Overview
By letter dated August 10, 2009, Powertech (USA), Inc. (Powertech) submitted an application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a new source and byproduct material license for the Dewey-Burdock In-Situ Uranium Recovery Project, located in Fall River and Custer Counties, South Dakota. The applicant is proposing to recover uranium using the in-situ leach (ISL) [also known as in-situ recovery (ISR)] process. The proposed Dewey-Burdock ISR Project would include processing facilities and sequentially developed wellfields sited in two contiguous areas, the Burdock area and the Dewey area. Proposed facilities include a central processing plant in the Burdock area, a satellite facility in the Dewey area, wellfields, Class V deep injection wells and/or land application areas for disposal of liquid wastes, and the attendant infrastructure (e.g., pipelines and surface impoundments).
- | Author: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: May 20, 2014
- | Number of Pages: 506 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1499623852
- | ISBN-13: 9781499623857
