Tim Nightingale Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Australia

Matraville

Chemist on mercury remediation project: environmental monitoring, supervision of NATA-accredited environmental laboratory.

Ensuring compliance to environmental protection licence within Legacy Operations, Department of Planning Consent conditions, EHC Act License, Chemical Control order, Dangerous Goods storage requirements (ADG7 and IMDG Code); compilation of environmental monitoring results, selection and purchasing of suitable activated carbon for VEC systems, compilation of all repackaging information for containerising and export of waste

Responsibility for production of aluminium chlorohydrate (ACH), polyaluminium chlorides and other aluminium salts, including specific hydroxylated aluminium sulphate blends for use as concrete accelerators. Duties included:Management of laboratory, and development of methods for analysis of ACH using automatic titration systemsDevelopment of specific methods for characterising hydroxylated aluminium sulphates, specialising in accurate determination of basicity and total aluminium contentNATA contact person and signatory for test methods for aluminium salts, specialising in automatic titration systemsMaintenance of NATA accreditation to ISO17025 and of company's accreditation to ISO9001.Writing of all laboratory documentation. Expert in optimising dosages and coagulant/polyelectrolyte blends for the treatment of water and wastewater.

Research into the commercial applications of hydrogen peroxide

Research chemist, investigating the geochemical behaviour of uranium and thorium, and radionuclide decay products in the vicinity of uranium orebodies as geochemical analogues of radioactive waste repositories.

Msc, Geochemistry, Physical Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Alchemists Society (secretary)Honours in Physical Chemistry, 1980 MSc comleted 1987 (subject: geochemical.

Diploma, Environmental Science