Subventions et des contributions :

Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)

CBCL has identified a business need within their engineering consultancy to water utilities to develop newx000D
tools to evaluate uranium mobility in source water. Once developed and validated, these tools and techniquesx000D
will enhance their capabilities and greatly improve the services they can offer. Uranium is a naturally occurringx000D
element found within certain types of soil and rock formations. Under certain environmental conditions, it canx000D
become soluble and contaminate groundwater systems that are used to supply drinking water. Prior to thex000D
development of potable water supplies it would be useful to have a reliable way to test geological material forx000D
its potential to release uranium into groundwater under varying geochemical conditions. This informationx000D
would aid in groundwater resource evaluations, and mitigate the risk of developing a groundwater supply thatx000D
could produce uranium concentrations that are harmful to human health. The removal of uranium fromx000D
groundwater is technically challenging and expensive. The objective of this research project is to develop andx000D
validate new testing methods for evaluating uranium mobility from aquifer materials. The testing procedurex000D
will be applied to assess uranium leaching potential from rock materials sampled from exploratory boreholesx000D
drilled in a potential municipal groundwater supply. Once validated this new testing method would provide ax000D
valuable tool that CBCL could use to support groundwater resource assessments for a variety of clients.