Commercial Low-Level Waste

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 10/10/2014 As the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission moves forward with its rule update, competitor EnergySolutions is raising questions about the legitimacy of Waste Control Specialists’ ability to accept exempt waste in its RCRA hazardous waste landfill. The Compact is currently undergoing a general rules update with a focus […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 10/10/2014 A New York state senator announced late last week plans to introduce a legislative package aimed at banning the disposal of Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) resulting from the fracking process in the state’s landfills. State Senator Ted O’Brien (D), who serves as the Ranking Member on the state Senate’s […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 9/26/2014 Austin Master Services (AMS), a radiological engineering and services firm, received approval from the state of Ohio last week for the capablity to use its trans-load facility in Martins Ferry to receive, ship, and analyze containerized Technologically-Enhanced Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Materials (TENORM). With large quantities of TENORM arising in states […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 9/19/2014 A Michigan state senator introduced legislation last week that would prevent the disposal of any radioactive waste resulting from fracking activities in the state’s landfills. In the past decade, increased activity in oil and gas exploration, especially in the Marcellus Shale and Bakkan Shale formations, has increased volumes of […]

States Call for More Flexibility Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 9/12/2014 NRC Chair Allison Macfarlane shot down any notion this week that the Commission would reduce the compatibility category assign to the current 10.CFR.61 rulemaking during a webinar held by the American Nuclear Society. With a Compatibility ‘B’ distinction, the rulemaking would require that the […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 9/5/2014 SUMMERLIN, Nev.—EnergySolutions received a two-month extension in the state of Utah’s review of the company’s performance assessment for the disposal of depleted uranium at its Clive, Utah, disposal site. Utah’s Division of Radiation Control originally planned to release on Sept. 8 the Safety Evaluation Report for its evaluation of […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 9/5/2014 A pair of environmental activist groups in North Dakota are demanding the release of the state’s draft study on Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) disposal in local landfills. The Dakota Resource Council and the North Dakota Energy Industry Waste Coalition have concerns that the oil and gas industry will have […]

A pair of environmental activist groups in North Dakota are demanding the release of the state’s draft study on Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) disposal in local landfills. The Dakota Resource Council and the North Dakota Energy Industry Waste Coalition have concerns that the oil and gas industry will have final say over the study’s findings, […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/29/2014 While the fracking boom has haunted the nuclear industry for the last 10 years with cheap natural gas, it appears to have also brought a new, high volume waste stream for those involved in the radioactive waste disposal business. The increased activity in oil and gas exploration, especially in […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/29/2014 Utah’s Division of Radiation Control is set to release on Sept. 8 the Safety Evaluation Report for its evaluation of EnergySolutions’ performance assessment for the disposal of depleted uranium (DU) at its Clive disposal facility, according to Division of Radiation Control Director Rusty Lundberg. Utah’s release of the DU […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/29/2014 Problems with cybersecurity and the disposal of sealed sources remain the biggest obstacles to the security of radioactive sources, according to the 2014 Radiation Source Protection and Security Task Force report, released by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week. The Task Force was established in 2005 to evaluate and […]

Michigan’s Republican Governor Rick Snyder yesterday ordered the state’s Department of Environmental Quality to create a panel of experts to review the state’s low-level radioactive waste disposal policy. Concerns have arisen in the state after local reports detailed the disposal of other states’ oil and gas wastes as a result from fracking that contain low levels of […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/22/2014 The Texas Commission of Environmental Quality unanimously approved this week the license amendment requests proposed by Waste Control Specialists that would expand the types of waste and size of the facility. The license amendments approximately triple the size of the facility by upping the amount of waste the facility […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/22/2014 EnergySolutions filed a motion for re-hearing with the South Carolina Court of Appeals late last week in an attempt to reverse the court’s decision from earlier this month that asserted the Barnwell low-level waste disposal facility’s disposal practices were not in compliance with safety regulations. The court did not […]

The Texas Commission of Environmental Quality yesterday unanimously approved the license amendment requests proposed by Waste Control Specialists that would expand the types of waste it can accept for disposal and size of the facility. The license amendments approximately triple the size of the facility by upping the amount of waste the facility can store from 2.31 […]

