Generic Environmental Impact Statement For In Situ Leach Uranium Milling Facilities

Download or read book Generic Environmental Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach Uranium Milling Facilities written by Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 authorize the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to issue licenses for the possession and use of source material and byproduct material. These statutes require NRC to license facilities that meet NRC regulatory requirements that were developed to protect public health and safety from radiological hazards. In-situ leach (ISL) uranium recovery facilities must meet NRC regulatory requirements in order to obtain a source material license to operate.