Tailings

"Tailings" are the waste products of the sluice-box, the sand and gravel carried away by the stream of water which flows over the "ripples."

Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer 1899

Peter Metzger, Off the Beat syndicated column, “AEC vs. the Public: The Case of the Uranium Tailings,” July 13, 1974.

Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010

Six years after Congress passed the Uranium Mine Tailings Remedial Action law, the Department of Energy finally began work on the Navajo tailings piles, tackling what Tso considered to be the worst environmental problem on the reservation.

Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010

Telltale Tailings Another concern is that water drawn from the Athabasca River to separate oil and sand is trapped in tailings, a silt slurry contaminated by heavy metals that can take hundreds of years to naturally separate.

A Place Where Outsiders Are Welcome Edward Welsch 2010

Tailings are waste left over from mining operations.

The $500 Million Superfund Cleanup AP 2010

Tailings contain long-lived radioactive materials in low concentrations and toxic materials such as heavy metals; however, the total quantity of radioactive elements is less than in the original ore, and their collective radioactivity will be much shorter-lived.

Nuclear fuel cycle 2009

Tailings ponds now cover about 130 square kilometres in the Fort McMurray area.

Visit Scenic Alberta Lindsay Stewart 2008

Tailings ponds now cover about 130 square kilometres in the Fort McMurray area.

Archive 2008-12-01 CC 2008

Tailings dams and erosion that result from mining processes are of moderate concern, but could escalate to cause greater damage if not checked.

Einasleigh upland savanna 2008

Tailings ponds must be constructed to last several decades and must be guarded against erosion, breaching, and foundation creep until better disposal practices become available (Stosur and others, 1998).

Chapter 9 2000