Would spills of uranium during transport pose any danger to human health?
No. Operations that use water as the primary component can incur spills, and all ISR projects have had a number of minor leaks, but the most important aspect is that those spills are minor and have had no long term negative affect on human health or the environment. Further, spills of ore or resin beads with uranium from the Centennial Project are very unlikely, but in the case of a spill, would ALSO pose no danger to human health or environment. The radioactivity of uranium in one gram of Weld County ore is 134 pCi (picoCurie) and that of pure natural uranium is 670,000 pCi (picoCurie) (assume 200 ppm). The latter is close to the radiation contained by a self-luminous watch dial (up to 500,000 pCi). During transport from in-situ wellfields, natural uranium will be tightly bound by ion-exchange bonds to resin beads similar to plastic, presenting no danger to human health. Nevertheless, any and all such spills would be tested and the soil would be excavated, placed in 55 gallon drums an
