Investigation of contamination of earthen covers on inactive uranium mill tailings
By: prepared by G. Markos and K.J. Bush
Contributors: Bush, Kathryn J.; Geochemistry and Environmental Chemistry Research.
Series: Boojum Research reports -- R0212.
Publisher: Geochemistry and Environmental Chemistry Research
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Rapid City, SD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Uranium mill tailings.
Description: Report examines the contamination of earth covers by uranium mill tailings.  The researchers studied the Riverton tailings pile for the report, from which they attempted to determine: the distribution and concentration of salt, trace elements and radionuclies through the cover and into the tailings; the concentration of salts and other contaminants in the earthen cover from chemical migration; the relationship between the migration of major elements and trace elements; a possible model of the mechanism that promotes and slows this migration; and the chemical and physical properties of the cover which influence the migration.
Notes: Copy donated by M. Kalin, Boojum Research

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"D.O.E. Contract #DE-AC04-82AL18797"

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Table of contents: value: 1. Introduction; value: 2. Methods; value: 3. Data presentation; value: 4. Interpretation of data; value: 5. Mechanisms of mobilization and retardation of elements in tailings; value: 6. Summary and conclusions.