The New Uranium Mining Boom: Challenge and Lessons learned

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radium....Pages 3-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
License Procedure for Uranium Recovery from Talvivaara Deposit, Eastern Finland....Pages 17-22
New Uranium ISR Satellites at Beverley North, South Australia....Pages 23-30
Waste Water Treatment of CO 2 + O 2 in-situ Leaching Uranium....Pages 31-37
Radiation Protection and Environmental Safety Surveillance in Uranium Mining and Ore Processing in India....Pages 39-49
Estimates of Effective Doses Among Czech Uranium Miners....Pages 51-55
Evaluation of Transboundary Impact of Toxic Metals of Uranium Mine Mailoo-Suu (Kyrgyzstan)....Pages 57-64
Uranium in Water and Sediments of the Mulde River....Pages 65-72
Assessment of Background Uranium Concentration in Groundwater Around a Proposed Mining Area....Pages 73-80
Geochemistry of Radionuclides in Groundwaters at the Former Uranium and Radium Mining Region of Sabugal, Portugal....Pages 81-90
Simulation of Radionuclide Transport and Fate in Surface Waters in the Vicinity of a Past Uranium Processing Plant....Pages 91-100
Neutralisation and Trace Element Removal from Beverley in-situ Recovery Uranium Mine Barren Lixiviant via Hydrotalcite Formation....Pages 101-109
Concentration of U and Th in the Bloedkoppie Granite, Namibia....Pages 111-118
Concentration Dynamics and Speciation of Uranium in a Boreal Forest Creek – Six Years of Weekly Observations....Pages 119-126
Uranium Pollution of Grand Water in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan....Pages 127-134
Environmental Impact of the Kadji-Sai Uranium Tailing Site, Kyrgyzstan....Pages 135-142
Assessment of Distribution Coefficients (К d ) of Radionuclides of the Uranium-Thorium Chain in the Uranium Manufacturing Tailing Dumps....Pages 143-150
How Much Uranium Can Be Left at Former U Mining Sites? The Need for a Complex Assessment Framework....Pages 151-160
Health Hazards and Environmental Issues at the Uranium Mine Near Tatanagar, India....Pages 161-165
Cadmium and Uranium in German and Brazilian Phosphorous Fertilizers....Pages 167-175
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Radiological and Hydrochemical Investigation of Underground Water of Issyk-Kul Region....Pages 177-184
Interaction of Chlorella vulgaris and Schizophyllum commune with U(VI)....Pages 185-192
Sustainability: the Balanced Approach to Modern Uranium Mining....Pages 193-199
Uranium Mining Life-Cycle Energy Cost vs. Uranium Resources....Pages 201-209
Making Uranium-Mining More Sustainable – The FP7 Project EO-MINERS....Pages 211-218
Groundwater Monitoring Data and Screening Radionuclide Transport Modeling Analyses for the Uranium Mill Tailings at the Pridneprovsky Chemical Plant Site (Dneprodzerzhinsk, Ukraine)....Pages 219-228
Assessment of Failure Modes of the Ak-Tyuz Tailing Ponds in Kyrgyzstan in Preparation of Remediation Measures....Pages 229-238
The IAEA ENVIRONET Network Supporting the Remediation of Uranium Mining and Milling Sites....Pages 239-246
Environmental Management Systems in Uranium Exploration at AREVA Resources Canada Inc. (ARC)....Pages 247-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Developing an “Alternative” Mining Method....Pages 255-261
Assessment of Radiological Impact on the Environment During Recovery of Uranium from Phosphate Rocks and Phosphoric Acid....Pages 263-269
Uranium Pollution in an Estuary Affected by Two Different Contamination Sources....Pages 271-278
Distribution of Uranium Related to Particle Size of Phosphogypsum from Phosphoric Acid Production (Huelva, SW Spain)....Pages 279-286
Lithofacies Study of the Natural Phosphates: Quantification, Genetic Involvement and Distribution of Natural Radionuclides....Pages 287-296
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
