[ RadSafe ] Company Looking for Some Ion Exchange Expertise

[Bruce Toomire]

I presume these are the same materials which make the frack "socks"
impossible to dispose of in muni landfills and end up in public trash cans?

So then the materials would have to be separated and disposed as different
classes of LLW?  None of this can be GTCC?

Thanks,
Bruce





On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Brennan, Mike (DOH) <
Mike.Brennan at doh.wa.gov> wrote:

> I defer to Lawrence on this, though I would speculate that if there is
> significant processing, especially chemical, that concentrates the radium,
> questions might arise that complicate matters.  And sometimes questions are
> more expensive than either answer.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Lawrence Jacobi
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 1:44 PM
> To: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Company Looking for Some Ion Exchange Expertise
>
> In reference to Mike Brennan’s reply, solids containing Radium produced by
> treating flowback water from a frack job is not low-level radioactive
> waste, as that type of waste is generally defined.  It is frequently
> referred to as waste containing technology enhanced naturally occurring
> radioactive material, or TENORM.
>
> The distinction is that low-level radioactive waste must be sent to a
> disposal facility licensed by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an
> Agreement State, usually at great expense to the generator.  Depending on
> the concentration, TENORM can be sent to an industrial solid waste
> landfill, or even a municipal solid waste landfill, at much less expense.
> It need not be treated as low-level radioactive waste.
>
> Having said that, flowback that contains any radioactive tracers results
> in a waste stream that is “mixed” with respect to regulatory jurisdiction.
> The NORM component is usually regulated by the individual state according
> to state law and regulation, and the tracers are regulated by either the US
> Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State under the Atomic Energy
> Act of 1954.  That peculiarity has resulted in some interesting and
> frustrating disposal issues.
>
>
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