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Introduction Waste Management Technology provides a comprehensive analytical chemistry service encompassing radionuclide, chemical and physical analysis. Waste Management Technology has extensive experience in the analysis of a diverse range of materials, from seafood, soil, waters, liquid effluents, “soft” wastes, to the characterisation of the nuclear inventory of fuel pond-skip corrosion scales. Particular expertise has been developed for the separation and determination of pure beta emitting nuclides.  Waste Management Service Waste Management Technology offers a comprehensive facility for the analysis of radionuclides from environmental levels to those encountered in operational and decommissioning nuclear wastes. Waste Management Technology’s specialist radionuclide analysis capabilities include: • Rapid Screening Techniques • Gross Alpha, Beta and Gamma activity analysis • High Resolution Gamma Spectrometry • Alpha Spectrometry • Liquid Scintillation Counting • Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry • Specific Radionuclide Analysis The radionuclide analysis area is supported by chemical analysis service which has extensive experience in the chemical analysis of biological, environmental and radioactive samples. A range of modern and traditional methods for the measurement of organic, inorganic and radioactive species are routinely employed including: • Atomic Adsorption Spectroscopy • Inductively Coupled Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICPOES) • Inductively Coupled Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS) • Dionex Chromatography • Gas Chromatography • UV/Visible Spectrometry • Colorimetry • A microstructural analysis service is also provided using SEM, SIMS and XRD techniques. A dedicated facility has also been developed for the analysis of tritium and carbon 14 in nuclear site operational and decommissioning wastes using a combustion technique. This includes a major facility for the analysis of wastes contaminated with beryllium - specifically developed to analyse wastes generated by the Joint European Torus facility at Culham. Over the past few years, considerable expertise has been developed in the analysis of a wide variety of materials using this technique. These include: • Soft wastes (eg. rubbers, plastics, paints, cellulose materials) • Metals • Oils • Wood • Environmental materials (eg. soils, vegetation, biota) • Resins • Reactor graphite • Beryllium contaminated material • Waste Management Technology is committed to the implementation of effective and efficient quality management systems consistent with the requirements of BS EN ISO9001:2000 |
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