Conception for Diversion of Runoff Implementing the Trünzig Uranium Tailings Pond into the Regional Catchment Area....Pages 299-306
Hydrogeological Evaluation of Flooded Uranium Mine Cavities in Hungary....Pages 307-314
Natural Radioactive Elements in the Region of Closed Uranium Mines on Stara Planina, Eastern Serbia....Pages 315-324
Solubility Controls of Arsenic, Nickel, and Iron in Uranium Mine Tailings....Pages 325-334
Study of Radionuclide Transport by Underground Water at the Semipalatinsk Test Site....Pages 335-342
Rehabilitation of Uranium Mining Waste and Restoration of the Plohnbach Valley (Germany): Design Principles, Ecological Requirements and Construction in a Fauna-Flora-Habitat Area....Pages 343-349
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
Generation and Prevention of Acid Drainage from Mining Wastes in a Uranium Deposit....Pages 351-359
Portable XRF to Guide a Groundwater Source Removal Action at the Cañon City, CO, USA Uranium Mill....Pages 361-370
Characterization of Thorium Binding by Sequential Extractions in Uranium Tailings of Schneckenstein, Germany....Pages 371-376
Safe Handling of Low pH Mill Tailings Pore Fluids Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project....Pages 377-382
Development and Migration of a Critical Habitat and Its Affect on the Colorado River Protection Strategy at the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project Site....Pages 383-388
Critical Challenges of Acid Mine Drainage in South Africa’s Witwatersrand Gold Mines and Mpumalanga Coal Fields and Possible Research Areas for Collaboration Between South African and German Researchers and Expert Teams....Pages 389-399
Legacy of Uranium Extraction and Environmental Security in the Republic of Tajikistan....Pages 401-407
Preparation of a Safety and Environmental Impact Assessment and Design of Remediation Works for Uranium Tailings at AMCO Site, Zambia....Pages 409-420
Phytoextraction of Heavy Metals by Dominating Perennial Herbs....Pages 421-431
Field Scale Phytoremediation of Soils Contaminated with Heavy Metals and Radionuclides and Further Utilization of the Plant Residues....Pages 433-442
Free and Immobilized Microbial Systems – Potential Effective Radioactive Decontaminators....Pages 443-448
Bioleaching of Shale – Impact of Carbon Source....Pages 449-454
Interactions of Ionic Liquids with Uranium and Its Bioreduction....Pages 455-463
Front Matter....Pages 465-465
Environmental Analysis of Uranium with Recombinant Antibodies....Pages 467-476
The Routine Determination of Uranium Activity in Natural Rocks and Minerals by Gamma Spectrometry....Pages 477-481
Airborne Radiometric Surveying for the Management of Health, Safety and the Environment in the Uranium Mining Industry: Potential Applications and Limitations....Pages 483-492
Coca-Cola ® for Determining Bioaccessible Uranium in Contaminated Mine Soils....Pages 493-498
Development of an Immunochromatographic Strip for Rapid, Instrument-Free, On-Site Detection of Uranium....Pages 499-504
Front Matter....Pages 505-505
Ecotoxicity of Uranium in Freshwaters: Influence of the Physico-Chemical Status of the Rivers....Pages 507-515
Radiological Impact Assessment of Mining Activities in the Wonderfonteinspruit Catchment Area, South Africa....Pages 517-527
Front Matter....Pages 505-505
Challenges in Assessing Uranium-Related Health Risks: Two Case Studies for the Aquatic Exposure Pathway from South Africa – Part I: Guideline and Toxicity Issues and the Pofadder Case Study....Pages 529-538
Challenges in Assessing Uranium-Related Health Risks: Two Case Studies for the Aquatic Exposure Pathway from South Africa – Part II: Case Study Potchefstroom....Pages 539-546
Characterization of Uranium Behavior in the Ruprechtov Site (CZ)....Pages 547-556
Estimation of Distribution Coefficient of Uranium and Its Correlation with Soil Parameters Around Uranium Mining Site....Pages 557-564
