Summary of the engineering assessment of inactive uranium mill tailings, Spook Site, Converse County, Wyoming

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5999639· OSTI ID:5999639

Ford, Bacon, Davis Utah Inc. has reevaluated the Spook site in order to revise the December 1977 engineering assessment of the problems resulting from the existence of radioactive uranium mill tailings 48 mi northeast of Casper, in Converse County, Wyoming. This engineering assessment has included the preparation of topographic maps, the performance of core drillings and radiometric measurements sufficient to determine areas and volumes of tailings and radiation exposures of individuals and nearby populations, the investigations of site hydrology and meteorology, and the evaluation and costing of alternative corrective actions. Radon gas released from the 187,000 tons of tailings at the Spook site constitutes the most significant environmental impact, although windblown tailings and external gamma radiation also are factors.

• Research Organization: Ford, Bacon and Davis Utah, Inc., Salt Lake City (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76GJ01658
• OSTI ID: 5999639
• Report Number(s): DOE/UMT-0119S; FBDU-360-15S; ON: DE82002489
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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