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Session No. 15
Sunday, 31 October 2010: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 205 (Colorado Convention Center)

T73. Reducing the Environmental Impact of Uranium In Situ Recovery

Geochemical Society

 

Ardyth M. Simmons and Malcolm D. Siegel, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:15 AM
OVERVIEW OF URANIUM IN-SITU RECOVERY (ISR) RESEARCH BY THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
GALLEGOS, Tanya J., Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, MS 956, Reston, VA 20192, OTTON, James K., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 939 Box 25046, Lakewood, CO 80225, JOHNSON, Raymond H., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 973, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and HALL, Susan M., United States Geological Survey, MS 939, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, tgallegos@usgs.gov, tgallegos@usgs.gov
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8:35 AM
CASE STUDIES IN ESTABLISHING GROUNDWATER BASELINE VALUES FOR URANIUM ISR SITES
SIMMONS, Ardyth M.1, HEIKOOP, Jeff2 and MILLER, Elizabeth2, (1)EP, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Emeritus, P.O. Box 1663, MS-M992, Los Alamos, NM 87501, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545, asimmons@lanl.gov, asimmons@lanl.gov
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8:50 AM
THE ROSITA IN SITU URANIUM RECOVERY PROJECT – RESULTS OF GROUNDWATER RESTORATION
PELIZZA, Mark S., Uranium Resources, Inc, 405 State Highway 121 Bypass, Building A, Suite 110, Lewisville, TX 75067, mspelizza@uraniumresources.com, mspelizza@uraniumresources.com
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9:10 AM
ANTHROPOGENIC INDUCED REDOX DISEQUILIBRIUM IN URANIUM ORE ZONES
ABITZ, Richard J., Savannah River National Laboratory, Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC 29808 and DARLING, Bruce K., SW Geological Consulting Services, 7425 Amanda Ellis Way, Austin, TX 78749, richard.abitz@srnl.doe.gov, richard.abitz@srnl.doe.gov
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9:25 AM
APPLICATIONS OF URANIUM ISOTOPES TO URANIUM IN-SITU RECOVERY SITES
PLACZEK, Christa J., Clean Chemistry Team 
Nuclear and Radiochemistry, C-NR, 
Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS-J514, Los Alamos, NM 87545, LINHOFF, Benjamin, Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Mail Stop 25, Woods Hole, MA 02543, HEIKOOP, Jeff, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 and RICIPUTI, Lee R., Clean Chemistry Team 
Nuclear and Radiochemistry, C-NR, MS-J514, Los Alamos, NM 87545, cplaczek@lanl.gov, cplaczek@lanl.gov
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9:40 AM
3-D URANIUM TRANSPORT EXPERIMENTS AT THE INTERMEDIATE SCALE: DOES ‘BIGGER' EQUATE WITH ‘MORE COMPLEX'?
MILLER, Andy W.1, RODRIGUEZ, Derrick R.2 and HONEYMAN, Bruce D.2, (1)Sandia National Laboratory, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185, (2)Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Colorado School of Mines, Laboratory for Applied and Environmental Radiochemistry, Golden, CO 80401, andmill@sandia.gov, andmill@sandia.gov
 
9:55 AM
Break
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10:10 AM
APPLICATION OF GEOCHEMICAL MODELING FOR IN SITU REMEDIATION OF URANIUM
LONGMIRE, Patrick, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop D469, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, plongmire@lanl.gov, plongmire@lanl.gov
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10:25 AM
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF DECARBONATION, REDUCTANT ADDITION AND LIME ADDITION ON GROUNDWATER RESTORATION AT URANIUM IN-SITU RECOVERY SITES IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA
SCHRAMKE, Janet A.1, REIMANN, Lawrence2, CLAY, James2, MOODY, David2 and LEWIS, Robert L.1, (1)WorleyParsons, 1687 Cole Blvd, Suite 300, Golden, CO 80401, (2)Cameco Resources, 400 East 1st Street, Casper, WY 82601, ja_schramke@enchemica.com, ja_schramke@enchemica.com
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10:40 AM
IDENTIFYING MINERAL SCHEMES FOR AQUIFER RESTORATION AFTER URANIUM IN-SITU RECOVERY
TARRELL, Alejandra, Div. of Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, FIGUEROA, Linda, Div. of Environmental Science & Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401 and GILLOW, Jeffrey, ARCADIS U.S., Inc, 630 Plaza Drive, Suite 100, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129, atarrell@mines.edu, atarrell@mines.edu
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10:55 AM
PREDICTIVE MODELING STRATEGIES FOR PROPOSED URANIUM IN-SITU RECOVERY MINES
JOHNSON, Raymond H.1, YOSHINO, Miori E.1, HALL, Susan M.2 and SHEA, Valois R.3, (1)Geologic Discipline, Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, PO Box 25046, MS 964D, Denver, CO 80225, (2)Geologic Discipline, Central Energy Resources Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, PO Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, MS 939, Denver, CO 80225, (3)UIC Program, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1595 Wynkoop St, Denver, CO 80202, rhjohnso@usgs.gov, rhjohnso@usgs.gov
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11:10 AM
GEOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN TOOLS FOR URANIUM IN SITU RECOVERY – THE HYDROGEOCHEM CODES
SIEGEL, Malcolm D., Radiological Consequence Management, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O Box 5800 MS-0779, Albuquerque, NM 87185, LI, Ming-Hsu, Institute of Hydrological and Oceanic Sciences, National Central University, #300 Jhongda Rd, Jhongli City, 320, Taiwan and YEH, G.T., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-2450, msiegel@sandia.gov, msiegel@sandia.gov
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11:25 AM
DECISION FRAMEWORK FOR APPLYING ATTENUATION PROCESSES TO METALS AND RADIONUCLIDES
SPRENG, Carl, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, Denver, CO 80246-1530 and GOSWAMI, Dibakar, Nuclear Waste Program, Washington State Department of Ecology, Richland, WA 99354, carl.spreng@state.co.us, carl.spreng@state.co.us
 
11:45 AM
Discussion
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