R and D Enterprises, Inc.’s principals have over 75 years of combined experience related to radioactive materials for regulated source and byproduct, NORM and TENORM, plus uranium mining and milling expertise. The following list supplements the resumes of RDE’s principals by providing client and project specific activities associated with domestic and international uranium, rare earths, oil & gas industries to include:
»» Radiation Safety Officer/Technician responsibilities
»» Analytical and consulting services related to radiochemical/radiological assessment
»» Radiation surveys
»» Health physics
»» Decontamination
»»Decommissioning
»» Metallurgical and Inorganic Chemistry
»» DOT transportation of hazardous and radioactive materials.
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COLORADO
Cotter – Canon City and Schwartzwalder Mine
Provided analytical services for environmental monitoring, radiation safety and decommissioning programs; Technical assistance for specific on-site laboratory instrumentation
Freeport McMoran (Phelps-Dodge / Western Nuclear, Inc.)
Decommissioning and reclamation of SW Colorado uranium/vanadium prospect legacy sites
Molycorp Louviers rare earths (York, PA and Mountain Pass, California)
Consulting and analytical services for environmental and process monitoring, Radiation safety and decommissioning programs; Radiation survey for decommissioning site laboratory facility; Release of process equipment for unrestricted use
Powertech Uranium
Consulting and analytical services for environmental monitoring program; Data validation and gap analysis for baseline sampling program
NEBRASKA
Crow Butte Resources (Wyoming Fuels Company, Ferret Exploration)
From pilot through commercial operations, provided technical assistance required for design and construction of the R&D and commercial facilities On-site analytical services supporting the uranium extraction processes; Technical assistance with developing the radiation safety program for the R&D and ongoing commercial project; ALARA and other environmental and corporate audits; DOT training; Technical support for environmental programs and on-site laboratory operations; Offsite analytical services for environmental, baseline, process and decontamination/decommissioning, and restoration programs; DOT manual preparation for hazardous-material shipments, Analytical laboratory design
NEW MEXICO
Arco – Bluewater Mill
Consulting and analytical services for environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs
Homestake Mining Company
Consulting and analytical services for environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs; Development of groundwater sampling and offsite analytical programs
HRI
Analytical services for environmental monitoring program
Rio Algom Mining (Quivera Mining)
Analytical and consulting radiological services for groundwater and surface water environmental, Radiation safety and decommissioning programs
United Nuclear Corporation
Consulting and analytical services for environmental monitoring, radiation safety and decommissioning programs; Project management and radiation safety services for decommission site laboratory facility for release and transfer to unrestricted use
NORTH DAKOTA
Porter Brothers Corp.
Confirmation gamma surveys, analytical services and data validation for three potentially radiologically contaminated properties to meet ND release regulations relating to NORM
SOUTH DAKOTA
Powertech Uranium
Dewey Burdock- Analytical services, technical and consultation services for baseline analytical sampling and monitoring programs
TVA – Edgemont
Technical services for environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs
TEXAS
Conoco Conquista Project
Environmental, Radiation safety and Decommissioning programs
Energy Metals (High Plains Uranium)
Technical and analytical services for environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs; assisted with program development for South Texas projects
Mestena Uranium
Technical, training, and analytical services for baseline environmental, process and radiation safety programs; laboratory development support
Mobil El Mesquite (Malapai Resources, Cogema)
Technical and analytical support for environmental and radiation safety decommissioning programs; Due diligence investigation and site surveys for property transfer; Byproduct shipment coordination for permanent disposal at American Nuclear Gas Hills site
Rhodia Rare Earths – Freeport facility
Analyzing gangue waste (thorium and uranium) from rare earth processing for waste reclassification to NORM in compliance with the State of Texas regulations
Rio Grande Resources
Environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs
Tenneco Resources West Cole Plant (SA Garling)
Project management, engineering, design and construction of the commercial facility
Uranium Energy Corporation (UEC) La Palangana and Hobson
Technical and analytical services for baseline environmental sampling, process and radiation safety programs; consultation and technical services in support of the environmental, radiation safety process and decommissioning programs; radiation safety support and annual environmental and ALARA audit; DOT hazardous material transportation training
Uranium Resources, Inc. (SA Garling)
Engineering, construction management, and technical assistance for numerous South Texas uranium ISR operations
Wyoming Minerals / Westinghouse
Laboratory services, decommissioning
TURKEY (International)
Anatolia Energy & MTA
Resource determination through the use of agitation leach amenability testing; Assisted the Turkish government MTA laboratory staff on procedures for uranium alkaline leach amenability metallurgical testing, resource assessment analysis coordination.
