Category: Waste Management and Radiation Control

  • Blended Waste:
    EnergySolutions

    Related Links Introduction Blended waste is an industry proposal to blend more concentrated radioactive waste with less concentrated radioactive waste. EnergySolutions is seeking federal and state approval to allow this option so it can ultimately dispose of waste that meets the Class A limit requirements of its Utah radioactive material license. News On October 13,…

  • SempraSafe:
    EnergySolutions

    Related Links The Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control has requested EnergySolutions to update its performance assessment on its “SempraSafe” proposal before it can dispose of more than 40,000 cubic feet a year of this waste. The action is necessary because of new provisions to a rule the Radiation Control Board adopted earlier this…

  • Larsen Family Trust

    Read about Utah DEQ’s regulatory interests in Larsen Family Trust.

  • One Hour Cleaners (aka Mariemont Holdings/Sandy Mall)

    Read about Utah DEQ’s regulatory interests in One Hour Cleaners (aka Mariemont Holdings/Sandy Mall).

  • RN Industries

    Read about Utah DEQ’s regulatory interests in RN Industries.

  • Lisbon Valley Mining
    Solid Waste Facility Fact Sheet: Class IVb Landfill

    August 2019 Facility Owner Lisbon Valley Mining Company Facility Operator Lisbon Valley Mining Company Property Owner Lisbon Valley Mining Company Facility Location 920 South County Road 313La Sal, Utah Remaining Capacity Waste Accepted Construction/demolition waste, yard waste, inert waste, waste tires and petroleum contaminated soils Waste Excluded Hazardous waste, PCBs, household waste, except waste resulting…

  • June 13, 2019 Agenda: Waste Management and Radiation Control Board

    Meeting Agenda

  • Radiation Basics

    Related Links Radiation is one of the ways that energy travels through space or matter. Radiant energy is emitted as either electromagnetic waves or subatomic particles. This energy runs along a continuum on the electromagnetic spectrum on the basis of its wavelength, frequency, or energy. The two major types of radiation—non-ionizing and ionizing—are differentiated by…

  • Non-ionizing Radiation

    Related Links Non-ionizing radiation is composed of electric and magnetic fields (EMFs) that do not have sufficient energy to remove electrons from atoms or molecules. Types of non-ionizing radiation are: ultraviolet (UV), visible light, infrared (IR), microwave, radio (and television), and extremely low frequency (ELF). Non-ionizing radiation is produced by a wide variety of products…

  • Blended Radioactive Waste

    Blended waste is an industry proposal to blend more concentrated radioactive waste with less concentrated radioactive waste. EnergySolutions is seeking federal and state approval to allow this option so it can ultimately dispose of waste that meets the Class A limit requirements of its Utah radioactive material license. The issue of blending higher concentrated low-level…

  • Potassium Iodide (KI)

    What is it? Potassium Iodide is a salt, similar to sodium chloride (NaCI), normal table salt. KI is available in pill form or dissolved in water as a supersaturated potassium iodide (SSKI) solution. The pills contain a daily adult (children’s doses range from 16-65 mg depending on their size and age) dosage of 130 milligrams…

  • Henries Dry Cleaners

    Read about Utah DEQ’s regulatory interests in Henries Dry Cleaners.

  • Frequently Asked Questions:
    Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control

    Where Can I Find … Radiation Control Quality Assurance Project Plans What is a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)? A QA Project Plan is a written document that describes the quality assurance procedures, quality assurance specifications, and other technical activities that must be implemented to ensure the outcome/results of the project or task meet the…

  • Contacts: Utah Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control

    (Use Ctrl+F to search the page) Phone Lines Submission of Electronic (Non-Confidential) Documents The email address below can be used by regulated companies and individuals to submit documents to the Division in electronic form: dwmrcsubmit Documents submitted by email MUST be addressed to Douglas J. Hansen, Director, Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control. Emails…

  • Waste Tire Program

    Related Links In response to a growing concern for increased stockpiles of waste tires and past experiences with waste tire stockpile fires, the Utah Legislature passed the Utah Waste Tire Recycling Act in 1990. Consequently, the waste tire recycling program is first and foremost a recycling program for used truck and passenger vehicle tires. Prior…

  • Used Oil Recycling Program

    Contact Ted Sonnenburg (tsonnenburg@utah.gov)(385) 499-0980

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