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Radiological Survey of the Inactive Uranium-Mill Tailings at Ray Point, Texas
The mill site and tailings pile near Ray Point, Texas, cover an area of approximately 140 hectares located 1.6 km west of Ray Point. The dry portion of the tailings pile is stabilized, and the whole pile is surrounded by a dike. It contains approximately 445,000 metric tons of material with an estimated average exp 226 Ra concentration of 518 pCi/g. The average gamma-ray exposure rate 1 m above the pile is 300 mu R/hr while the corresponding average for the mill site, including the former ore storage area, is 87 mu R/hr. Soil and sediment sample analyses, as well as gamma-ray exposure rate measurements, show some spread of contamination off the site; however, it appears that control measures at this site have been effective in limiting the spread of tailings. Access to the area is limited by chain-link and barbed-wire fences, and continued surveillance of the area is maintained. The mill buildings have been maintained for possible future use. (ERA citation 06:002894)
Radiological Survey of the Inactive Uranium-Mill Tailings at Ray Point, Texas
The mill site and tailings pile near Ray Point, Texas, cover an area of approximately 140 hectares located 1.6 km west of Ray Point. The dry portion of the tailings pile is stabilized, and the whole pile is surrounded by a dike. It contains approximately 445,000 metric tons of material with an estimated average exp 226 Ra concentration of 518 pCi/g. The average gamma-ray exposure rate 1 m above the pile is 300 mu R/hr while the corresponding average for the mill site, including the former ore storage area, is 87 mu R/hr. Soil and sediment sample analyses, as well as gamma-ray exposure rate measurements, show some spread of contamination off the site; however, it appears that control measures at this site have been effective in limiting the spread of tailings. Access to the area is limited by chain-link and barbed-wire fences, and continued surveillance of the area is maintained. The mill buildings have been maintained for possible future use. (ERA citation 06:002894)
Radiological Survey of the Inactive Uranium-Mill Tailings at Ray Point, Texas
F. F. Haywood (author) / D. J. Christian (author) / B. S. Ellis (author) / E. T. Loy (author) / D. Lorenzo (author)
1980
65 pages
Report
No indication
English
Radioactive Wastes & Radioactivity , Radiation Pollution & Control , Mill tailings , Radium 226 , Texas , Background radiation , Data compilation , Distribution , Dose rates , Feed materials plants , Gamma radiation , Radiation doses , Radiation monitoring , Radioecological concentration , Radionuclide migration , Soils , ERDA/510302
Estimation of Radiological Impact from Transportation of Uranium Mill Tailings
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 1981
A Comparative Evaluation of Liner Materials for Inactive Uranium Mill Tailings Piles
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 1981