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Title: Scientific basis for risk assessment and management of uranium mill tailings

Abstract

A National Research Council study panel, convened by the Board on Radioactive Waste Management, has examined the scientific basis for risk assessment and management of uranium mill tailings and issued this final report containing a number of recommendations. Chapter 1 provides a brief introduction to the problem. Chapter 2 examines the processes of uranium extraction and the mechanisms by which radionuclides and toxic chemicals contained in the ore can enter the environment. Chapter 3 is devoted to a review of the evidence on health risks associated with radon and its decay products. Chapter 4 provides a consideration of conventional and possible new technical alternatives for tailings management. Chapter 5 explores a number of issues of comparative risk, provides a brief history of uranium mill tailings regulation, and concludes with a discussion of choices that must be made in mill tailing risk management. 211 refs., 30 figs., 27 tabs.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Research Council, Washington, DC (USA). Uranium Mill Tailings Study Panel
OSTI Identifier:
5697550
Report Number(s):
DOE/DP/93032-T2
ON: DE88003543
DOE Contract Number:  
AC01-84DP93032
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; MILL TAILINGS; REMEDIAL ACTION; RADON 222; DAUGHTER PRODUCTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY; GROUND DISPOSAL; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; IRRADIATION; LEACHING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RADIUM 222; RADIUM 226; REVIEWS; SURFACE AIR; THORIUM 230; ACTINIDE ISOTOPES; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; AIR; AIR POLLUTION; ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISSOLUTION; DOCUMENT TYPES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FLUIDS; GASES; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MANAGEMENT; MASS TRANSFER; NUCLEI; POLLUTION; PROCESSING; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM ISOTOPES; RADON ISOTOPES; SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SOLID WASTES; TAILINGS; THORIUM ISOTOPES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 054000* - Nuclear Fuels- Health & Safety; 560151 - Radiation Effects on Animals- Man; 510300 - Environment, Terrestrial- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 510200 - Environment, Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 053000 - Nuclear Fuels- Environmental Aspects; 052002 - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage

Citation Formats

. Scientific basis for risk assessment and management of uranium mill tailings. United States: N. p., 1986. Web. doi:10.2172/5697550.
. Scientific basis for risk assessment and management of uranium mill tailings. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5697550
. 1986. "Scientific basis for risk assessment and management of uranium mill tailings". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5697550. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5697550.
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year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986},
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