Michelle,

You should determine what class or radioactive waste you have - Class A, B, C or GTCC. This is determined by the time it takes to go through 10 half lives. Any vendor accepting this waste will also want to know the isotope(s) and approximate activity levels. Depending on the state where the material is and the disposal state things could get complicated, the transporter may have to have permits to transport radioactivity in each state and another permit with the disposal facility that should be in place before the material is offered for transit (landfill permits are usually valid for six months).

 

Some transporters do a milk run, bring everything back to their facility, entomb similar isotopic waste in concrete and the concrete is shipped to the land fill. Make sure they use an NRC manifest if your material is regulated for disposal.

 

Sounds like your waste may be uranyl acetate (UA) - but I am just taking a guess. There is a new low level disposal site that opened up in TX (c.a. 2014) and there are other in the state of Washington.

 

Here is a list of reputable vendors from the USDA. http://www.dm.usda.gov/ohsec/rsd/wastebrokers.htm

I have used Bionomics in the past and they are very good. They can service almost any state in the union. If you're in the NYC area,  Radiac is also a reputable vendor who knows what they are doing.

 

Good luck and be patient. You may have to steward the material for a while before you can make disposal arrangements and it finally get it out the door.

 

Be well,

 

 

 

Hi Michelle,

 

Can you tell me what isotope is listed on the container of the radioactive powder?

 

 

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