Our Services

Solutient works with a wide range of organizations nationwide. Click on one of the case study links below to learn more about how we have helped others.

What We Offer

We offer a range of services to meet the needs of every client. Have something else in mind? We'd be happy to work with you to create a custom quote.

Facility Decontamination

Solutient Technologies addresses our clients’ specific contamination problems with the most reliable, cost effective and safe decontamination techniques available. Whether utilizing traditional techniques or more advanced techniques for cleaning, restoration and selective decontamination of delicate or irregular surfaces, Solutient has experience in safely and cost effectively decontaminating it.

  • Solutient Technologies utilizes the patented Advanced Recyclable Media System (ARMS™) to remove and absorb low-level radioactive contaminates and hazardous materials from almost any surface. This technology uses a soft recyclable fiber reinforced polymer matrix media (sponge) which can be manufactured in various grades of abrasiveness.

    The fiber media can be:

    • Remade and/or reused up to 20 times

    • Can clean almost any surface

    • Used for any geometry including corners, against walls, around equipment, inside air ducts

    • Other areas where traditional techniques are not effective

    • Scabbling

    • Scarifying

    • Needle Guns

    • CO2 Blasting

    • Shot and Sand Blasting

    • High-Pressure Water Blasting

Environmental Site Restoration

Solutient Technologies examines all available disposal alternatives on behalf of our clients to maximize efficiencies, limit liability and reduce costs. Solutient has completed a significant number of soil remediation projects.

Solutient has a 100% success rate in the submittal and approval of Final Status Survey Reports following a MARSSIM closure. To date, Solutient has safely removed and disposed of more than 50 million pounds of soil for our clients.

  • Solutient has completed a significant number of soil remediation projects which typically require:

    • Interfacing with regulatory agencies to set site release limits

    • Evaluating remediation alternatives

    • Performing precision soil excavation and loading

    • Container transport by rail and truck

    • Site closure survey and sampling following NUREG 1575 (MARSSIM)

    • Preparing and submitting Final Reports

  • Solutient Technologies is an industry leader in the development of innovative techniques and procedures for environmental site restoration such as

    • Soil handling techniques that minimize waste volumes

    • Unique survey systems to efficiently measure large areas

    • Special waste packaging optimization programs

    • Special materials handling techniques

Total Waste Management (TWM) Approach

Solutient Technologies implements a Total Waste Management (TWM) approach on all decontamination and remediation projects which require expert waste management techniques to ensure that regulated wastes are safely characterized and properly disposed.

This approach involves intensive characterization procedures including destructive and non-destructive sample analyses, on-site spectroscopy, radiation measurements, and historical site investigations. Off-site independent laboratories are utilized to perform verification sampling required for waste disposal profiling thus assuring compliance with each sites’ waste acceptance criteria.

  • Solutient has successfully managed many of our clients’ waste control programs and currently transports to all active radioactive waste repositories and processing facilities nationwide.

    • Complete characterization of radioactive and hazardous wastes

    • Waste profiling approvals from processing and disposal facilities

    • Packaging of waste materials including specially shielded containers

    • Labeling, manifesting, and shipping documentation preparation

    • DOE/DOD Qualified Shippers

    • Transportation services by truck and rail

    • Emergency response hazardous and radioactive wastes

  • Solutient Technologies has been very successful in managing commercial clients’ wastes through a complex decision-making process matching specific waste streams to specific disposition pathways. Our goal is to maximize the use of all available processing and/or disposal alternatives in order to minimize the overall liability and cost to our clients.

    • DOT approved “Qualified Shippers”

    • Approved DOE/DOD waste shippers

    • Sealed source disposition

    • Lab pack services

    • Hazardous materials

    • Toxic materials

    • Radioactive materials

    • Mixed Wastes

Site Assessments & Surveys

Solutient Technologies conducts complete and accurate site assessments for detailed planning thus ensuring that every remediation project is successful by limiting client liability and controlling project costs.

All site assessment findings and results are presented in a comprehensive report which provides recommendations for proceeding to the next phase of the project as necessary.

Solutient utilizes state of the art equipment in the performance of all surveying activities and routinely utilizes Global Positioning System (GPS)-assisted equipment to survey larger areas for contamination.

