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Remedial Action at the Green River Uranium Mill Tailings Site, Green River, Utah: Environmental Assessment
The inactive Green River uranium mill tailings site is one mile southeast of Green River, Utah. The existing tailings pile is within the floodplain boundaries of the 100-year and 500-year flood events. The 48-acre designated site contains eight acres of tailings, the mill yard and ore storage area, four main buildings, a water tower, and several small buildings. Dispersion of the tailings has contaminated an additional 24 acres surrounding the designated site. Elevated concentrations of molybdenum, nitrate, selenium, uranium, and gross alpha activity exceed background levels and the proposed US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) maximum concentration limits in the groundwater in the unconsolidated alluvium and in the shallow shales and limestones beneath the alluvium at the mill tailings site. The contamination is localized beneath, and slightly downgradient of, the tailings pile. The proposed action is to relocate the tailings and associated contaminated materials to an area 600 feet south of the existing tailings pile where they would be consolidated into one, below-grade disposal cell. A radon/infiltration barrier would be constructed to cover the stabilized pile and various erosion control measures would be taken to ensure the long-term stability of the stabilized pile. 88 refs., 12 figs., 20 tabs. (ERA citation 13:046442)
Remedial Action at the Green River Uranium Mill Tailings Site, Green River, Utah: Environmental Assessment
The inactive Green River uranium mill tailings site is one mile southeast of Green River, Utah. The existing tailings pile is within the floodplain boundaries of the 100-year and 500-year flood events. The 48-acre designated site contains eight acres of tailings, the mill yard and ore storage area, four main buildings, a water tower, and several small buildings. Dispersion of the tailings has contaminated an additional 24 acres surrounding the designated site. Elevated concentrations of molybdenum, nitrate, selenium, uranium, and gross alpha activity exceed background levels and the proposed US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) maximum concentration limits in the groundwater in the unconsolidated alluvium and in the shallow shales and limestones beneath the alluvium at the mill tailings site. The contamination is localized beneath, and slightly downgradient of, the tailings pile. The proposed action is to relocate the tailings and associated contaminated materials to an area 600 feet south of the existing tailings pile where they would be consolidated into one, below-grade disposal cell. A radon/infiltration barrier would be constructed to cover the stabilized pile and various erosion control measures would be taken to ensure the long-term stability of the stabilized pile. 88 refs., 12 figs., 20 tabs. (ERA citation 13:046442)
Remedial Action at the Green River Uranium Mill Tailings Site, Green River, Utah: Environmental Assessment
1988
540 pages
Report
No indication
English
Radiation Pollution & Control , Mineral Industries , Radioactive Wastes & Radioactivity , Environmental Exposure Pathway , Mill Tailings , Surplus Nuclear Facilities , Abandoned Sites , Cultural Resources , Dose Equivalents , Environmental Impacts , Evaluation , Ground Water , Health Hazards , Hydrology , Licensing , Permits , Pollution Abatement , Remedial Action , Site Characterization , Socio-Economic Factors , Stabilization , Utah , Water Quality , Uranium mines , ERDA/054000 , ERDA/053000
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