- 5997°N 109.5976°W / 38.5997; -109.5976 The Moab
uranium mill tailings pile is a
uranium mill waste pond
situated alongside the
Colorado River, currently...
-
uranium mill spill occurred in the U.S.
state of New
Mexico on July 16, 1979, when
United Nuclear Corporation's
tailings disposal pond at its
uranium mill in...
- metals. Long-term
storage or
disposal of
tailings may pose a
danger for
public health and safety.
Uranium mill tailings are
primarily the
sandy process waste...
- headrace), and the race
leading away from the
wheel is
called the
tail race (or tailrace). A
mill race has many
geographically specific names, such as leat,...
-
Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA)
Project was
created by the
United States Department of
Energy (DOE) to
monitor the
cleanup of
uranium mill tailings...
-
mounds of
uranium mill tailings are left at many old
mining sites,
especially in Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.
Although mill tailings are not very radioactive...
- the
State of New
Mexico as well. In 1978,
Congress p****ed the
Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA), a
measure designed to ****ist in the...
- 1964,
contained a
uranium mill and
storage for uranium. In 1989,
surface contamination cleanup was
completed with
tailings,
radioactively contaminated...
-
January 1, 1960, the
mill was
closed permanently by the
Atomic Energy Commission. The
mill tailings were
stabilized by 1962, and the
mill was
dismantled in...
- The
Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (1978) is a
United States environmental law that
amended the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and authorized...