Boston Chemical Data Corp. Weapons-related Wastes

Boston Chemical Data Corp. has performed assessments of nuclear activity-related contamination in the environment, including testing for both radionuclides and related chemical materials.

Photo above: WMD storage site, M. Kaltofen photo

Selected Project Experience

Sampling planning and study design for radiological and mixed waste contaminants in the Columbia River at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, particularly developing sampling strategies for foodchain contaminants including Strontium 90, Tritium, Americium, Plutonium, and Uranium isotopes. Supervised resulting field work and performance of sampling teams during execution of the sampling and safety plans.

Hanford/GAP Monitoring Report Podcast, downloadable report as a pdf file, and select reference data.

Sampling and analyses of environmental and residential materials for radionuclides from the Mayak Nuclear Materials Production Complex in environmental samples from the Techa River in the Southern Urals area of Russia.

Data review and validation for nerve agents and blister agents (including Sarin and Mustard-HD). Review of detection records and US Army analytical procedures for GC-MS, GC-FPD, and other analytical methods used at the Umatilla Chemical Depot.

Analysis of beta-emitters in households dusts from homes outside of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, WA.

Designed sampling protocols and performed analyses of air, water, and sediment samples from the Kingdom of Kuwait immediately after the cessation of hostilities with Iraq. These results were reviewed and published in the general press, as well as by the USGAO.

Presenter/facilitator on radionuclide sampling and analyses - St. Petersburg, Russia conference on nuclear issues with Alexander Nikitin's Bellona Institute and the US Government Accountability Project.

Los Alamos environmental monitoring study design.

Co-Chair, US Army Soldier Systems Biological and Chemical Command Superfund Restoration Advisory Board. Reviewed five operational Superfund units including multimedia human and ecological exposure vectors. Extensive communication with public, regulatory, state and federal public health authorities and military agencies. (1996 to present)


Photo above: Muslumovo in Chelyabinsk Oblast - Southern Urals region showing Techa River 20 km downstream of Mayak Nuclear Complex, M. Kaltofen Oct. 2005 photo. Surface radiation level at this location approx. = 2.3 mR/Hour @ 25 % counting effeciency.

Photo above: Muslumovo Village in Chelyabinsk Oblast - Southern Urals Region, Russia.

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