Port Radium, Northwest Territories: An evaluation of environmental effects of the uranium and silver tailings
Report examines the affect of uranium and silver tailings in the vicinity of Port Radium , concluding that no environment problems were discovered as a result. Of primary importance in this work was the identification of the locations of uranium mill tailings, or any wastes containing long-lived rad...
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ftlaurentian:oai:zone.biblio.laurentian.ca:10219/3016 2023-08-20T04:06:13+02:00 Port Radium, Northwest Territories: An evaluation of environmental effects of the uranium and silver tailings Kalin, Margarete A. Port Radium Mine Site (Port Radium, NWT) geo:66.0511,-118.0203 1984-11 application/pdf https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/3016 en eng Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto Boojum Research Final Reports;IES005 Contract OSG83-00074 https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/3016 Technical Report 1984 ftlaurentian 2023-07-31T10:21:14Z Report examines the affect of uranium and silver tailings in the vicinity of Port Radium , concluding that no environment problems were discovered as a result. Of primary importance in this work was the identification of the locations of uranium mill tailings, or any wastes containing long-lived radionuclides around Port Radium. On the peninsula, depressions were utilized initially for waste disposal during the uranium mining era, as for example Radium Lake and Murphy Lake. Radium Lake has been covered for some time with waste rock and overburden. Since the closure of the silver mine in May 1982, Echo Bay Mines Ltd. has undertaken the covering of most of Murphy Lake with waste rock. The West Adit Tailings Area was the only area identified on land where wastes from the uranium milling operation have collected but remain uncovered. Minor amounts of uranium tailings are found on the rock slope above West Adit and in the spillway of Murphy Creek. About one million tons of uranium mill tailings have been discharged into Murphy Bay, via Murphy Creek and down the slope of West Adit. Report Echo Bay Northwest Territories LU|ZONE|UL @ Laurentian University Northwest Territories Echo Bay ENVELOPE(-117.887,-117.887,66.034,66.034) Murphy Creek ENVELOPE(-133.020,-133.020,60.777,60.777) |
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Report examines the affect of uranium and silver tailings in the vicinity of Port Radium , concluding that no environment problems were discovered as a result. Of primary importance in this work was the identification of the locations of uranium mill tailings, or any wastes containing long-lived radionuclides around Port Radium. On the peninsula, depressions were utilized initially for waste disposal during the uranium mining era, as for example Radium Lake and Murphy Lake. Radium Lake has been covered for some time with waste rock and overburden. Since the closure of the silver mine in May 1982, Echo Bay Mines Ltd. has undertaken the covering of most of Murphy Lake with waste rock. The West Adit Tailings Area was the only area identified on land where wastes from the uranium milling operation have collected but remain uncovered. Minor amounts of uranium tailings are found on the rock slope above West Adit and in the spillway of Murphy Creek. About one million tons of uranium mill tailings have been discharged into Murphy Bay, via Murphy Creek and down the slope of West Adit. |
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Kalin, Margarete A. Port Radium, Northwest Territories: An evaluation of environmental effects of the uranium and silver tailings |
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Kalin, Margarete A. |
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Kalin, Margarete A. |
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Port Radium, Northwest Territories: An evaluation of environmental effects of the uranium and silver tailings |
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Port Radium, Northwest Territories: An evaluation of environmental effects of the uranium and silver tailings |
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Port Radium, Northwest Territories: An evaluation of environmental effects of the uranium and silver tailings |
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Port Radium, Northwest Territories: An evaluation of environmental effects of the uranium and silver tailings |
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Port Radium, Northwest Territories: An evaluation of environmental effects of the uranium and silver tailings |
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port radium, northwest territories: an evaluation of environmental effects of the uranium and silver tailings |
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Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto |
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1984 |
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https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/3016 |
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Port Radium Mine Site (Port Radium, NWT) geo:66.0511,-118.0203 |
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ENVELOPE(-117.887,-117.887,66.034,66.034) ENVELOPE(-133.020,-133.020,60.777,60.777) |
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Northwest Territories Echo Bay Murphy Creek |
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Northwest Territories Echo Bay Murphy Creek |
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Echo Bay Northwest Territories |
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Echo Bay Northwest Territories |
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Boojum Research Final Reports;IES005 Contract OSG83-00074 https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/3016 |
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