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Radiation Detection Systems

MELE Associates is a leading provider of radiation detection systems and related consulting services.  From providing a fully interoperable detection system at the Vilnius Lithuania Airport to providing consulting to the National Nuclear Security Administration, MELE has the necessary experience to provide analysis, risk mitigation, safety measures and security against radiological attacks. 

Our nuclear experts have the knowledge, skills and experience to provide technical and policy expertise for a range of nuclear-related programs including safeguards, safety and security of nuclear and radioactive material and related technologies worldwide. The MELE Nuclear Expert Team (NET) offers:

• A full array of specialists that include former senior level management officials from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the DOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in nonproliferation, security, and environmental management programs to technical, project management, and policy.
• MELE resources including personnel supporting a $142M DOE/NNSA Technical Services Blanket Purchase Agreement.
• The technical capabilities in MELE’s Aquila Group which manufactures, deploys and integrates nuclear security and safeguards technology systems. Complete proactive
  planning and project forensics.

MELE NET expertise applies to Four Functional Areas:

1. Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security
   • Nonproliferation policy analysis, development and implementation
   • International safeguards (International Atomic Energy Agency)
   • Materials Control and Accounting (MC&A)
   • International nonproliferation treaty negotiations
   • Nuclear and radiological material security
   • Nuclear security technologies (i.e., remote monitoring systems, transport security)
   • Response force and law enforcement assessment and training
   • Counterterrorism
   • Illicit nuclear trafficking
   • Independent Review Team for Mo-99 and for Alternative Technology Fuel Development

 2.    Environmental Management

• Nuclear waste management
• Mixed waste management
• Regulatory analysis
• Nuclear waste technologies
• Nuclear measurement systems

 3.    Program and Project Management

• Project Management Professionals (PMP®)
• Risk management
• Legal analysis, review and guidance
• Regulatory analysis
• Strategic planning
• Communications and outreach planning
• Policy analysis
• Intergovernmental coordination
• Inter-laboratory project team management

4.    Construction, Manufacturing and Operations

• Facilities construction
• Enhanced operational safety programs
• Environmental compliance
• Remote monitoring systems
• Reactor component manufacture
• Radioisotope preparation and shipment
• Reactor operations and maintenance
• Fuel handling
• Process, casting and analysis of alloy