Solutient’s radiological equipment inventory is unparalleled in the industry, thus providing our clients with the assurance that the survey results are timely and accurate.

    • Instrumentation Surveys

    • Air Monitoring

    • Water and Soil Sampling

    • Geological Surveying and Sampling

    • Contamination Surveying

  • Our surveys incorporate all the industry recognized and approved surveying methodologies, which include, but are not limited to the following:

    • NUREG-1575, Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM) which includes performing characterization / scoping surveys and post remediation Final Status Surveys.

    • NUREG/CR-5849, Manual for Conducting Radiological Surveys in Support of License Termination

    • Nuclear Regulatory Guide 1.86, Termination of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Reactors (NRC 1974)

Emergency Response

Solutient Technologies Response Teams are available 24/7 to mobilize and respond to a variety of incidents anywhere in the United States. Our highly experienced and knowledgeable Response Teams are prepared to handle most emergency response situations involving hazardous and/or radioactive materials whether transportation related accidents or incidents at fixed facility locations.

In many instances, Solutient will have staff on-site within a few hours depending on the geographical location. In all cases, Solutient will be operational within 24 hours from receiving the notification to mobilize. Whether in a coordinating or support role, Solutient can provide on-site emergency response services including spill containment and cleanup, and incident team management while providing all necessary interfaces with regulatory agencies and local emergency response officials.

Emergency Response Hotline

(877) 787-8721

All of our remediation and site services are available on an emergency basis. Should the need arise, please call the Emergency Response Hotline listed above. Our highly trained and experienced Response Teams are ready to respond anytime – night or day.

Solutient highly encourages emergency response planning and preparation. Advanced planning allows us to perform a risk assessment to gather site-specific information prior to the occurrence of an emergency. Contact our main office to set up an appointment for a consultation.

Hazardous Materials Management

Many remediation projects have multiple hazards which demands that highly trained professionals properly inventory, package, transport, and dispose of a wide variety of hazardous and radioactive wastes.

Solutient Technologies utilizes a Total Waste Management (TWM) approach for characterizing, segregating, stabilizing, packing, and disposing of all RCRA, TSCA and radioactive wastes from our clients’ facilities, dramatically reducing project costs while ensuring regulatory compliance.

  • Solutient provides cost-effective preparation, transportation and recycling or disposal of waste laboratory reagents from private and public laboratories, academic facilities, R&D centers, and governmental clients.

    Our trained professionals properly identify and categorize all waste materials, satisfy label and packing requirements to meet DOT and disposal site criteria, and provide state-of-the-art recycling and disposal services. All services are performed with strict adherence to all applicable EPA, DOT and OSHA regulations.

  • From small quantities to large volumes of material, Solutient can manage a variety of common hazardous wastes found in industrial facilities and public institutions such as:

    • Asbestos Containing Material (ACM)

    • Mercury and Mercury Compounds

    • Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB’s)

    • Lead and Lead Compounds

  • Solutient provides experienced and professional mold inspection, sampling, and remediation services for the commercial, residential and industrial community throughout the United States. Solutient’s staff provides a wide range of mold consulting and environmental consulting services.

    • RCRA Hazardous Wastes

    • Mercury and Mercury Compounds

    • Lead and Lead Compounds

    • Mixed Wastes

    • Asbestos Containing Materials

    • PCB’s

    • Black Mold

Instrument Sales & Lease

Solutient Technologies maintains a complete line of instrumentation and equipment for the detection of radioactive materials, for environmental sampling and decontamination. We provide the following sales and lease services to our clients:

  • Lease and lease-to-purchase

  • New instrument and equipment sales

  • Professional consultation for custom applications

    • Portable radiation protection instrumentation with detectors

    • Radiation detectors for portable instrumentation

    • Support equipment for radiation protection instrumentation

    • Portable gamma spectroscopy equipment

    • In-situ pipe monitoring equipment and detectors

    • Robotic systems for pipe inspection and monitoring

    • Sealed sources and counting standards

    • Semi-portable decontamination equipment

    • Air monitoring equipment

  • If you have a need that is not covered by the above information, please contact us and we will be glad to assist you. Remember our Emergency Response Hotline at (877) 787-8721 for 24-hour service.