UTAH
Atlas Trust Moab Tailings
Consulting and analytical services for environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs
US Energy Shootaring Canyon (Plateau Resources, UraniumOne)
Consulting, engineering, and analytical services for environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs; Decommissioning laboratory for release to unrestricted area
VIRGINA
Virginia Uranium Virginia
Analytical services for resource determination through measurement of recourse uranium concentration
WASHINGTON
Dawn Mining Company Mill and Midnight Mine
Environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs
Western Nuclear Inc. –Sherwood Facility
Environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs
WYOMING
American Nuclear Corporation (Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality)
USNRC approved Radiation Safety Officer (SA Garling); Performed compliance surveys and monitoring in support of the commercial conventional license during standby, decommissioning, decontamination and reclamation activities; Technical and consultation services for the design of the 11e.(2) byproduct material third party waste disposal acceptance program; Site project management during disposal acceptance activities; Performance and analysis of radon flux measurements; Compilation of data and preparation of semi-annual effluent reports; Preparation of an alternate concentration limit (ACL) proposal; Windblown tailings contamination gamma survey and sampling; Determination of the extent of ground water contamination due to tailings seepage; Tailings cover calculations for cell closure plan; Provided analytical services for site required for environmental, Radiation safety, Decommissioning, Decontamination, Reclamation and Waste Disposal programs
Anadarko (Union Pacific Railroad) Bear Creek Uranium
Environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs; Technical assistance, Field and analytical support for USEPA Method 115 radon flux measurement
AUC Wyoming
Technical and consultation services to ascertain mineral resources and milling processes, Baseline environmental monitoring; Commercial permit application preparation and sampling and analysis program
BP Amoco Refinery
Analytical services and radiation surveys for NORM during decommissioning activities
Cameco Resources (Power Resources Inc., Everest Minerals, Kerr McGee, Rio Algom Mining) Smith Ranch Highland, North Butte, Brown Ranch, Ruby Ranch
Off-site analytical services for environmental monitoring, process, radiation safety and decommissioning programs; Radiation safety and on-site laboratory technical support for operation; On site sampling, analysis and data collection; Preparation of an on-site specific DOT manual for hazmat shipments; Field service support for sampling, confirmatory gamma surveys to support expansion activities
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company Thunderbird Joint Venture Project
Environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs; Registered as site Radiation Safety Officer during decommissioning, Technical assistance and consultation services for designing and implementing the decommissioning and decontamination of the site to return to unrestricted use; Sampled and analyzed using the modified Kusnetz method for radon daughters; performed alpha, beta and gamma surveys to determine contamination extent and cleanup, Confirmatory land and structure gamma surveys for release to landowner, Supervised the cleanup and disposal of 11e.(2) byproduct material to an approved disposal site; Responsible for properly preparing shipments of waste and equipment to DOT standards for shipment
Cotter Corporation
Technical and field services for environmental baseline monitoring for radon gas, environmental gamma, soil, sediment and vegetation sampling
Crosshair Exploration Wyoming
Technical and analytical support for uranium resource determination through analytical measurement of core samples
Energy Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Technical and field services for an environmental assessment including NORM gamma survey, for the Hartzogg Draw oil & gas field in support of transferring property from XTO (Exxon) to Denbury Resources, Inc.
Energy Laboratories, Inc. – Casper Branch
Radiation Safety officer responsible for hazardous and radioactive waste management and proper disposal; Laboratory health and safety and radiation safety training for employees; Preparation of Chemical Hygiene Plan for laboratory safety program, Provided technical assistance to clients for radiation safety for uranium and rare earth operations; Performed NORM surveys for various industries; Responsible for compliance to USNRC commercial laboratory materials license; Technical assistance to the radiochemical department; Developed radon flux USEPA analytical Method 115 for radon flux; RA Garling developed and managed the branch since its inception in 1984 through 2007; RA Garling was responsible for analytical method development for alpha, beta and gamma determination of various naturally occurring isotopes (226Ra, 228Ra, 230Th, 228Th, 232Th, NatU, 210Po, 210Pb,) for process and environmental samples; RA Garling was responsible for radiochemical equipment selection and procurement recommendations; responsible for developing the uranium in urine ICP-MS method for support of the bioassay program as identified in Regulatory Guide 8.22
Exxon Highland Uranium Project
Environmental, process, radiation safety and decommissioning programs; windblown tailings confirmatory gamma survey (to include sampling) in support of decommissioning, reclamation requirements
Harza Engineering Abandoned Mine (RA Garling)
Performed field gamma survey to determine extent of uranium mining contamination for NE Wyoming Sundance/Hulett Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) project for the State of Wyoming
Inter-Mountain Laboratories
Responsible for compiling data and information to comply with regulatory Guide 1556 Volume 18 for USNRC Materials License application; SA Garling accepted as a contract RSO by the USNRC; Trained IML staff on radiation safety, USNRC regulated materials regulations for source and byproduct material; Provided training on the proper use and handling of radioactive materials-samples and sources and waste disposal accounting calculations in compliance with limits published in 10 CFR Part 20 Appendix B Sewer Exclusions, USNRC for 11e.(2), and source material; DOT hazmat training
Nuclear Dynamics
Analytical services for environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs
Ogle Petroleum Inc. of California/Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
Technical consultation and field services for the decommissioning and decontamination of the Bison Basin commercial uranium ISR project; Responsible for classifying material for restricted, unrestricted use and disposal; assisted the WDEQ in facility and equipment surveys and preparing documentation prior to sale or disposal
Pathfinder Mines
Environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs; Performed surface gamma surveys for windblown tailings and tailing seep contamination; Deployed and performed analysis for radon flux measurements; Provided decommissioning, decontamination and radiation safety support
Petrotomics (Texaco)
Environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs; Deployed and performed field support and analysis of radon flux, USEPA Method 115; Decommissioning and decontamination radiological support
Rio Tinto, Kennecott Uranium (ex UNOCAL)
Analytical services for environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs; Field services for deployment and analysis of USEPA Method 115 for radon flux; sampled and analyzed radon daughters using the modified Kusnetz method; Radiation safety surveys
Sinclair Refinery
Analytical services and radiation surveys for NORM materials used in refinery level gauges
Strata Energy Wyoming
Technical and consultation services to determine resource mining and process criteria, Baseline environmental monitoring; Mass balance for chemistry in support of permit application, Design and engineering of process and support facility
Texaco Refinery
Analytical support and radiation surveys for NORM during decommissioning activities
Titan Uranium Wyoming (now Energy Fuels Inc.)
