MSC - Packaging Radioactive
& Mixed Waste for Transportation
Work Description
– General:
Chase was contracted by Manufacturing Sciences (MSC) to
characterize radioactive waste materials, track special
nuclear materials inventories, prepare waste profiles for
Envirocare of Utah, and to develop packaging strategies
for cost effective and safe shipping. Chase personnel have
provided these services for shipping nearly 4 million pounds
of radioactively contaminated metals to the Envirocare of
Utah, 250,000 of which originated at the K-25 Plant in Oak
Ridge, TN. Chase also provides the “hands on” services of
on-site treatment, solidification, and encapsulation of
radioactive sources and packaging, loading, placarding,
and manifesting radioactive and mixed waste shipments.
Location:
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Regulatory Basis:
(CERCLA, RCRA, etc.):U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
/ U.S. Department of Transportation / RCRA / OSHA
Contaminants:
Chemical: Heavy
metals, petrochemicals, oils, RCRA solvents.
