Impact Services, a radioactive waste processing company located in Oak Ridge, Tenn., filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on May 24. The bankruptcy petition was filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the District of Delaware by Darrell Lauterbach, who identified himself in the filing as secretary of Impact Services and chief executive officer of Impact Holdings Inc., of Delaware. Meg Lockhart, of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), the state regulatory agency for radioactive materials, said in an e-mail statement that the department was notified that Impact Services had "shut its doors" on Friday, May 18, and that staff members from TDEC's Division of Radiological Health were sent to the site on Monday, May 21. The company also had staff at the facility during this time, including a radiation safety officer, she said.
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