Thursday, 9 October 2008: 8:00 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 342BE
330: Hydrogeology III - Uranium, Metals, and Other Contaminants in Groundwater
Sponsor:General Discipline Sessions
JTPC Reps:F. Edwin Harvey, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ward E. Sanford, United States Geological Survey
Session Chairs:Raymond H. Johnson,
L. Rick Arnold, U.S. Geol Survey
Tanya J. Gallegos, U.S. Geological Survey
8:00 AMIn-Situ Leach Uranium Mining In the United States- Overview of Production and Remediation Issues
James K . Otton, U.S. Geological Survey, Susan M. Hall, U.S. Geological Survey
8:15 AMGroundwater Quality at In Situ Leach Uranium Mines
Bill Deutsch, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
8:30 AMThe Need for Valid Statistical Protocols to Establish Baseline Groundwater Quality at Uranium ISL Sites
Richard J. Abitz
8:45 AMX-Ray Absorption Spectroscopic Analysis of U(VI) Uptake by Mackinawite in the Presence of Carbonate
Tanya J. Gallegos, U.S. Geological Survey, Samuel M. Webb, Stanford Linear Accelerator Ctr, William J. Betterton, U.S. Geological Survey, John Bullock, U.S. Geological Survey
9:00 AMPossible Utilization of Oxygen Scavengers to Enhance Restoration of Insitu Leach Uranium Mining
Ken E. Davis, Subsurface Technology Inc
9:15 AMAn Experimental Investigation of U(IV) Organic Aqueous Complexation with Citric Acid, NTA and EDTA
Johnson Haas, Western Michigan Univ, Michelle L. Barger, Western Michigan Univ
9:30 AMGroundwater Chemistry of the Grover Uranium In-Situ Recovery Pilot Test Site, Weld County, Colorado
Susan M. Hall, United States Geological Survey, Thomas E. Johnson, Colorado State University
9:45 AMFactoring Uncertainty into Restoration Modeling of In-Situ Leach Uranium Mines
Raymond H. Johnson, USGS, Michael J. Friedel, USGS
10:00 AMBreak
10:15 AMScale Dependence of Effective Matrix Diffusion Coefficient: Evidence and Potential Mechanisms
Hui-Hai Liu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
10:30 AMDeep Groundwater Drilling, Central Texas
William Feathergail Wilson, Strata Geological Services
10:45 AMRadiogenic Halogen Isotopes in Cold Places: Deep Seeps or Recent Salt Dissolution?
Glen T. Snyder, Rice University, Ashley Hubbard, Rice University, Yasuyuki Muramatsu, Gakushiun University, Lu Hailong, National Research Council of Canada
11:00 AMRed Sea Rifting Controls on Groundwater Reservoir Distribution: Constraints from Geophysical, Isotopic, and Remote Sensing Data
Mohamed Sultan, Western Michigan University, M. Safei El Den Metwally, Desert Research Center, Ahmed Fawzy Yousef, Desert Research Center, Adam Milewski, Western Michigan University, Neil Sturchio, University of Illinois at Chicago, Abdel Mawgoud Mohammed Mahmoud, South Valley University, Richard Becker, University of Toledo, Zhanay Sagintayev, Western Michigan University

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