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Radium balance studies at the Beaverlodge Mill

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The objective of these studies was to determine the course taken by Ra-226 in the Beaverlodge Mill circuit. The results obtained show that the dissolved portion of radium at any station is small relative to the total radium in the system (<1.5%) and hence the containment of radium from solutions within the Beaverlodge Mill circuit is not practical. In the Dorrclone Plant, treatment of the bulk tailings segregates the fine −75 μm fraction. The Dorrclone overflow which contains most of the radium (>83%) is discharged to the tailings treatment system.

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  1. V. I. Lakshmanan

    Present address: Ontario Research Foundation, Sheridan Park Research Community, L5K 1B3, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

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  1. Eldorado Resources Ltd., Suite 400 255 Albert Street, K1P 6A9, Ottawa, Ontario, (Canada)

    V. I. Lakshmanan & A. W. Ashbrook

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Lakshmanan, V.I., Ashbrook, A.W. Radium balance studies at the Beaverlodge Mill. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 84, 53–66 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02038181

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