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Radiological Survey of the Inactive Uranium-Mill Tailings at Falls City, Texas
Results of a radiological survey conducted at the Falls City, Texas, site in July 1976 are presented. There are seven partial to fully stabilized tailings piles, and an overburden pile from an open-pit mine. Above ground gamma-ray exposure rate measurements show moderate levels of contamination throughout the area with a maximum exposure rate of 500 mu R/hr above tailings pile 2. The average exposure rate over the different areas varied from 14 mu R/hr over the southwest end of tailings pile 7 to 207 mu R/hr over the northeast end of the same pile. Analyses of surface soil and dry-wash sediment samples, as well as calculations of subsurface exp 226 Ra distribution, serve to define the spread of tailings around the area. Water erosion of the tailings is evident, but, because of abundant growth of vegetation on the tailings piles, wind erosion probably is not a major problem. (ERA citation 05:038712)
Radiological Survey of the Inactive Uranium-Mill Tailings at Falls City, Texas
Results of a radiological survey conducted at the Falls City, Texas, site in July 1976 are presented. There are seven partial to fully stabilized tailings piles, and an overburden pile from an open-pit mine. Above ground gamma-ray exposure rate measurements show moderate levels of contamination throughout the area with a maximum exposure rate of 500 mu R/hr above tailings pile 2. The average exposure rate over the different areas varied from 14 mu R/hr over the southwest end of tailings pile 7 to 207 mu R/hr over the northeast end of the same pile. Analyses of surface soil and dry-wash sediment samples, as well as calculations of subsurface exp 226 Ra distribution, serve to define the spread of tailings around the area. Water erosion of the tailings is evident, but, because of abundant growth of vegetation on the tailings piles, wind erosion probably is not a major problem. (ERA citation 05:038712)
Radiological Survey of the Inactive Uranium-Mill Tailings at Falls City, Texas
F. F. Haywood (author) / D. J. Christian (author) / E. T. Loy (author) / D. Lorenzo (author) / B. S. Ellis (author)
1980
75 pages
Report
No indication
English
Radioactive Wastes & Radioactivity , Radiation Pollution & Control , Mill tailings , Nuclear facilities , Uranium ores , Air pollution , Data compilation , Distribution , Erosion , Feed materials plants , Gamma spectroscopy , Images , Land pollution , Overburden , Radiation doses , Radiation monitoring , Radioactive waste disposal , Radioactive waste storage , Radium 226 , Sampling , Soils , Texas , Water pollution , ERDA/510301
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