Baseline environmental monitoring, consulted with team on radiation safety requirements, consultation services for metallurgical and analytical testing for resource viability for heap leach processing; permit application preparation
Two Rivers Pipeline Construction Company contractor for Duke Energy
Investigated elevated alpha activity observed on hard hats. RDE determined that the elevated alpha activity was a result of an excavation project in the vicinity of a DOE site in the southern Powder River Basin
UMETCO Union Carbide Gas Hills Project
Environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs; technical assistance for waste disposal in A-9 pit originating from third parties
Union Pacific Railroad – Nine Mile Project
Environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs
Union Pacific Railroad – Bear Creek Uranium
Environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs; provided field support and analytical services for USEPA Method 115 for the measurement of radon flux
United Nuclear Corporation – Teton Exploration Company Leuenberger Project (RA Garling)
Process Engineer responsible for designing and operating a uranium R&D ISR mine to engineering & design of a USNRC licensed commercial plant; Radiation Safety Officer for same project during decommissioning and decontamination to include disposal of 11e.(2) byproduct material to an approved facility; Designed and implemented restoration program to NRCs approval and release of property to land owner; Performed analytical and confirmatory surveys in support of the decommission and reclamation activities; Operated a radium removal water treatment system to treat and disposed of 6,000,000 gallons of process water to USNRC and Wyoming standards
Uranerz (German Company) Ruth Project
Analytical and consulting services for environmental and process monitoring, Radiation safety and decommissioning programs; Radiation safety surveys (removable and fixed alpha, beta and gamma), Air particulate, and radon daughters measurements for project while in standby mode
Uranerz Energy (Canadian Company) Nichols Project Wyoming
Analytical and consulting services for baseline environmental monitoring, Radiation safety requirements, Metallurgical and analytical testing for resource response to ISR alkaline process; Design for on-site laboratory facility; Prepared draft SOPs for radiation safety and DOT procedures; Provided UCL and RTV calculations
Uranium Resources, Inc. (SA Garling)
Engineering, construction management, technical assistance, as Project and Site Manager for the R&D ISR facility; NRC listed as site’s Radiation Safety Officer for North Platte ISR project; operated the facility until pilot obligations met Wyoming and USNRC criteria
UraniumOne Wyoming (Energy Metals, High Plains Uranium, Malapai Resources, Cogema)
Analytical services for standby, Baseline environmental monitoring for mine site expansion, process, Radiation safety and decommissioning and decontamination programs; Consulted with team on radiation safety requirements, Metallurgical and analytical testing for resource recovery using alternate oxidant and lixiviate concentrations; Continue to provide technical consultation when required for radiation safety, laboratory and process chemistry; ALARA audit in 2012; performed on-site laboratory annual QAQC audit
UR-Energy
Analytical services for baseline environmental monitoring in support of a USNRC license application; Technical and consultation services provided for on-site laboratory design in support of process and environmental monitoring; LIMS system for data organization, management, and reporting in addition to radiation safety data repository for employee exposures, Proposed the use of employee survey database for release of employees from restricted area
US Energy Green Mountain
Environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs in support of sale and release of equipment and laboratory facilities
Western Nuclear Inc. – Split Rock Mill
Environmental, radiation safety and decommissioning programs; Technical and consultation services for determining tailings windblown contamination, Ground and surface water, Soil and vegetation and air particulate sampling programs in support of the decommissioning and decontamination activities
Westinghouse – Wyoming Minerals Corporation (RA Garling)
Chief chemist and process engineer in support of a uranium R&D ISL project environmental and process monitoring programs
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
Worked on several Abandoned Mine Lands reclamation projects with contractors providing Analytical services, Radiation safety training, DOT SOPs, and Column leach tests for contaminant mobility; Technical and Analytical assistance on Land Quality Guideline 4 for ISR uranium mining regulations