The New Uranium Mining Boom Challenge and Lessons learned

The book presents the results from the Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology Conference (UMH VI) held in September 2011, in Freiberg, Germany. The following subjects are dealt with in depth: uranium mining, phosphate mining and uranium recovery. Cleaning up tec

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Broder Merkel • Mandy Schipek Editors

The New Uranium Mining Boom Challenge and Lessons learned

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Editors Prof. Dr. Broder Merkel TU Bergakademie Freiberg Institute for Geology Gustav-Zeuner-Strasse 12 09596 Freiberg Germany [email protected] Dipl.-Geoökol. Mandy Schipek TU Bergakademie Freiberg Institute for Geology Gustav-Zeuner-Strasse 12 09596 Freiberg Germany [email protected]

ISBN 978-3-642-22121-7 e-ISBN 978-3-642-22122-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-22122-4 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011936159 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: deblik, Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Contents

Part 0 Plenary Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radium.................................................... Fernando P. Carvalho

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Part 1 Renaissance of Uranium Mining License Procedure for Uranium Recovery from Talvivaara Deposit, Eastern Finland................................................................................................ Ari Luukkonen, Esko Ruokola

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New Uranium ISR Satellites at Beverley North, South Australia ............... Horst Märten, Richard Phillips, Peter Woods

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Waste Water Treatment of CO2 + O2 in-situ Leaching Uranium ................ Lechang Xu, Naizhong Liu, Guofu Zhang

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Radiation Protection and Environmental Safety Surveillance in Uranium Mining and Ore Processing in India.......................................... A.H. Khan, V.D. Puranik Estimates of Effective Doses Among Czech Uranium Miners ..................... Ladislav Tomasek, Jiri Hulka, Petr Rulik, Helena Mala, Irena Malatova, Vera Beckova Evaluation of Transboundary Impact of Toxic Metals of Uranium Mine Mailoo-Suu (Kyrgyzstan).................................................. V.B. Aparin, J.P. Voronova, S.K. Smirnova

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Uranium in Water and Sediments of the Mulde River................................. Stefan Bister, Torben Lüllau, Florian Koenn, Maruta Bunka, Jonny Birkhan, Beate Riebe, Rolf Michel

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Assessment of Background Uranium Concentration in Groundwater Around a Proposed Mining Area ........