Draft environmental statement related to the Western Nuclear, Inc. Split Rock Mill (Fremont County, Wyoming). [Fremont County, Wyoming]

Technical Report · Wed Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6538132

The proposed action is the renewal of Source Material License SUA-56 (with amendments) issued to Western Nuclear, Inc. (WNI), for the operation of the Split Rock uranium mill near Jeffrey City and the Green Mountain ion-exchange facility, both in Fremont County, Wyoming. The license also permits possession of material from past operations at four ancillary facilities in the Gas Hills mining area--the Bullrush, Day-Loma, Frazier-Lamac, and Rox sites (Docket No. 40-1162). The Split Rock mill is an acid-leach, ion-exchange and solvent-extraction uranium-ore processing mill with a design capacity of 1540 MT (1700 tons) of ore per day. WNI has proposed by license amendment request to increase the storage capacity of the tailings ponds in order to permit the continuation of present production rates of U/sub 3/O/sub 8/ through 1996 using lower-grade ores. Conditions for the protection of the environment include reclamation, tailings, stabilization, archeological survey, monitoring, etc. (DLC)

• Research Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
• OSTI ID: 6538132
• Report Number(s): NUREG-0451(DRAFT)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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