Table 5: Emissions from uranium tailings sites

   
Mill location/name
   
Population rate
(1997)a (tU y-1)

 
 
Normalised population doseb 
(person-Sv per GW-y) 

Australia Ranger   4 095 0
  Olympic Dam   1 425 0.12
Canada Key Lake   5 433 0
  Rabbit Lake   4 632 0
  Cluff Lake   1 950 2.7
Namibia Rössing   2 905 5.9
Niger Akouta   2 100 0.078
  Arlit   1 350 0.10
 
  23 890 0.96
 

a.   From Reference 2.
b.   Assuming 210 tU per GW-year (see text).

Long Term Population Dose due to Radon from Uranium Mill Tailings:
Douglas B. Chambers, Leo M. Lowe & Ronald H. Stager

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