[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Uravan Mill (CO) uranium tailings

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleanup of Uravan Superfund Site Complete
Remediation Took 20 Years and $120 Million


by Gus Jarvis
Telluride Watch (CO)
October 2, 2008

URAVAN - With a new uranium mill in the Paradox Valley looming on the 
horizon, last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency certified 
the completion of the cleanup of the 680-acre Uravan Mill Superfund Site 
that lies on the banks of the San Miguel River. The cleanup process took 
20 years and $120 million to complete.

...

More than 13 million cubic yards of mill tailings, evaporation pond 
precipitates, water treatment sludge, contaminated soil, and debris from 
more than 50 mill structures were collected and treated in four on-site 
disposal cells. In addition, more than 380 million gallons of 
contaminated liquid collected from seepage containment and groundwater 
extraction systems were treated.

...

The site will be taken off the National Priorities List and transferred 
to the Department of Energy for long-term management. Since waste is 
left in place at the site, five-year reviews will be required to ensure 
that the remedy works to protect the human health and environment.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.telluridewatch.com/pages/full_story?page_label=news&id=280893-Cleanup-of-Uravan-Superfund-Site-Complete&widget=push&instance=News_page&article-Cleanup-of-Uravan-Superfund-Site-Complete%20=&open=&;

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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