Groundwater restoration at uranium in-situ recovery mines, south Texas coastal plain

Open-File Report 2009-1143
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This talk was presented by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologist Susan Hall on May 11, 2009, at the Uranium 2009 conference in Keystone, Colorado, and on May 12, 2009, as part of an underground injection control track presentation at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Environmental Trade Fair and Conference in Austin, Texas. Texas has been the location of the greatest number of uranium in-situ recovery (ISR) mines in the United States and was the incubator for the development of alkaline leach technology in this country. For that reason, the author chose to focus on the effectiveness of restoration at ISR mines by examining legacy mines developed in Texas. The best source for accurate information about restoration at Texas ISR mines is housed at the TCEQ offices in Austin. The bulk of this research is an analysis of those records.
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Groundwater restoration at uranium in-situ recovery mines, south Texas coastal plain
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2009-1143
DOI 10.3133/ofr20091143
Year Published 2009
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) Central Energy Resources Science Center
Description 36 p.
Time Range Start 2009-05-11
Time Range End 2009-05-12
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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