U.S. Ecology appointed Katina Dorton to its Board of Directors, the company announced yesterday. Dorton has 20 years of investment banking experience, and she currently serves as a partner at Corise Co., a merchant and banking advisory firm. “We are pleased to have Katina join our Board,” U.S. Ecology Board Chairman Stephen Romano said in […]

The Texas Commission of Environmental Quality plans to vote this morning on the license amendment requests proposed by Waste Control Specialists that would expand the types of waste and size of the facility. The amendment requests, if approved, would approximately triple the size of the facility by upping the amount of waste the facility can […]

Mississippi Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley sent a letter yesterday to President Barrack Obama, Mississippi’s Congressional Delegation, and members of the Department of Energy highlighting the PSC’s opposition to hosting a high-level nuclear waste disposal facility in the state. Earlier this year, the PSC passed a unanimous resolution stating its opposition to hosting the nation’s […]

EnergySolutions filed a motion for re-hearing with the South Carolina Court of Appeals late last week in an attempt to reverse the court’s decision from earlier this month that asserted the Barnwell low-level waste disposal facility’s disposal practices were not in compliance with safety regulations. The court did not immediately revoke the license, but it […]

Waste Control Specialists this month completed its first large-component disposal in its compact facility, the company announced this week. WCS successfully disposed of four 200-ton steam generators—all class A low-level waste—by placing the material in the compact facility and entombing it with concrete. The generators were transported by truck, marine, and rail methods, another first […]

Perma-Fix Environmental Services continued its streak of poor quarterly financial performances by reporting an operating loss of $2.1 million for the second quarter of 2014, the company announced yesterday. The company had high hopes in the beginning of the year for a profitable year, but the results of the last two quarters has hurt the […]

Waste Control Specialists suffered an operating loss of $5 million for the second quarter of this year, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by WCS’ parent company Valhi Inc. late last week. The operating loss combined with a loss last quarter totals an operating loss of $13.5 million for 2014, an increase of […]

International Isotopes reported yesterday another net loss for the second quarter, continuing its stretch of poor financial performances that have dated back to last year. The company reported a net loss of $528,298 for the second quarter of 2014, an increase in loss of approximately 33 percent compared to the net loss of $399,210 in […]

US Ecology reported late yesterday a drop in net income for the second quarter of this year, but also reported a significant increase in revenue compared to the same period last year. For the second quarter of this year, US Ecology had a net income of $6.9 million, down from a net income of $7.2 […]

Perma-Fix Environmental Services is scheduled to announce its second quarter 2014 financial results next week. The company will hold a conference call at 11 a.m. on Aug. 11. The call will be available on the Company’s website at www.perma-fix.com, or by calling 877-407-0778 for U.S. callers, or +1-201-689-8565 for international callers. The conference call will […]

Perma-Fix Environmental Services sold its subsidiary Schreiber, Yonley & Associates, Inc., an engineering and environmental consulting service company, last week for a price of $1.3 million to Trinity Consulting, a consulting firm that focuses on industrial air quality issues. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, the subsidiary had a net revenue of $2,564,736 […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/1/2014 A South Carolina court issued a scathing decision this week against the Barnwell low-level waste disposal facility’s disposal practices, questioning the state Department of Health and Environmental Control’s license renewal for the EnergySolutions-owned Chem-Nuclear site amid concerns of water contamination. The South Carolina Court of Appeals determined an administrative […]

A South Carolina court issued a scathing decision yesterday against the Barnwell low-level waste disposal facility’s disposal practices, questioning the state’s Department of Health and Environmental Control’s license renewal for the EnergySolutions-owned Chem-Nuclear site amid concerns of water contamination. The South Carolina Court of Appeals determined the administrative law court (ALC) erred on four counts […]

Jeremy L. Dillon WC Monitor 7/25/2014 In a move that could aid the Department of Energy’s cleanup program in tackling difficult waste, Waste Control Specialists filed a petition for rulemaking earlier this week with the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality to allow the disposal of some transuranic waste and Greater-than-Class-C waste in its federal facility. […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 7/25/2014 Waste Control Specialists filed a petition for rulemaking earlier this week with the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality to allow the disposal of some transuranic waste and Greater-than-Class-C waste in its federal facility. TCEQ now has 60 days to decide whether to initiate a rulemaking process that, if enacted […]