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Uranium resource technology, seminar 3, 1980

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OSTI ID:5140914
This conference proceedings contains 20 papers and 1 panel discussion on uranium mining and ore treatment, taking into account the environmental issues surrounding uranium supply. Topics discussed include the U.S. uranium resource base, the technology and economics of uranium recovery from phosphate resources, trends in preleach materials handling of sandstone uranium ores, groundwater restoration after in-situ uranium leaching, mitigation of the environmental impacts of open pit and underground uranium mining, remedial actions at inactive uranium mill tailings sites, environmental laws governing in-situ solution mining of uranium, and the economics of in-situ solution mining.
OSTI ID:
5140914
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English