    • Handheld instruments / detectors

    • Lab instruments

    • Calibration sources

    • Decontamination equipment

    • Environmental sampling equipment

Laboratory Services

Solutient Technologies offers a broad range of chemical and radiochemical analytical services in support of licensed facilities, radioactive waste management programs, decontamination and decommissioning projects, and facilities dealing with Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM).

  • Some of our analytical capabilities include:

    • Gamma spectroscopy; both laboratory and field capabilities

    • Gross alpha and gross beta (wipe/smear counting)

    • Alpha spectroscopy for radium, uranium, thorium, plutonium and others

    • Radon and radium measurements in support of NORM program

  • Solutient Technologies has developed a mobile laboratory for utilization at job sites in support of facility decontamination and decommissioning program activities. This mobile laboratory is capable of performing gamma spectroscopy analysis of soils and waste to provide real-time results to direct the decontamination or remediation efforts. This greatly reduces the project cost by maximizing equipment and personnel efficiencies, eliminating intermittent mobilizations, and accelerating the project timeline. Ask us how we can reduce your project costs.

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Staff Augmentation

Every decommissioning, remediation, and compliance project brings a different mix of technical demands. Solutient Technologies provides the surveys, instrumentation, laboratory analysis, and qualified personnel to meet them — individually or as a complete program.

  • Solutient Technologies recognizes that your goal is to handle staffing requirements with your existing talent. However, staff augmentation is an effective outsourcing strategy which allows for quickly staffing a project when you have limited resources, expertise or time in the schedule.

    Certain projects may require specific contract personnel to supplement an organization's EH&S staff to meet specific technical or operational requirements. Other times, an entire team may be required to complete a complex, time-critical project. Either way, Solutient can provide professional, highly skilled personnel to support or manage all phases of your next project.

    Solutient Technologies provides various professional services on a time and material basis, or on a fixed price contract basis, depending on the project requirements.

  • Solutient Technologies provides quality remediation and decontamination technicians, and equipment operators skilled in the use of most radiological instrumentation and operation of most decontamination equipment. All technicians receive continuing training in hazardous materials management (HAZWOPER), radiological safety, respirator use and maintenance, confined space entry procedures, forklift operations, and other OSHA related training.

Oil and Gas NORM/TENORM Management

Naturally occurring radioactive material turns up in more industries than most operators expect — and once an industrial process concentrates it, the regulatory picture changes entirely. Solutient Technologies helps you identify what you have, understand which rules apply, and manage it in a way that limits liability and controls cost.

  • Naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) is comprised of uranium, radium and radon which are dissolved in very low concentrations during normal reactions between water and rock or soil. While the concentration of NORM in most natural substances is quite low, higher concentrations may be present in by-product waste streams as industrial practices concentrate materials. A common example includes calcium scale precipitated from oil recovery brine or mineral-rich groundwater.

    NORM Affected Industries

    • Minerals and mining

    • Mineral sands

    • Thorium industry (gas mantles, welding rods)

    • Oil and gas production

    • Geothermal energy

    • Electricity production

    • Recycling and decommissioning

  • When an industrial process leads to the concentrating of NORM materials it is reclassified as Technologically Enhanced NORM (TENORM) and the regulations for handling and disposing of the material changes. EPA is concerned about TENORM for three reasons:

    • There is potential to cause elevated exposure to radiation.

    • The lack of understanding of TENORM materials versus NORM.

    • Industries generating these materials need additional guidance to help manage and dispose of them in the proper ways that protect people and the environment.

    Solutient Technologies understands these differences and can assist in the proper management of TENORM materials.

  • Solutient Technologies can assist you with developing a strategy for managing your NORM-containing material based on our extensive experience in the field of radiation protection and management of radioactive materials.

    Regulations governing the management of NORM-containing wastes have been evolving at the state level and as a result, most companies need assistance understanding the regulations and negotiating with the regulators. Solutient can develop and manage a program for you whether it involves employee protection, waste management, transportation and disposal, or regulatory advice.

    Our goal is to provide knowledgeable assistance to you so that you can limit your liability and control your costs.