Uranium (VI) Binding to Humic Substances: Speciation, Estimation of Competition, and Application to Independent Data....Pages 565-572
Sorption of Uranium on Iron Coated Sand in the Presence of Arsenate, Selenate, and Phosphate....Pages 573-578
Sorption Behavior of Uranium in Agricultural Soils....Pages 579-584
Kinetics of Two-Line Ferrihydrite Phase Transformation Under Alkaline Conditions: Effect of Temperature and Adsorbed Arsenate....Pages 585-594
The Interaction of U(VI) with Some Bioligands or the Influence of Different Functional Groups on Complex Formation....Pages 595-606
Challenges in Detection, Structural Characterization and Determination of Complex Formation Constants of Uranyl-Arsenate Complexes in Aqueous Solutions....Pages 607-616
Effect of Temperature and Humic Acid on the U(VI) Diffusion in Compacted Opalinus Clay....Pages 617-626
Thermodynamic Data Dilemma....Pages 627-633
Formation of (Ba,Ra)SO 4 Solid Solutions – Results from Barite (Re)Precipitation and Coprecipitation Experiments....Pages 635-642
Study of the Speciation in the System UO 2 2+ –SO 4 2– –H 2 O by Means of the UV-VIS Spectrophotometry....Pages 643-652
Characterization of the Impact of Uranium Mines on the Hydrological System in a Granitic Context: Example of the Limousin Area in France....Pages 653-662
Assessment of Uranium Waste Dump Closure Systems: Results of Long Term Test Fields at the Former Uranium Mining Site in Schlema-Alberoda, Germany....Pages 663-672
Implementation of a Modeling Concept to Predict Hydraulic and Geochemical Conditions During Flooding of a Deep Mine....Pages 673-680
Radiological Impact Assessment of the Uranium Tailings Pond at Turamdih in India....Pages 681-688
The Mean Hydraulic Residence Time and Its Use for Assessing the Longevity of Mine Water Pollution from Flooded Underground Mines....Pages 689-699
Uranium Mineralization in Fractured Welded Tuffs of the Krasnokamensk Area: Transfer from Ancient to Modern Oxidizing Conditions....Pages 701-710
Front Matter....Pages 505-505
Synthesis and Research of Uranium Minerals That Form in the Disposals of Waste Radioactive Products and Under Natural Conditions....Pages 711-717
Modeling the Groundwater Flow of a 90 Sr Plume Through a Permeable Reactive Barrier Installed at the Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada....Pages 719-730
Front Matter....Pages 731-731
Cleaning of NORM Contaminated Pipes from Dismantling of Oil/Gas Production Facilities at a North African Site....Pages 733-741
Direct and Indirect Effects of Uranium on Microstructure of Sedimentary Phosphate: Fission Tracks and Radon Diffusion....Pages 743-748
Uranium in German Mineral Water – Occurrence and Origins....Pages 749-754
Heavy Metal Loads to Agricultural Soils in Germany from the Application of Commercial Phosphorus Fertilizers and Their Contribution to Background Concentration in Soils....Pages 755-762
Effect of Mg-Ca-Sr on the Sorption Behavior of Uranium(VI) on Silica....Pages 763-770
Radiological Hazard of Mine Water from Polymetallic and Uranium Deposits in the Karkonosze Mountains, South-West Poland....Pages 771-778
Uranium – a Problem in the Elbe Catchment Area?....Pages 779-788
Energetic and Economic Significance of Uranium in Mineral Phosphorous Fertilizers....Pages 789-794
Contribution of Mineral and Tap Water to the Dietary Intake of As, B, Cu, Li, Mo, Ni, Pb, U and Zn by Humans....Pages 795-803
Uranium in Secondary Phosphate Fertilizers and Base Substrates from Water Treatment Plants....Pages 805-806
Uranium in German Tap and Groundwater – Occurrence and Origins....Pages 807-820
Speciation of Uranium – from the Environment to Living Cells....Pages 821-826
The Implications of New Legislation on NORM-Generating Industries....Pages 827-833
Low-Lying States for the 103, 105 Mo Isotopes....Pages 835-844
Back Matter....Pages 845-848