Field
Services
Eberline Services'
Field Group provides onsite staff and services for site characterization
and remediation, decontamination and decommissioning, waste management,
and facility operations.
Onsite staff include:
- Health physicists
- Radiological
engineers
- Radiological
control technicians
- Industrial
hygienists
- Industrial
hygiene technicians
- Waste characterization
specialists
- Waste management
coordinators
Technologies
The company
also offers expertise and several state-of-the-art technologies
for radiological mapping, in situ gamma spectroscopy waste characterization,
and volume reduction of radiologically contaminated soil. Our technologies
have saved our clients millions of dollars in waste characterization
and management costs. These technologies include:
PROJECT
SUMMARIES
Radiological
and Industrial Hygiene Services at Hanford
Eberline Services Hanford, Inc. is a subcontractor to the Bechtel
Hanford, Inc. Environmental Restoration Contractor (ERC) team performing
site remediation, decontamination and decommissioning, surveillance
and maintenance, and groundwater monitoring at the U.S. Department
of Energy's (DOE's) Hanford Site in Washington state. We support
four major soil remediations, operation of a permitted low-level
radioactive waste disposal site, four reactor cocooning operations,
and ongoing surveillance and maintenance of over 1,400 different
sites, including waste sites, deactivated buildings, and remediated
sites. Accomplishments include assisting Bechtel Hanford, Inc. complete
one reactor cocooning, a reactor fuel pool clean-out, and decommissioning
of a number of other radioactively contaminated facilities. Eberline
Services Hanford Inc. has helped Bechtel Hanford Inc. receive 11
consecutive excellent ratings from the DOE. Our services include:
.
- Onsite staff-Eberline
Services Hanford, Inc. provides about 120 radiological control
technicians, radiological control supervisors, industrial hygiene
technicians, industrial hygienists, and radiological training
staff who provide radiological surveying and mapping for the ERC
team.
- Radiological
mapping-One of our most significant contributions on this project
is using both advanced and conventional surveying equipment. Our
Laser Assisted Ranging and Data System (LARADS) and Global Positioning
Environmental Radiological Surveyor (GPERS) technologies are used
to make measurements and present results of the measurements.
These systems record the results of surveys and present the data
in both graphic and database format. Both radiological and nonradiological
measurements can be logged with these instruments. Eberline Services
has surveyed over 5 million acres of radiologically contaminated
areas using the GPERS at Hanford Site.
RCT
Services for Fernald
Eberline Services provides junior- and senior-level RCT support
services for the DOE Fernald Environmental Management Project in
Ohio. We identify and evaluate the eligibility of potential candidates
and train candidates requiring additional or refresher training.
Our RCTs perform radiological surveys and maintain the stringent
radiological protection requirements on projects. One project we
support is the Waste Pits Remedial Action Project, which involves
low-level radioactive wastes derived from the refining and metallurgical
processing of uranium ore concentrates and thorium during Fernald's
production operations. Approximately one million tons of contaminated
soil and waste are associated with the waste pit area. We have provided
RCT support during the loading of more than 70,000 tons of radioactive
waste into rail cars for shipment to Envirocare of Utah.
RCTs
and Instrumentation Services at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Eberline Services provides trained and fully qualified RCTs to support
Bechtel Jacobs on its Environmental Management and Integration contract.
Our technicians perform radiological and industrial hygiene surveys
using a variety of instrumentation used to detect and quantify levels
of radiological and chemical contamination. Our technicians work
at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Y-12 Weapons Complex, East
Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP), and Portsmouth, Ohio.
Waste
Management Coordinators at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Eberline
Services has provided onsite waste management support for clients,
including Los Alamos National Laboratory, since 1991. Our services
encompass waste management operations involving hazardous, PCB,
asbestos, low-level, mixed, administratively controlled, classified,
and non-RCRA oil wastes. We support waste generators by reviewing
waste management records and documentation; (including shipping
papers) to ensure that it complies with all applicable regulations;
researching and visiting potential waste disposal or treatment sites;
performing literature research on regulatory issues; researching
operational issues; and providing recommendations to improve operations.
Our integral role in LANL waste management operations also involves
responding to waste generators' questions and concerns about the
proper characterization, treatment, storage, transportation, and
disposal of these wastes. Our waste management coordinators not
only ensure that wastes are properly managed but also identify waste
avoidance and minimization opportunities.
Gamma
Spectroscopy at Mound
At the DOE's Miamisburg Environmental Management Project site closure,
a significant activity is the legacy waste project that centralizes
the disposition of orphan sources, transuranic (TRU) waste, and
mixed waste, as well as the removal of low-level waste and other
common trash material from the plant site. We provided radiological
characterization services, using gamma spectroscopy and our Spectral
Non-Destructive Assay Platform (SNAP) analytical model to segregate
low-level from TRU waste and to verify decontamination effectiveness.
We characterized miscellaneous and irregularly-shaped items, including
drums, boxes, crates, B-25 waste boxes, glove boxes, fume hoods,
lead pigs, ductwork, a glass melter and associated ductwork, drains
and sieve traps, walls, piping, and small items. During one eight-week
period, our staff measured more than 300 items.
Segmented
Gate System at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)
Under DOE's Accelerated Site Technology Deployment Program (ASTD),
the SGS was successfully deployed at SNL. Areas at SNL had been
used for disposal of radioactive wastes, including plutonium, cesium,
uranium, and thorium. In 1996 and 1997, the landfill area was selectively
excavated, and the excavated soil was segregated and containerized
or covered. Eberline Services' SGS was employed to reduce the volume
of the soil that would require offsite disposal by sorting the soil
into piles that either complied with the SNL criteria for release
back to the site, or exceeded criteria and required shipment to
an offsite disposal facility. The SGS was mobilized, assembled,
and calibrated, and soils excavated and prescreened to remove the
large debris within eight days. Excavation and prescreening of the
soil to remove the large debris was accomplished over the same period.
A total of 661.8 cubic yards of soils were processed through the
SGS. Total reported volume reduction achieved by the SGS was in
excess of 98 percent. This resulted in a total of 0.32 cubic yard
of above-criteria soil requiring offsite disposal.
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