Radioactive Services & Disposal

Clean Harbors Radioactive Services and Disposal provide a broad range of radiological services that ensure full compliance with all DOT, NRC, state and local regulations through a network of approved and certified disposal outlets and our own internal radioactive waste disposal capabilities.

Typical Radioactive Waste Handled

Academic

• Uranium and thorium compounds (acetate, nitrate)
• Smoke detectors
• Biological specimens
• Exit signs
• Radioactive sources
• Scintillation fluid
• Electronic equipment containing radioactive sources
• Mixed waste

Healthcare

• Uranium and thorium compounds (acetate, nitrate)
• Smoke detectors
• Radioactive standards and solutions
• Radioactive scintillation vials
• Exit signs
• Biological specimens
• Mixed waste

Pharmaceuticals

• Radioactive scintillation vials
• Biological specimens
• Radioactive standards and solutions
• Mixed waste

Chemical

• Mixed waste
• Uranium and thorium compounds (acetate, nitrate)
• Radioactive standards and solutions
• Radioactive sources

Utility

• Exit signs
• Smoke detectors
• Radioactive sources
• Electronic equipment containing radioactive sources
• NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material)

Petrochemical

• NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material)
• Radioactive standards and solutions
• Exit signs
• Smoke detectors

Municipal, state, provincial and federal laboratories and institutions

• Uranium and thorium compounds (acetate, nitrate)
• Smoke detectors
• Biological specimens
• Exit signs
• Radioactive sources
• Scintillation fluid
• Electronic equipment containing radioactive sources
• Mixed waste
• NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material)
• Radioactive standards and solutions