None. Summary of the engineering assessment of inactive uranium mill tailings, Riverton Site, Riverton, Wyoming. United States: N. p., 1981.
Web. doi:10.2172/6212886.
None. Summary of the engineering assessment of inactive uranium mill tailings, Riverton Site, Riverton, Wyoming. United States. doi:10.2172/6212886.
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"Summary of the engineering assessment of inactive uranium mill tailings, Riverton Site, Riverton, Wyoming". United States.
doi:10.2172/6212886. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6212886.
@article{osti_6212886,
title = {Summary of the engineering assessment of inactive uranium mill tailings, Riverton Site, Riverton, Wyoming},
author = {None},
abstractNote = {Ford, Bacon, and Davis Utah Inc. has reevaluated the Riverton site in order to revise the December 1977 engineering assessment of the problems resulting from the existence of radioactive uranium mill tailings at Riverton, 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 900,000 tons of tailings materials at the Riverton site constitutes the most significant environmental impact, although windblown tailings and external gamma radiation also are factors. The nine alternative actions presented in this engineering assessment range from millsite decontamination with the addition of 3 m of stabilization cover material (Option I), to removal of the tailings to remote disposal sites and decontaminations of the tailings site (Options II through IX). Cost estimates for the nine options range from about $16,600,000 for stabilization in-place, to about $23,200,000 for disposal at a distance of 18 to 25 mi. Three principal alternatives for the reprocessing of the Riverton tailings were examined: (a) heap leaching; (b) treatment at an existing mill; and (c) reprocessing at a new conventional mill constructed for tailings reprocessing. The cost of the uranium recovered would be about $260 and $230/lb of U/sub 3/O/sub 8/ by heap leach and conventional plant processes respectively. The spot market price for uranium was $25/lb early in 1981. Therefore, reprocessing the tailings for uranium recovery does not appear to be economically attractive.},
doi = {10.2172/6212886},
journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981},
month = {Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981}
}
