agency released this and other details Wednesday in a press release concerning an investigation led by the […]