Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Evaluation of Field-Tested Fugitive Dust Control Techniques for Uranium Mill Tailings Piles
Seventeen chemical stabilizers, rated as the most promising of those tested in earlier laboratory studies, were applied to test plots on a uranium mill tailings pile at the American Nuclear Corporation-Gas Hills Project mill site in central Wyoming. The durability of these materials when exposed to actual site conditions was evaluated over time. In addition, eight commercially available windscreens were field tested. Test panels of the eight materials were constructed at the Wyoming site to compare their relative resistance to weathering. A second test was conducted near Pacific Northwest Laboratory to evaluate the effectiveness of the windscreens at reducing wind velocity. Results of the field tests on the chemical stabilizers and windscreens are presented in this report, along with effectiveness-versus-cost information. Direct comparison of these two dust control methods is difficult due to the dependence of each on site-specific factors. However, simplified model case studies were developed to assess the cost of chemical stabilization versus windscreen systems for a hypothetical, inactive tailings pile.
Evaluation of Field-Tested Fugitive Dust Control Techniques for Uranium Mill Tailings Piles
Seventeen chemical stabilizers, rated as the most promising of those tested in earlier laboratory studies, were applied to test plots on a uranium mill tailings pile at the American Nuclear Corporation-Gas Hills Project mill site in central Wyoming. The durability of these materials when exposed to actual site conditions was evaluated over time. In addition, eight commercially available windscreens were field tested. Test panels of the eight materials were constructed at the Wyoming site to compare their relative resistance to weathering. A second test was conducted near Pacific Northwest Laboratory to evaluate the effectiveness of the windscreens at reducing wind velocity. Results of the field tests on the chemical stabilizers and windscreens are presented in this report, along with effectiveness-versus-cost information. Direct comparison of these two dust control methods is difficult due to the dependence of each on site-specific factors. However, simplified model case studies were developed to assess the cost of chemical stabilization versus windscreen systems for a hypothetical, inactive tailings pile.
Evaluation of Field-Tested Fugitive Dust Control Techniques for Uranium Mill Tailings Piles
M. R. Elmore (Autor:in) / J. N. Hartley (Autor:in)
1985
64 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Radioactive Wastes & Radioactivity , Mineral Industries , Radiation Pollution & Control , Environmental Studies , Dust control , Tailings , Stabilization , Evaluation , Field tests , Durability , Protectors , Wind , Effectiveness , Comparison , Chemical compounds , Wyoming , Mill tailings , Uranium mills , Screens , Case studies , Environment protection , Radioactive waste disposal