Current Practices For The Management And Confinement Of Uranium Mill Tailings

The present report provides an updated and comprehensive overview of the subject and supersedes Technical Reports Series No. 209, Current Practices and Options for Confinement of Uranium Mill Tailings, published in 1981. The present worldwide production of uranium mill tailings exceeds 20 million tonnes annually. lt is therefore essential that the environmental and health risks from these materials are reduced to an acceptable level. This report highlights new technological developments in this field as well as operational and managerial experience arising from the application of these methods.