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Title Abandoned U.S. uranium mines : locations, radiation hazards, reclamation and remediation (with accompanying CD-ROM) / Sabrina Myers, editor
Published New York : Nova Publishers, 2015
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Description 1 online resource
Series Nuclear materials and disaster research
Nuclear materials and disaster research.
Summary The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) defines an abandoned uranium mine (mine) as a named mine or complex developed to extract uranium ore for atomic energy defense-related activities of the United States from 1947 to 1970, as verified by purchase of ore by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) or other means. This book addresses five issues which include the location of defense-related abandoned uranium mines on federal, state, tribal, and private lands; the extent of radiation hazards, other public health and safety threats, and environmental degradation caused, or may have been caused, by t
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 12, 2015)
Subject Abandoned mines -- United States
Uranium mines and mining -- United States
Mines and mineral resources -- United States
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
NATURE -- Rocks & Minerals.
Abandoned mines
Mines and mineral resources
Uranium mines and mining
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Myers, Sabrina, editor
ISBN 9781634830690
1634830695