MHF Logistical Solutions
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November/December 2004

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This issue:

• Nuclear Cleanups, British Style
• New DOT Regulations: Are You Ready?
• Milestones at Superfund Sites in Colorado, New Jersey
• News: Fernald Work Completed
• Lisa Sabol’s Grace Under Pressure

BRITAIN: FASTER, CHEAPER CLEANUPS A BOOST FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY
We’re proponents of the idea that faster, cheaper cleanups of nuclear sites (which often can mean using rail to transport waste) is a big step in developing long-term answers for our energy needs. Now from Great Britain comes a report that shows it can work there too. A government agency says it can clean up “nuclear liabilities” much faster and at far less cost than originally thought, and that could mean a new acceptance for nuclear energy. Read the story here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1324878,00.html

NEW DOT REGULATIONS: LSA SHIPMENTS NEED SPECIAL HANDLING
In a push to harmonize how we package and ship low-level radioactive waste with practices followed in other countries, the U.S. Department of Transportation enforced new regulations last month that will impact just about everyone in the nuclear industry and related businesses. Kurt Colburn, our director of technical services, explains.
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MILESTONES REACHED AT TWO SUPERFUND SITES
Two current assignments – both stemming from the Superfund program, one in New Jersey and the other in Colorado – underscore how our expertise in providing packaging and using gondola railcars is playing a critical role in the remediation of contaminated sites. We recently passed important milestones at both locations. And, we’re saving the taxpayers some serious money along the way. Read about it here.
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FERNALD: A CUSTOMIZED SOLUTION HARNESSING EXISTING TECHNOLOGY
We recently completed the design, fabrication and installation of a customized mechanical loading and packaging system to be used at DOE’s Fernald Closure Project, harnessing existing loading and packaging technologies not previously utilized in similar situations. Now we’ve posted some photos of the equipment and processes. To see them, start here:
http://www.mhfls.com/news/2004-10-07_Fernald.asp

FROM COAL TOWN TO PROPOSAL MANAGER: MEET LISA SABOL
Lisa Sabol is responsible for crafting the proposals we generate. Growing up in a Western Pennsylvania coal town, the granddaughter of Czechoslovakian and Italian immigrants, she wanted to be a librarian. So what happened?
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