Secure and Reliable Disposal Options
With over 65 years of industry experience, US Ecology has pioneered cost-effective, secure and reliable disposal options for radioactive waste. Our facilities are highly engineered, secure, RCRA subtitle C landfills, featuring multiple-liner cell design and post-closure funding. US Ecology’s national high-capacity, high-volume facilities are rail and truck served.
Our teams of professionals offering waste services provide guidance and assistance for proper characterization and sampling methods to verify waste meets our waste acceptance criteria (WAC). We also evaluate available treatment and disposal options based on the waste characterization and assist in development of an aggregation plan, if required, to comply with the WAC requirements at our RCRA Subtitle-C facilities.
Accepted Waste
- NORM/TENORM from energy production, mining and other industrial processes
- Exempt Byproduct, Source and Special Nuclear Materials
- Accelerator-produced material, as well as generally exempt items and devices
- High-activity NORM sealed sources
- Class A, B and C LLRW in the Northwest and Rocky Mountain Compacts
Qualified DOT Class 7 Shippers
- Qualified shippers on staff to complete shipping documents and ensure compliant packaging, marking, labeling, placarding, and transportation of DOT Class 7 regulated material
- DOT Class 7 shippers available for project support at Customer sites
Technical Project Management and Onsite Support
- Review characterization data, waste profiles, shipping documents, or any other applicable documents to ensure compliance with WAC requirements at USE disposal facilities
- Ensure waste is loaded/packaged in compliance with WAC requirements
Health Physics / Radiological Engineering Support
- Radiological Dose Assessments in support of Alternate Disposal Authorizations under 10 CFR §20.2002 and Releases from Radiological Control under DOE Order 458.1
- Radiation modeling of shipping containers and packages using Microshield code to ensure WAC compliance at USE Facilities
- Environmental and site post-closure dose modeling and evaluations using GoldSim and RESRAD platforms
Radioactive Materials License
- Authorized to perform decontamination and waste packaging activities at Customer sites for licensed radioactive materials
US Ecology Idaho
♦ RCRA subtitle C facility
♦ NORM/TENORM waste
♦ Mixed low-activity radioactive and RCRA/TSCA hazardous wastes
♦ Generally exempt and accelerator-produced radioactive materials
♦ Specifically exempted byproduct material, source material and special nuclear material
♦ Specialize in debris and large component handling and disposal
♦ Rail served
US Ecology Michigan
♦ RCRA subtitle C facility
♦ NORM/TENORM waste
♦ Mixed low-activity radioactive and RCRA/TSCA hazardous wastes
♦ Generally exempt and accelerator-produced radioactive materials
♦ TENORM downblending
♦ Rail served
US Ecology Nevada
♦ RCRA subtitle C facility
♦ NORM/TENORM waste
♦ Mixed low-activity radioactive and RCRA/TSCA hazardous wastes
♦ Generally exempt radioactive materials
US Ecology Texas
♦ RCRA subtitle C facility
♦ NORM/TENORM waste
♦ Mixed low-activity radioactive and RCRA/TSCA hazardous wastes
♦ Rail served
US Ecology Washington
♦ Class A, B and C LLRW for 11 Northwest and Rocky Mountain states
♦ High-activity radium waste disposal
♦ Generally exempt and accelerator-produced radioactive materials nationwide
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