Uranium mill tailings

Uranium mill tailings

Naturally radioactive residue from the processing of uranium ore. Although the milling process recovers about 95% of the uranium, the residues, or tailings, contain several isotopes of naturally occurring radioactive material, including uranium (u), thorium (th), radium (ra), polonium (po), and radon (rn).

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uranium mill tailings

Medical devices; Radiology equipment

Naturally radioactive residue from the processing of uranium ore. Although the milling process recovers about 95% of the uranium, the residues, or tailings, contain several ...

uranium mill tailings piles

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Former uranium ore processing sites that contain leftover radioactive materials (wastes), including radium and unrecovered uranium.

uranium mill tailings

Energy; Coal; Natural gas; Petrol

The sand-like materials left over from the separation of uranium from its ore. More than 99 percent of the ore becomes tailings.

uranium mill-tailings waste piles

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Licensed active mills with tailings piles and evaporation ponds created by acid or alkaline leaching processes.

Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRA) of 1978

Energy; Coal; Natural gas; Petrol

The act that directed the Department of Energy to provide for stabilization and control of the uranium mill tailings from in active sites in a safe and environmentally sound ...

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