Control of As and Ni releases from a uranium mill tailings neutralization circuit: Solution chemistry, mineralogy and geochemical modeling of laboratory study results

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2758-2776

  Mahoney, John ^a   Slaughter, Maynard ^b   Langmuir, Donald ^c   Rowson, John ^d  

^a MWH AMERICAS INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^c Hydrochem Systems Corp   (United States)

^d AREVA Resources Canada Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; ORES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URANIUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BENCH-SCALE NEUTRALIZATION; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; URANIUM MILL TAILINGS NEUTRALIZATION CIRCUIT;

MINERALOGY;

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; NEUTRALIZATION; NICKEL; PH; TAILINGS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 36148957785     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.06.021     Document Type: Article

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