Remedial action plan and site design for stabilization of the inactive uranium mill tailings site at Lowman, Idaho

Technical Report · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:7091835

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established health and environmental regulations to correct and prevent groundwater contamination resulting from former uranium processing activities at inactive uranium processing sites (40 CFR 192). According to the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (UMTRCA), the US Department of Energy (DOE) is responsible for assessing the inactive uranium processing sites. The DOE has decided that each assessment shall include information on hydrogeologic site characterization. The water resources protection strategy that describes how the proposed action will comply with the EPA groundwater protection standards is presented in Attachment 4. Site characterization activities discussed in this section include: Definition of the hydrogeologic characteristics of the environment, including hydrostratigraphy, aquifer parameters, areas of aquifer recharge and discharge, potentiometric surfaces, and groundwater velocities. Definition of background groundwater quality and comparison with the proposed EPA groundwater protection standards. Evaluation of the physical and chemical characteristics of the contaminant source and/or residual radioactive materials. Definition of existing groundwater contamination by comparison with the EPA groundwater protection standards. Description of the geochemical processes that affect the downward migration of the source contaminants at the processing site. Description of water resource utilization, including availability, current and future use and value, and alternate water supplies.

• Research Organization: USDOE Albuquerque Operations Office, NM (United States). Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project Office
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-91AL62350; FC04-85AL20535
• OSTI ID: 7091835
• Report Number(s): DOE/UMTRA-050512-0000-App.B-Attach.3; ON: DE93009146
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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