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Uranium recovery facility

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-029280

Facility licensed by the NRC or an NRC Agreement State to manage uranium byproduct material or tailings during and following the processing of uranium ores. Common names for these facilities are a conventional uranium mill, an in-situ leach (or recovery) facility and a heap leach facility or pile.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-029280
FieldEnvironment
SubjectBuilt environments
References40 CFR 61.251 (CFR 2017)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-029280",
  "term": "Uranium recovery facility",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Uranium Recovery Facility",
  "definition": "Facility licensed by the NRC or an NRC Agreement State to manage uranium byproduct material or tailings during and following the processing of uranium ores. Common names for these facilities are a conventional uranium mill, an in-situ leach (or recovery) facility and a heap leach facility or pile.",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 61.251 (CFR 2017)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/uranium-recovery-facility/"
}

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