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Mercury Removal Method
Mercury
Consulting Services
Emergency
Response for mercury spills
Site assessments and surveys
Post
Removal Clearance Sampling
Mercury
Awareness Training
Mercury
Disposal and Recycling Services
Real
Time Mercury Analysis
Mercury
Consulting Services
Due to Rader’s extensive experience with many different types of
mercury spills and clean-ups Rader is an excellent choice to use as a consultant
on a large mercury remediation project. Rader will be able to coordinate
with regulatory officials and your chosen contractor to ensure the project
runs smoothly and in a cost effective manner.
Emergency Response for mercury spills
Rader has responded to many mercury spills and Rader realizes the importance
of getting to the spill as soon as possible to prevent the spread of
contamination throughout a facility and to prevent people and belongings
from being unnecessarily contaminated.
Site assessments and surveys
For facilities where past usage of elemental mercury may have caused chronic
contamination/exposure issues, Rader team can survey your facility and
develop a remediation plan to utilizing sound mercury cleanup procedures. This
is accomplished using wipe sampling, head space sampling, a thorough
visual inspection and the use of the Lumex 915 Plus MVA. It may also
be necessary to use other more invasive procedures to determine the fate
and transport of elemental mercury depending on the length and severity
of the contamination.
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Post Removal Clearance Sampling
Once a project is finished it is important to verify that the indoor areas
are both free of elemental mercury (so that it does not contaminate shoes,
clothing or people) and free of mercury vapor. This is done through careful
visual examination (using visual aids) and the use of the Lumex 915 Plus
Mercury Vapor Analyzer.
Mercury Awareness Training
For those facilities that require the ongoing use of mercury or if a mercury
spill has affected the employees at a facility Rader can conduct Mercury
Awareness Training. This Training encompasses a little about the history
of Mercury, its past uses, why it may be a problem and ways in which
it affects our health. This training is generally customized to
your mercury usage.
Mercury
Disposal and Recycling Services
Rader makes every attempt to recycle elemental mercury and to decontaminate
items that can be cleaned in a cost effective manner. Recycling and decontaminating
many mercury compromised items in this manner reduces the facility owners
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
liability and complies with the United States Environmental Protection
Agency's request for waste minimization and is the environmentally sound
thing to do. Materials that cannot be recycled or cleaned in a
cost effective manner are managed as hazardous waste by Rader. This
may include contaminated debris.
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Real Time Mercury Analysis
Rader uses Lumex 915 Plus Mercury Vapor Analyzers for detection and post
removal clearance sampling, the Lumex technology is considered “State
of the Art”.
The Lumex 915 Plus MVA is capable of detecting mercury vapor to the nanogram
level (specifically 2 nanograms). The Lumex 915 Plus MVA is a portable
atomic absorption spectrometer. The Lumex 915 Plus MVA is in many ways
the key to performing a mercury survey or clean-up in a thorough and cost
effective manner.
Prior to introduction
of the Lumex 915 Plus MVA no “real time” instrument
was available that could detect concentrations of mercury vapor down to
levels that are considered protective of human health.
The Lumex 915 Plus
MVA makes it possible to evaluate an entire building to determine concentrations
of elemental mercury vapor in a way that could never have been accomplished
previously. When the Lumex 915 Plus MVA is operated by someone with training
and experience it is possible to use the Lumex 915 Plus MVA as a sort
of mercury “bloodhound” it
gives Rader the capability to detect elemental mercury that cannot be seen
with the naked eye.
Another advantage
to using the Lumex 915 Plus MVA is that the United States Environmental
Protection Agency and most Health Departments allow the Lumex to be used
when performing final clearance monitoring following mercury abatement
activities.
Rader also uses visual aids to identify mercury contamination that is
otherwise not detected by the human eye.
Thorough Knowledge of Mercury Regulations
The Rader Teams thorough working knowledge of mercury regulations with
regard to vapor exposure limits, decontamination procedures and recycling
or proper disposal of mercury contaminated articles allows Rader to carry
out your mercury decontamination project in a quick and straight forward
manner.
Through the use of
their proven procedures and the proprietary mercury removal chemical
solutions Rader has demonstrated they can consistently achieve the very
stringent Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
(ATSDR) Minimal Risk Level (MRL) of 0.2 micrograms of mercury vapor per
cubic meter of air.
Continuing Innovation in Mercury Removal Techniques
The chemists at Rader Environmental are never satisfied, they continue
to learn from every clean up they participate in and use that knowledge
to further refine their mercury removal techniques. The Rader Team’s
extensive knowledge and focus on all aspects of mercury remediation will
provide your facility with a cost effective and timely solution to any
mercury related problem.
Rader Environmental: Mercury Solutions Simplified
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