Commercial Low-Level Waste

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/28/2015 A group of environmental activist organizations plans to sue the Environmental Protection Agency should the agency refuse to introduce stronger disposal regulations on fracking waste, including Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (TENORM). The group, led by Environmental Integrity Project and the Natural Resources Defense Council, alleged this week […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/28/2015 Industry and staff both agreed that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission would be better served to allow the state of Texas to regulate the disposal of Greater-Than-Class C radioactive waste than have the NRC oversee it, they said during a Aug. 13 commission briefing on GTCC disposal. Waste Control Specialists […]

Waste Control Specialists CEO William Lindquist is stepping down, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing yesterday from WCS parent company Valhi Inc. Lindquist resigned “for health reasons and a resulting desire to transition to his eventual retirement,” the filing said. Lindquist has been with WCS since 2007, and helped oversee the opening of […]

International Isotopes posted another quarterly net loss for the second quarter of 2015, although its performance improved from the same period of last year, the company announced yesterday. International Isotopes reported a net loss of $447,492 in the second quarter, compared to $528,298 for second-quarter 2014. Revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2015, […]

North Dakota’s Health Council on Tuesday approved final rule changes that would allow for more disposal of Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (TENORM) in the state’s landfills. The move would increase the radiation level allowed per year from five picocuries per gram of material to 50 picocuries, which would allow for more in-state disposal […]

Waste Control Specialists suffered an $8.1 million operating loss in the second quarter of 2015, WCS’ parent company, Valhi Inc., announced late last week. Valhi attributed the operating loss to the shortage of available hazardous waste shipping containers in the second half of the second quarter. “Disposal volumes for the second quarter of 2015 were […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/7/2015 US Ecology announced this week it has agreed to sell New Jersey-based Allstate Power-Vac Inc. to a private investor group for $58 million. Allstate specializes in industrial cleaning and maintenance for utilities, refineries, chemical plants, and paper mills, along with refinery services such as tank cleaning and temporary storage. […]

US Ecology has agreed to sell New Jersey-based Allstate Power-Vac, Inc. to a private investor group for $58 million, the company announced yesterday. AllState specializes in industrial cleaning and maintenance for utilities, refineries, chemical plants, paper mills and refinery services such as tank cleaning, centrifuge and temporary storage, but after a review, US Ecology determined […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 7/31/2015 The Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission this week unanimously approved the final rules to its update on importing and exporting waste. According to Compact Rules Committee Chair Linda Morris, the final rules have some slight changes from the proposed rules, mainly in the definition of terms. “We did […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 7/24/2015 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff recommended this week that the commission enable Texas to license and regulate the disposal of Greater Than Class C (GTCC) waste, while the NRC staff would add another wrinkle to the 10.CFR.Part 61 update by adding TRU waste disposal to the rulemaking. The recommendation […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 7/24/2015 The Michigan Sierra Club this week endorsed calls for a referendum during the November 2016 state election that could ban the state’s acceptance of Technologically Enhanced, Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (TENORM) from fracking. The environmental group is calling for a vote to end the disposal of TENORM material in […]

The Michigan Sierra Club endorsed this week a referendum during the next election which could potentially ban the state’s acceptance of Technologically-Enhanced, Naturally Occurring Radioactive (TENORM) as a result of fracking. The environmental group is calling for a vote to end the disposal of TENORM material in the state’s landfills due to it’s the potential […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 7/10/2015 International Isotopes and the Lea County Board of Commissioners have agreed to amend the parameters of its depleted uranium de-conversion facility land agreement so as to allow for the company’s delays in construction, the two announced yesterday. Under the terms of the agreement, Lea County would convey 640 acres […]

Lance Moore RW Monitor 7/10/2015 Utah effectively merged the Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste and the Division of Radiation Control into one state division last week under the state’s Department of Environmental Quality. The state legislature had passed a bill earlier this year to combine the two divisions in an effort to streamline efficiency […]

