Nuclear Sources & Services, Inc. (NSSI)

The Periwinkle Foundation develops and provides programs that positively change the lives of children, young adults, and families who are challenged by cancer and other life-threatening illnesses and are cared for at Texas Children's Hospital. Since The Periwinkle Foundation’s inception in 1983, pediatric oncologists have made great strides in improving the overall cure rate of children with cancer. Nearly 80 percent of children diagnosed with cancer now survive. While more children are surviving, successful treatment may leave them with mental or physical complications that can impact them for the rest of their lives. Periwinkle Programs play a vital role in the overall healing process of these special children, teens, and families.   Each year more than 14,000 children are touched by Periwinkle programs free of charge. Programs include Camp Periwinkle, Camp YOLO, Family Camp, Periwinkle Day Camp, the Long Term Survivor Program, and Arts In Medicine Program. Through camping, recre

 When it comes to hazardous waste disposal and management, understanding the waste your organization generates is imperative. Hazardous waste is heavily regulated, and thus cannot just be tossed out with your everyday trash. To know if your organization is handling hazardous waste, the first step is to assess its characteristics. If you need help assessing your organization’s waste, visit us at www.nssihouston.com. We specialize in providing businesses and organizations with affordable nationwide hazardous waste disposal services. When categorizing hazardous waste, the EPA breaks it down by four characteristics: Ignitability Corrosivity Reactivity Toxicity 1.     IGNITABILITY There are three types of ignitable forms: Liquids with a flash point–the lowest temperature at which fumes above waste ignite–of 60 degrees Celsius or 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Examples include alcohol, gasoline, and acetone. Solids that spontaneously combust. Oxidizers and compressed gasses. 2.     CORROSIVITY Corr

 NSSI provides Tritium recovery services in excess of 99% of the contained Tritium for reuse and resale as an alternative to the land disposal of high Tritium content materials at its hazardous, mixed and radioactive waste processing center.  NSSI is currently accepting electron capture detectors, static devices, sealed neutron generator tubes and target assemblies with activities ranging from milli curies to multiple Curies. Tritium is a major problem from a land disposal standpoint as Tritium exchanges readily with ground water and tends to move easily through geologic structures. Land disposal sites limit the Tritium activity of incoming wastes to 1 micro Curie per cubic centimeter unless expensive over pack containers are utilized. As a result, Tritium generators are searching for alternatives to land disposal in order to protect the environment, limit operational expenses, and avoid future liabilities associated with the remediation of sites which have Tritium mobility problems

Nuclear Sources & Services, Inc. is committed to providing the highest level of service and compliance for our clients.  Our primary focus is safety, and our compliance records reflect that commitment.   NSSI has been providing Radioactive Material services to our customers for over 49 years.  Our fully trained radiation technician staff can perform radiation surveys, provide leak test services, assist with radioactive material transportation, calibrate survey meters, handle sealed sources, and many more services.  NSSI also provides storage services, Type A Container rental, shielding rental, and disposal services.  We can also provide consulting services for license applications, Sealed Source Device Registries, and any other regulatory communications.  In addition to radioactive material services, NSSI is a fully permitted RCRA Part B hazardous waste TSDF and one of only three facilities in the United States providing storage and treatment of mixed hazardous/radioactive wastes.

According to the   Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), hazardous wastes are defined as any waste or combination of wastes which pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or living organisms because such wastes are non ‐ degradable or persistent in nature or because they can be biologically magnified, or because they can be lethal, or because they may otherwise cause or tend to cause detrimental cumulative effects. The management of hazardous wastes has become a specialized discipline because of the complex nature of the problem and the solutions available to humanity. The mismanagement of hazardous wastes can have disastrous human and environmental consequences. Hazardous waste management, therefore, deals with minimizing harmful effects on humans and the environment by applying special techniques of handling, storage, transportation, treatment, and disposal of hazardous wastes. For proper waste management guidance give NSSI a call .

NSSI was established in 1971 as a manufacturer of  radioactive tracer materials and radioactive sealed  sources. In conjunction with these manufacturing  services, NSSI offered additional services and products  including chemical and radioactive decontamination,  leak testing, radiation instrument calibration, radiation  safety training, and waste disposal. Waste disposal  activities have grown to encompass the treatment,  storage, and disposal of radioactive, hazardous and  non-hazardous, and mixed radioactive/hazardous  wastes.