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Main Title Water movement in uranium mill tailings profiles /
Author Klute, A. ; Heermann, D. F.
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Author Title of a Work
Heermann, D. F.
Kaufmann, Robert F.
CORP Author Science and Education Administration, Fort Collins, CO. Agricultural Research.;Office of Radiation Programs, Las Vegas, NV.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Radiation Programs ; Available from the National Technical Information Service,
Year Published 1978
Report Number ORP-LV-78-8; DG-H026
Stock Number PB-291688
OCLC Number 36655357
Subjects Uranium mill tailings ; Radioactivity--Measurement
Additional Subjects Tailings ; Uranium ; Radioactive wastes ; Mine waters ; Radium isotopes ; Radon isotopes ; Water pollution ; Ground water ; Surface waters ; Soil water ; Rainfall intensity ; Radioactive effluents ; Uranium mills ; Mill wastes ; Path of pollutants ; Radium 226 ; Radon 222
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=9101MKLY.PDF
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EJBD ARCHIVE EPA ORP-LV-78-8 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 12/20/2023
EJBD  EPA ORP-LV-78-8 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 06/05/2018
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA ORP-LV-78-8 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD RPS EPA ORP-LV-78-8 repository copy AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 05/14/2019
ERAM  023570 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 05/04/2011
NTIS  PB-291 688 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation xiv, 81 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
The objective of this study was to characterize the behavior of water in profiles of uranium mill tailings. The approach taken consisted of (1) measurement of the water retention and transmission properties of selected tailings materials, (2) numerical simulation of water flow in selected profiles of tailings subjected to specific boundary conditions, and (3) analysis and interpretation of the simulation results within the framework of unsaturated soil water flow theory. The sequence of flow events in a tailings profile without vegetation and with a water table at a given depth is: (1) an initial drainage from saturation, with evaporation at the surface, (2) infiltration of varying amounts of rain at irregular intervals, (3) and periods of evaporation and drainage from the profile, with redistribution within the profile, between infiltration events. The water flow regime in the upper 90 cm, particularly the upper 10-20 cm is transient and dynamic. The lower part of the profile, below about 70-90 cm, tends to behave in a quasi-steady downward flow condition.
Notes
"ORP-LV-78-8." "September 1978." Cover title. "A report of research conducted under IAG - DG - H026 between USDA - SEA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency." "Project officer, Robert F. Kaufmann." Includes bibliographical references.