International Isotopes and the Lea County Board of Commissioners have agreed to amend the parameters of its depleted uranium de-conversion facility land agreement so as to allow for the company’s delays in construction, the two announced yesterday. Under the terms of the agreement, Lea County would convey 640 acres of land in Hobbs, N.M. for […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled a hearing for later this summer to discuss the disposal of Greater-Than-Class C Waste. The hearing is tentatively set for Aug. 10, which should give enough time for the NRC Staff to complete its SECY paper currently underway on the NRC’s role in regulating near surface disposal of the […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/26/2015 Nuclear Regulatory Commission members questioned this week the benefits of applying Compatibility ‘B” distinction to the proposed 10.CFR.61 rule update during a NRC hearing on the Part 61 rulemaking. With a Compatibility ‘B’ distinction, the proposed rulemaking would require that the Agreement States adopt Part 61 almost exactly as […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/19/2015 EnergySolutions plans to submit by October responses to Utah’s questions concerning their depleted uranium performance assessment, EnergySolutions’ Senior Vice President of Commercial Business Development Bret Rogers said this week at the EPRI Low-Level Radioactive Waste Conference in Orlando. Following the release of the state’s analysis of the PA, EnergySolutions […]

EnergySolutions plans to submit by October responses to Utah’s questions concerning their depleted uranium performance assessment, EnergySolutions’ Senior Vice President of Commercial Business Development Bret Rogers said yesterday at the EPRI Low-Level Radioactive Waste Conference in Orlando. Following the release of the state’s analysis of the PA, EnergySolutions requested the suspension of the review process […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/5/2015 The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is taking public comments on an application for a new landfill to manage oilfield solid waste, including Technologically-Enhanced, Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Material (TENORM), the regulator announced this week. The proposed landfill from Clay Butte Environmental would be located five miles north of Culbertson in […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/29/2015 Perma-Fix Environmental Services is looking into ways to leverage its medical isotope resin technology in its core business of radioactive waste treatment, Perma-Fix Chief Financial Officer Ben Naccarato said this week during a presentation at the Marcum Microcap Conference. The company originally developed the technology for technetium-99m production, but […]

Marks Improvement Over 2014 1Q Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/22/2015 International Isotopes reported a net loss of $171,548 for the first quarter of 2014, an improvement of approximately 62 percent compared to the $452,205 net loss in the same period of 2014, the company announced this week. International Isotopes attributed the decrease in net […]

International Isotopes reported a net loss of $171,548 for the first quarter of 2014, an improvement of approximately 62 percent compared to the $452,205 in the same period of 2014, the company announced yesterday. International Isotopes attributed the decrease in net loss to an increase in gross profit, its ability to hold down operating costs, […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/15/2015 Despite an operating loss of $1.8 million for the first quarter of 2015, Perma-Fix Environmental Services expressed confidence late last week that it would obtain positive earnings for the full year. Perma-Fix Chairman and CEO Lou Centofanti warned last month that the company expected 2015 to experience some revenue […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/15/2015 Waste Control Specialists suffered an operating loss of $2.9 million in the first quarter of 2015, but WCS parent company Valhi Inc. expects the company to improve operating results for the rest of the year, the company announced late last week. Valhi blamed the operating loss on delayed disposal […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/15/2015 The Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission late last week opened up to public comment its proposed rules update on importing and exporting waste,  initiating a 45 day public comment period before the Commission votes to finalize the rules. Should no action be taken by the public, the earliest […]

Perma-Fix Environmental Services announced late last week a $1.8 million operating loss for the first quarter of 2015, better than the $3.5 million operating loss it experienced in 2014. Perma-Fix CEO Lou Centofanti warned last month that the company expected 2015 to go through some “lumps,” but other quarters should make up for the down […]

Waste Control Specialists suffered an operating loss of $2.9 million in the first quarter of 2015, but Valhi Inc., WCS’ parent company, expects WCS to improve operating results for the rest of the year, the company announced late last week. Valhi blamed the operating loss on delayed disposal shipments in the first quarter that resulted […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/8/2015 As EnergySolutions address issues in its Performance Assessment for the disposal of depleted uranium at its Clive, Utah facility, a new Utah activist group is advocating sending the material to Waste Control Specialists’ facility in Texas instead. Deadly Disposal, a group made up of private citizens, has launched an […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/24/2015 EnergySolutions has officially pulled its proposal to reopen the Barnwell disposal facility to out-of-compact waste, Barnwell General Manager Michael Benjamin said this week at the Low-Level Waste Forum in Alexandria, Va. Last month, EnergySolutions released a proposal that called for the facility to accept out-of-compact Class B and C […]