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Volume: 63 (1979)

Issue: 3. (March)

First Page: 538

Last Page: 538

Title: Environmental Assessment of In-Situ Leaching of Uranium: ABSTRACT

Author(s): Glenn A. Terry

Article Type: Meeting abstract

Abstract:

Maintenance of water quality during and following in-situ leaching of uranium is the fundamental problem which must be considered in an environmental assessment of such operations. Prior to any leaching activity, a realistic baseline by which to judge the groundwater quality must be established for any given operation. Monitoring programs will be required to evaluate subsurface restoration efforts and to assess the containment of the lixiviant and the solubilized ions essentially within the mining area of the ore-bearing aquifer of the leaching operation. Disposal of leach-mining wastes may prove a greater threat to the environment than the mining.

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