Re: Uranyl Nitrate Disposal

[Thomas Gray & Associates <tga@95net.com>]

Cannon, Curt wrote:
> 
> If it meets Norm then Mix it with concrete in a pail and have a broker help
> you get it into the US Ecology Richland Site. There are some permit fees but
> a Broker which deals with them routinely can help you out with it.
> 
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From:   Mr Jo [SMTP:mjo@scs.unr.edu]
>         Sent:   Wednesday, January 19, 2000 10:52 AM
>         To:     Multiple recipients of list
>         Subject:        Re: Uranyl Nitrate Disposal
> 
>         This may not work for everybody. A few facts about U and Th Nitrate:
>         1. Washington State accepts NORM waste from all states (I believe).
>         2. EPA allows "treatment by generator" (prior approval is needed).
>         3. Oxidizing characteristic of the nitrate compound is deactivated
> if the
>         compound is solidified in concrete. EPA (our state EPA) had never
> denied our
>         treatment plan so far. After treatment, the dangerous waste is low
> level rad. or
>         NORM waste.
>         4. There may be other restriction in different states but this had
> been our way
>         of handling of U and Th nitrate. M. Jo
>         ========================================================
>         Myung Chul Jo, MS, CHP
>         EH&S, Mail Stop 328
>         University of Nevada, Reno
>         Reno, Nevada 89557
>         (775)784-4540
>         (775)784-4553 fax
>         mjo@scs.unr.edu
> 
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US Ecology's Richland site/The State of Washington does not consider U
nitrate in concrete to be NORM. They will only accept waste in this form
from the Rocky Mountain and Northwest compacts. If the generator does
not belong to one of those compacts their choice (after treatment) would
be Envirocare or Barnwell.
Rich Gallego
Thomas Gray and Associates, Inc.
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