Summary of the engineering assessment of inactive uranium mill tailings: Lakeview Site, Lakeview, Oregon

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6089017· OSTI ID:6089017

Radon gas released from the 130,000 tons of tailings at the Lakeview site constitutes the most significant environmental impact, although windblown tailings and external gamma radiation also are factors. The three alternative actions include millsite decontamination with the addition of 3 m of stabilization cover material (Option I) and removal of the tailings to remote disposal sites and decontamination of the tailings site (Options II and III). Cost estimates range from $6,000,000 for stabilization in-place, to $7,500,000 for disposal at a distance of about 10 miles. Three alternatives for reprocessing the Lakeview tailings were examined. Results show that uranium recovery is not economical.

• Research Organization: Ford, Bacon and Davis Utah, Inc., Salt Lake City (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76GJ01658
• OSTI ID: 6089017
• Report Number(s): DOE/UMT-0110S; FBDU-360-18S; ON: DE82003882; TRN: 82-000176
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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