Comments: Is Areva mining in US, maybe but the best way to avoid Decommissioning is to keep the ban: "Areva NC, formerly Cogema (Compagnie générale des matières nucléaires) is a French company, created in 1976 from the production division of the French government's CEA (English: Atomic Energy Commission.) It is an industrial group active in all stages of the uranium fuel cycle, including uranium mining, conversion, enrichment, spent fuel reprocessing, and recycling.[1][2] In 2001, Cogema was merged with Framatome and CEA Industrie to form the larger group Areva; the subsidiary's name was changed to Areva NC in March 2006.[3][4]"
Locations of Uranium Recovery Sites Undergoing Decommissioning
To provide for the disposal, long-term stabilization and control of
uranium mill tailings in a safe and
environmentally sound manner, and to minimize or eliminate radiation health
hazards to the public, Congress enacted the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation
Control Act of 1978 (
UMTRCA). Under Title I of
the UMTRCA, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) or the pertinent State is
responsible for cleanup and remediation, as well as long-term care
and maintenance of Title I disposal and processing sites, under a general
license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The NRC, in turn, is
required to evaluate the design and implementation established by DOE or the
pertinent State and, following remediation, to concur that the site meets
the standards established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Title 10, Section 40.27, of the
Code of Federal Regulations (
10 CFR 40.27),
"General License for Custody and Long-Term Care of Residual Radioactive Material
Disposal Sites," is the governing regulation for these abandoned disposal sites.
See the
Title I
site status summaries for additional detail.
Title II of the UMTRCA addresses uranium recovery operations, some of which
have substantial quantities of tailings, at sites that are licensed by the NRC
or its
Agreement
States. Title II amended the definition of
byproduct material to include mill
tailings, and added specific authorities for the NRC to regulate this new
category of byproduct material at licensed sites, which include
conventional
uranium mills and in situ leach (ISL) facilities. The NRC's Office of Federal
and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs (
FSME) provides project
management and technical review for decommissioning and reclamation of these
Title II facilities, which are regulated under
Appendix A
to
10 CFR Part 40.
Of the 24 Title II uranium recovery sites that are currently decommissioning,
11 are regulated by the NRC, and 13 are regulated by Agreement States. The
following map depicts the locations of these Title II sites, while the tables
below the map identify the
NRC-regulated and
Agreement State-regulated Title II sites and provide links to
their descriptions, which include site status summaries, any major technical
or regulatory issues, and the estimated date for closure of each site.
For more information, see
Uranium Mill
Tailings or contact us if you have any questions or comments.
Other Uranium Recovery Sites not listed:
| Century
Instruments Corporation |
Wichita, KS |
Complex Materials |
| Chevron
Mining, Inc. (formerly Molycorp, Inc.) |
Mountain Pass, CA |
Complex Materials |
| Cogema
Mining, Inc. |
Mills, WY |
Uranium Recovery |
| Cogema
Mining, Inc. (State of TX) |
Bruni, TX |
Uranium Recovery |
| ConocoPhillips
Company |
Falls City, TX |
Uranium Recovery |
| Cotter
Uranium Mill |
Canyon City, CO |
Uranium Recovery |
| Cotter
Schwartzwalder Mine |
Golden, CO |
Uranium Recovery |
| Curtiss-Wright
Cheswick |
Cheswick, PA |
Complex Materials |
Map
Data
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Map
data ©2013 Google, INEGI, MapLink
NRC-Regulated Uranium Recovery Sites Undergoing Decommissioning
| Name |
Location |
| American
Nuclear Corporation |
Casper, WY |
| Bear Creek |
Rock Springs, WY |
| ExxonMobil
Highlands |
Converse County, WY |
| Homestake |
Grants, NM |
| Pathfinder
– Lucky MC |
Gas Hills Mining District, WY |
| Pathfinder
– Shirley Basin |
Mills, WY |
| Rio
Algom – Ambrosia Lake |
Grants, NM |
| Sequoyah
Fuels Corporation (Environmental Review Link) |
Gore, OK |
| Umetco
Minerals Corp. |
Gas Hills, WY |
| United
Nuclear Corporation – Church Rock |
Gallup, NM |
| Western
Nuclear Inc. – Split Rock |
Jeffrey City, WY |
Agreement State-Regulated Uranium Recovery Sites
Undergoing Decommissioning
The site descriptions (site status summaries, major technical
or regulatory issues, and estimated closure dates) for the following sites were
provided by the respective
Agreement States, and
the NRC makes no claim regarding the validity of that information.
| Name |
Location |
| Cogema
Mining, Inc. |
Bruni, TX |
| ConocoPhillips
Company |
Falls City, TX |
| Cotter
Uranium Mill |
Canyon City, CO |
| Cotter
Schwartzwalder Mine |
Golden, CO |
| Dawn Mining
Company |
Ford, WA |
| Everest
Exploration, Inc. |
Hobson and Dinero, TX |
| ExxonMobil
Corporation |
Three Rivers, TX |
| Homestake
Mining and Pitch |
Sargeants, CO |
| Intercontinental
Energy Corp. |
Three Rivers, TX |
| Rio
Algom Uranium Mill |
San Juan County, UT |
| Rio
Grande Resources |
Hobson, TX |
| Sweeny
Mining and Milling |
Boulder, CO |
| Umetco
Uravan |
Uravan, CO |
