Commercial Low-Level Waste

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced last week that it is testing storm-water runoff from the Bridgeton Landfill for contamination. An announcement posted on the department’s website Tuesday says the agency was notified the day before of surface water leaving the landfill along the northeast boundary of the site. Based on initial findings from […]

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 Thursday, calling it “the first step in moving […]

The Environmental Protection Agency last week ordered three businesses to develop and submit a plan for preventing surface fires at the West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Bridgeton, Mo.   The order is a response to an Oct. 24 brush fire at West Lake Landfill, which contains radioactive waste from former uranium production at the […]

Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 12/11/2015 An environmentalist in North Dakota says legal action against the state is likely over recent rule changes that allow for higher radioactivity levels in oil-field waste. The rule changes, set to take effect Jan. 1, will boost annual radiation-level allowances for state landfills from 5 picocuries per gram of material […]

Chris Schneidmiller RW Monitor 12/11/2015 The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday ordered three businesses to develop and submit a plan for preventing surface fires at the West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Bridgeton, Mo. The order is a response to an Oct. 24 brush fire at West Lake Landfill, which contains radioactive waste from former […]

An environmentalist in North Dakota says legal action against the state is likely over recent rule changes that allow for higher radioactivity levels in oil-field waste.   The rule changes, set to take effect Jan. 1, will boost annual radiation-level allowances for state landfills from 5 picocuries per gram of material to 50 picocuries, which […]

IN THE INDUSTRY Amec Foster Wheeler has announced details in its survey of about 1.2 million cubic meters of historic low-level radioactive waste from multiple sites in Ontario, Canada. The company announced Tuesday it is using an ORION ScanPlotSM overland radiation survey system in collecting radiological data. The work is a result of a Canadian […]

The Nov. 20 edition of RadWaste Monitor misidentified the manager of a LLRW disposal site in Beatty, Nev. The state of Nevada manages the site. The article also misattributed fines the EPA issued in 2010. The fines relate to an adjacent US Ecology RCRA facility.

Amec Foster Wheeler has announced details in its surveying of about 1.2 million cubic meters of historic low-level radioactive waste from multiple sites in Ontario, Canada. The company announced Tuesday that is using an ORION ScanPlotSM overland radiation survey system in collecting radiological data. The work is a result of a Canadian Nuclear Laboratories contract […]

Members of Missouri’s congressional delegation on Thursday introduced legislation that would transfer remediation authority over the mixed-use West Lake Landfill from the Environmental Protection Agency to the Army Corps of Engineers’ Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program.   The EPA’s 25-year effort to clean the landfill, which contains radioactive waste, is “stagnant” and “unacceptable,” according […]

A month after an industrial fire erupted at a closed low-level radioactive waste dump 110 miles northwest of Las Vegas, officials are still uncertain what caused the blaze. The Nye County government in a press release Tuesday described the fire as an “eye opening event” that would require years to fully understand. It burned from […]

Karl Herchenroeder and Brian Bradley RW Monitor 11/20/2015 EnergySolutions announced Thursday that it had reached a tentative agreement to purchase competitor Waste Control Specialists for $270 million. The announcement came just days after the Utah-based nuclear services giant agreed to sell off its Hanford Site tank farm operation and other assets to WS Atkins for […]

Karl Herchenroeder and Brian Bradley WC Monitor 11/20/2015 EnergySolutions announced Thursday that it had reached a tentative agreement to purchase competitor Waste Control Specialists for $270 million. The announcement came just days after the Utah-based nuclear services giant agreed to sell off its Hanford Site tank farm operation and other assets to WS Atkins for […]

A month after an industrial fire erupted at a closed low-level radioactive waste dump 110 miles northwest of Las Vegas, state officials are still uncertain what caused the blaze.   The Nye County government in a press release Tuesday described the fire as an “eye opening event” that would require years to fully understand. It […]

United Kingdom-based Atkins yesterday announced it signed an agreement to acquire EnergySolutions’ Projects, Products and Technology segment for $318 million. PP&T’s portfolio includes environmental remediation projects, and Atkins said it sought out the deal, in part, because it accelerates Atkins’ nuclear strategy and because EnergySolutions has a complementary customer base and capabilities, a Nov. 17 […]

Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 11/6/2015 Perma-Fix Environmental Services this week reported $17.3 million in revenue for the third quarter of 2015, up slightly from $16.9 million for the same period in 2014. Wednesday’s report follows positive news from the second quarter, which saw a 29.2 percent revenue increase from the same period in 2014, and negative […]

The operator of the United Kingdom’s national low-level radioactive waste disposal site said this week it has filed an application for construction of three additional disposal vaults. LLW Repository Ltd. said vaults would be used to dispose of waste in "specially grouted containers." The company noted that it has also recently received authorization from the […]

Perma-Fix Environmental Services on Wednesday reported $17.3 million in revenue for the third quarter of 2015, up slightly from $16.9 million for the same period in 2014. Wednesday’s report follows positive news from the second quarter, which saw a 29.2 percent revenue increase from the same period in 2014, and negative news from the first quarter, […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 10/30/2015 US Ecology tempered expectations this week for its full-year earnings results after announcing a slower-than-expected third quarter that is expected to continue in the fourth quarter. The environmental services provider is lowering expected adjusted EBITDA for its core business to between $122 million and $125 million for full-year 2015, […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 10/23/2015 Local officials still do not know what caused the fire that ignited earlier this week at the now-shuttered low-level waste disposal facility near Beatty, Nev. The fire, near US Ecology’s hazardous waste treatment facility, burned overnight Sunday into Monday before being extinguished. Following a series of radiological tests and […]

Following a fire near the US Ecology’s Beatty, Nev. hazardous waste facility over the past two days, Nevada state officials are monitoring air quality as the state watches for potential consequences from the now extinguished blaze. A fire broke out on Sunday afternoon in an industrial area near Beatty at the landfill that used to […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 10/16/2015 The Texas Supreme Court last week denied the Sierra Club’s petition for review in its case against the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for allegedly violating state administrative laws in the Waste Control Specialists radioactive waste disposal licensing proceedings. The Sierra Club claimed in its suit that TCEQ […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 10/9/2015 After over 25 years of government service,  Larry Camper, director of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, retired last week. Under Camper’s direction the NRC office has undertaken many low-level radioactive waste rulemakings, including an update to the 10.CFR.61 rulemaking, the issuance of […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 9/11/2015 SUMMERLIN, NEV — EnergySolutions remains on track for an October submittal date for its responses to Utah’s questions concerning its depleted uranium performance assessment, EnergySolutions’ Senior Vice President Jason Williams said this week at the 2015 RadWaste Summit. “We are in the process of addressing those concerns, and are […]

EnergySolutions remains on track for an October submittal date for its responses to Utah’s questions concerning its depleted uranium performance assessment, EnergySolutions’ Senior Vice President Jason Williams said yesterday at the 2015 RadWaste Summit. “We are in the process of addressing those concerns, and are confident we will be able to satisfy the concerns raised,” […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 9/4/2015 EnergySolutions has prohibited the use of its type-A casks for use in shipping waste to Waste Control Specialists, WCS President and CEO Rod Baltzer said this week. The cessation of WCS cask shipments caused delivery delays for the West Texas waste treatment and storage company in the second quarter, […]

EnergySolutions has prohibited the use of its type-A casks from shipping waste to Waste Control Specialists, WCS President and CEO Rod Baltzer said yesterday in an interview with WC Morning Briefing. The cessation of WCS cask shipments caused delivery delays for the West Texas company in the second quarter, resulting in a $8.1 million operating […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/28/2015 A South Carolina state court earlier this month reaffirmed its 2014 ruling that asserted the Barnwell low-level waste disposal facility’s disposal practices were not in compliance with safety regulations, but in a change of opinion, the court remanded the remedy to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/28/2015 Waste Control Specialists CEO William Lindquist is stepping down, and current President Rod Baltzer will take over as the company’s president and CEO, WCS confirmed this week. Lindquist resigned “for health reasons and a resulting desire to transition to his eventual retirement,” according to a Securities and Exchange Commission […]