Uranium mill tailings: Nuclear waste and natural laboratory for geochemical and radioecological investigations

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
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Abstract

Uranium mill tailings (UMT) are a high volume, low specific activity radioactive waste typically disposed in surface impoundments. This review focuses on research on UMT and related earth materials during the past decade relevant to the assessment of: (1) mineral hosts of radionuclides; (2) the use of soil analogs in predicting long-term fate of radionuclides; (3) microbial and diagenetic processes that may alter radionuclide mobility in the surficial environment; (4) waste-management technologies to limit radionuclide migration; and (5) the impact of UMT on biota.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Uranium mill tailings: Nuclear waste and natural laboratory for geochemical and radioecological investigations
Series title Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
DOI 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.01.030
Volume 77
Issue 1
Year Published 2004
Language English
Publisher Elsevier
Contributing office(s) Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
Description 27 p.
First page 1
Last page 27
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