Guard Against Inappropriate Disposal

Proof of Compliance for TENORM Licensed Facilities

• Fast and accurate measurements provide real-time data to landfill operators on what is being disposed in their landfill.
• TENspec™ scanning measurements of material used in conjunction with plastic scintillator-type measurement devices prevents waste generators from “hiding” inappropriate materials in a shipment.
  
• NDDoH approved method provides validated results to make acceptance or rejection decisions of waste materials easy.
• Provides defensible data for acceptance of non-regulated NORM containing wastes, for example, exploration waste.

Ensure Compliance with DOT Transport Requirements

• Fast and accurate measurements provide real-time data to determine whether the waste exceeds DOT transport limits prior to material leaving the generator’s site.
• Real-time results provide precise radioactivity information to carry with the shipment in case of emergency. 
• “Whole load” measurement of material prevents waste generators from “hiding” materials that exceed DOT limits in an otherwise acceptable shipment. 
  
• DOT enforcement can use the technology to ensure compliance at various locations, i.e. state lines or ports-of-entry.
  

• Fast and accurate measurements provide real-time data allowing operators to make a go/no-go decision for acceptance.
• TENspec™ scanning measurements of material provides more accurate quantification of entire waste load by measuring a much larger sample as compared to the desktop or laboratory methods.
• NDDEQ approved method means no additional testing for radium is required.
• Provides precise data measurements that can be used in modeling Total Radium content of an entire disposal site.
• Provides defensible data for acceptance of non-regulated NORM containing wastes, for example, exploration waste.

Spread and Scan Allows for Full Characterization of Any Load.

• Allows for use of low-resolution gamma spectroscopy or possibly exposure rate supplemented with information derived from other measurements or process knowledge to determine total radium concentration. 
• Material is deposited on a pad, similar to a long driveway, where a detector is moved by monorail hoist at a reproducible height over the length of the pile to acquire measurement data.
  
• The low-resolution spectral data is compared with a composite sample measured by HPGe to provide quality control of the low-resolution measurement.
  
• Spreading the load and using low-resolution equipment provides a low-cost,  low-risk measurement that effectively removes any sampling inaccuracy.

Future Development with Patent Pending Re-Entrant Tube Geometry will Provide More Accurate Measurement of Highly Variable Filter Socks

• Re-entrant tube array (pending NDDEQ approval) provides more accurate measurement of Total Radium contained in highly variable filter socks. Radium concentration can vary 100% within a single waste bin.
• Multiple measurement points within a roll-off container provide for an extremely accurate average measurement that is more representative of the radioactivity contained within the container as a whole.
• When NDDEQ approves the method, it will allow for disposal in-state or at lower-limit facilities nearer the point of generation yielding significant savings to the generator when considering total disposal costs.
• Significantly reduces sampling uncertainty inherent with quantifying radioactivity in used filter socks.