Sentences with phrase «radioactive uranium mill»
The indoor radon action levels for US homes and schools were adopted in response to the use of radioactive uranium mill tailings sand in construction and soil fill for homes and schools in the western US; recognized in the 1970's as one of the first direct community health risks from the process of uranium mining.
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Milling that metric ton from McArthur, which is reported to be roughly 20 percent uranium, would then result in 440 pounds (200 kilograms) of yellowcake and 1,765 pounds (800 kilograms) of toxic, radioactive tailings, at best.
The «llano» (plains) where we once grazed our cattle that were brought down from the «sierra» (mountain) during the winter season is now a radioactive pile of uranium mill tailings.
The potential risks from hazardous uranium mill tailings and other radioactive and hazardous wastes never go away.
Until these risks are properly mitigated and the complete nuclear fuel cycle — from the mining and milling of uranium to the final disposal of radioactive wastes — is sufficiently regulated, nuclear power should not be a leading strategy for diversifying America's energy portfolio and reducing carbon pollution.
The mining and milling of uranium leaves a radioactive mess, I can just imagine sifting through billions of gallons of coal ash to get the uranium out of it.