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Nevada, feds agree to discuss landfill concerns, including ORNL radioactive waste

Posted at 1:54 pm December 29, 2014
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ORNL CEUSP Waste Shipping

Workers train to remove a type of shipping cask that would be used to transport 403 canisters of uranium-tainted waste from Oak Ridge National Laboratory to Nevada National Security Site northwest of Las Vegas. (Photos courtesy U.S. Department of Energy/Office of Environmental Management)

 

A new group of state and federal workers that was announced Tuesday could discuss contentious waste-related issues that include concerns over shipping low-level radioactive waste from a World War II-era building in Oak Ridge to a federal landfill in Nevada.

The new group, which will include senior-level state and federal employees, was announced in a six-page agreement, a memorandum of understanding signed last week by Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval.

The talks started more than a year ago, after Sandoval sent a letter to Moniz expressing concerns over the proposed disposal of the radioactive waste at the Nevada National Security Site, a former nuclear weapons proving ground about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

CEUSP Canister

At left is an actual 24-inch steel canister. At right is a representation of the canister interior.

The waste contains radioisotopes of uranium from the Consolidated Edison Uranium Solidification Project. It originated from a 1960s research and development test of thorium and uranium reactor fuel in New York. It is stored at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Building 3019—the oldest continuously operating nuclear facility in the Department of Energy complex—in 403 ceramic-like uranium oxide monoliths. Each of the monoliths is bonded to the inside of a steel canister about 3.5 inches in diameter and about two feet long. [Read more…]

Filed Under: National Nuclear Security Administration, Nevada National Security Site, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Area 5, Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site, Brian Sandoval, Building 3019, burial, CEUSP, Consolidated Edison Indian Point-1, Consolidated Edison Uranium Solidification Project, Darwin Morgan, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, DOE, Energy Department, Ernest Moniz, landifll, Las Vegas, LLW, low-level radioactive waste, Mark Whitney, memorandum of understanding, National Environmental Policy Act, Nevada, Nevada National Security Site, NNSS, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Office of Environmental Management, Office of Secure Transportation, ORNL, radioactive waste, radioisotopes, U.S. Department of Energy, uranium, uranium oxide

Four workers evaluated, released after electrical fire at Toxco

Posted at 8:37 pm November 13, 2014
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Oak Ridge Fire Department Fire Engine at Toxco

The Oak Ridge Fire Department responded to a small, intense electrical fire on Thursday morning at Toxco, a company that processes low-level radioactive waste. The fire was in a one-story metal building at the back of the company’s site on Flint Road.

 

Four workers were evaluated for minor respiratory issues and released after a small, intense electrical fire was reported at a company that repackages low-level radioactive waste in central Oak Ridge on Thursday morning, authorities said.

The fire at Toxco Materials Management Center on Flint Road was reported at about 11:03 a.m. Thursday. It was in a large one-story metal building at the back of the site, said Marty Griffith, Oak Ridge Fire Department battalion chief.

Electrical equipment inside the building was on fire, and the only way to put it out was to disconnect power, which the Oak Ridge Electric Department did, Griffith said. He said the area where the fire occurred is used to repackage waste, and it is fed by 440 volts of electricity.

Once the power was disconnected, firefighters were able to put out the fire with fire extinguishers. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Fire, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Adam Daugherty, Ben Taylor, electrical fire, fire, hazardous materials, Jordan Alcorn, low-level radioactive waste, Marty Griffith, Oak Ridge Electric Department, Oak Ridge Fire Department, radiation, radioactive waste, Toxco, Toxco Materials Management Center

ETTP waste processor files for bankruptcy

Posted at 12:18 pm May 25, 2012
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IMPACT Services Inc., a company that processes low-level radioactive waste in west Oak Ridge, has filed for bankruptcy, Tennessee officials said Friday morning.

The company has about one million pounds of waste at East Tennessee Technology Park, the former K-25 site. State officials said workers are at the site to ensure the materials are safe.

“It should be reiterated that the material at the facility is secure and a radiation safety officer remains onsite,” said Meg Lockhart, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: bankruptcy, IMPACT Services Inc., radioactive waste, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, waste processing

TDEC ensures radioactive waste secure at shut-down company

Posted at 10:32 am May 22, 2012
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Tennessee officials have received reports that IMPACT Services Inc. has closed its waste processing operation at Heritage Center, and state workers are at the site this week to ensure the low-level radioactive materials are safe.

The company has about one million pounds of waste at Heritage Center, the former K-25 site in west Oak Ridge, said Tisha Calabrese-Benton, director of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s Office of External Affairs.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: IMPACT Services Inc., radioactive waste, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, waste processing

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