Evaluation of health risks associated with proposed ground water standards at selected inactive uranium mill-tailings sites
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed ground water standards applicable to all inactive uranium mill-tailings sites. The proposed standards include maximum concentration limits (MCL) for currently regulated drinking water contaminants, as well as the addition of standards for molybdenum, uranium, nitrate, and radium-226 plus radium-228. The proposed standards define the point of compliance to be everywhere downgradient of the tailings pile, and require ground water remediation to drinking water standards if MCLs are exceeded. This document presents a preliminary description of the Phase 2 efforts. The potential risks and hazards at Gunnison, Colorado and Lakeview, Oregon were estimated to demonstrate the need for a risk assessment and the usefulness of a cost-benefit approach in setting supplemental standards and determining the need for and level of restoration at UMTRA sites. 8 refs., 12 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/NE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 6752623
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-44771; ON: DE90015133; TRN: 90-025889
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ABANDONED SITES
REMEDIAL ACTION
DRINKING WATER
STANDARDS
GROUND WATER
MILL TAILINGS
HEALTH HAZARDS
RADIOISOTOPES
COMPLIANCE
ARSENIC
CADMIUM
COLORADO
CONTAMINATION
COST ESTIMATION
DOSE EQUIVALENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
LEAD 210
MOLYBDENUM
NEOPLASMS
OREGON
POLONIUM 210
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RADIUM 226
RADIUM 228
SULFATES
THORIUM 230
URANIUM
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ACTINIDES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
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DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DISEASES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FEDERAL REGION VIII
FEDERAL REGION X
HAZARDS
HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
HEAVY NUCLEI
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LEAD ISOTOPES
MASS TRANSFER
METALS
NANOSEC LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NEON 24 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLONIUM ISOTOPES
RADIUM ISOTOPES
SEMIMETALS
SOLID WASTES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TAILINGS
THORIUM ISOTOPES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
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