Contamination of ground and surface waters due to uranium mining and milling. Volume I: Biological processes for concentrating trace elements from uranium mine waters. Open file report 25 Jul 79-14 Sep 81
Wastewater from uranium mines in the Ambrosia Lake district near Grants, N. Mex., contains uranium, selenium, radium, and molybdenum. A novel treatment process for waters from two mines, sections 35 and 36, to reduce the concentrations of the trace contaminants was developed. Particulates are settled by ponding and the waters are passed through an ion exchange resin to remove uranium; barium chloride is added to precipitate sulfate and radium from the mine waters. The mine waters are subsequently passed through three consecutive algae ponds prior to discharge. Water, sediment, and biological samples were collected over a 4-year period and analyzed to assess the role of biological agents in removal of inorganic trace contaminants from the mine waters.
- Research Organization:
- New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6445124
- Report Number(s):
- PB-82-251992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
URANIUM MINES
WASTE WATER
BIODEGRADATION
WASTE PROCESSING
ALGAE
ION EXCHANGE
MOLYBDENUM
RADIUM
REMOVAL
SELENIUM
TRACE AMOUNTS
URANIUM
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
ACTINIDES
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONTROL
DECOMPOSITION
ELEMENTS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
METALS
MINES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
POLLUTION CONTROL
PROCESSING
SEMIMETALS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
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