Radium and heavy metal transport beneath an abandoned uranium tailings dam

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dc.contributor.authorJeffery, JJen_AU
dc.contributor.authorSinclair, Gen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLowson, RTen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-22T04:26:40Zen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T04:37:44Zen_AU
dc.date.available2007-11-22T04:26:40Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T04:37:44Zen_AU
dc.date.issued1988-09en_AU
dc.description.abstractAn abandoned uranium tailings dam at Moline in the Northern Territory of Australia was the site of a study to assess the movement of potentially toxic elements from tailings into subsoil. The tailings at Moline were first laid down in 1959 and have since been leached by prevailing rainfall. Sixteen sampling sites were selected to give a good representation of the dam. At each site a trench was excavated through the tailings and into the subsoil then samples of subsoil were taken at 10 cm intervals down to a depth of 50 cm. A sample of the tailings overlying the tailings-subsoil interface was also taken. Samples were analysed for radium uranium copper zinc and lead. At most sites there was only minor accumulation of these elements in the 0-10 cm subsoil layer immediately below the interface with concentrations typically one or two orders of magnitude less than the concentrations in overlying tailings. Below 10 cm the concentrations were typically at or close to background concentrations.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation. (1988). Radium and heavy metal transport beneath an abandoned uranium tailings dam. Lucas Heights, NSW: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation.en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc634en_AU
dc.identifier.isbn0642598894en_AU
dc.identifier.issn10307745en_AU
dc.identifier.otherANSTO-E-675en_AU
dc.identifier.placeofpublicationLucas Heights, New South Walesen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/624en_AU
dc.language.isoen_auen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisationen_AU
dc.subjectRadiumen_AU
dc.subjectUraniumen_AU
dc.subjectDamsen_AU
dc.subjectHeavy metalsen_AU
dc.titleRadium and heavy metal transport beneath an abandoned uranium tailings damen_AU
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