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February 9, 2010: Uranium concentrations in tailings seepage at Ranger uranium mine 5400 times background; rehabilitation impossible (Australia)
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February 8, 2010: Draft Environmental Scoping Document for downsized Yeelirrie uranium mine project available for public review (West Australia)
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February 7, 2010: NGO warns about impending uranium tailings dam failures and mudslides caused by earthquakes and/or heavy rain (Malawi)
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February 5, 2010: U.S. NRC issues Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for relaxed groundwater standards at Western Nuclear, Inc.'s Split Rock uranium mill tailings site (Wyoming)
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February 4, 2010: Grants Ridge uranium mine and heap leach project application deferred for two years (New Mexico)
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February 4, 2010: No sale of U.S. DOE uranium inventories in 2011
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February 4, 2010: Portsmouth enrichment plant cleanup in 2011 to be funded from federal budget rather than sale of DOE uranium inventories (Ohio)
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February 4, 2010: Rand Uranium announces construction of processing plant for re-mining of Cooke tailings dump (South Africa)
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February 3, 2010: U.S. concerned about trafficking of uranium mined at Rössing (Namibia)
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February 3, 2010: Another claim stake found at Maybell (Colorado) uranium mill tailings disposal site - on top of disposal cell [!]
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February 3, 2010: In the aftermath of UF6 release incident, Urenco Germany CEO denies any own neglects, but accuses hospital employees
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February 3, 2010: Pressures may be too high in some uranium hexafluoride storage cylinders at the Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. plant in Erwin (Tennessee)
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February 3, 2010: U.S. NRC issues draft regulatory guide "Monitoring and Reporting Radioactive Materials in Liquid and Gaseous Effluents from Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities" for comment
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February 3, 2010: Groups challenge water-right permit for proposed Piñon Ridge uranium mill (Colorado)
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February 3, 2010: West Australia Environment Minister dismisses appeal aiming at higher level of assessment for Wiluna uranium mine project
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February 2, 2010: U.S. NRC puts review of license application for Ludeman in situ leach uranium project on hold (Wyoming)
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February 2, 2010: France launches website for acces to radiation monitoring data
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February 1, 2010: USEC gets $45 million in federal aid for American Centrifuge Plant (Ohio) - in exchange for depleted uranium tails [!]
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February 1, 2010: U.S. NRC Special Inspection Team to investigate spill at WEC Columbia nuclear fuel plant, South Carolina
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February 1, 2010: Uranium mill tailings underneath roadways still pose problem in Grand Junction (Colorado)
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February 1, 2010: Positive interim pre-feasibility report announced for Kvanefjeld rare earth/uranium deposit (Greenland)
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January 30, 2010: Demonstration with 150 participants demands shutdown of Gronau uranium enrichment plant (Germany)
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January 29, 2010: U.S. NRC extends comment period on draft Supplements to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for the Lost Creek, Moore Ranch, and Nichols Ranch uranium in-situ leach projects (Wyoming)
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January 29, 2010: Swedish Radiation Safety Authority confirms Westinghouse Västerås plant is the origin of incompletely cleaned UF6 cylinder that led to exposure in Urenco's Gronau plant
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January 29, 2010: Angarsk enrichment plant wants its premises excised from city territory to avoid legal conflict over depleted uranium hexafluoride (tails) storage (Russia)
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January 29, 2010: Rössing South uranium mine production to start in the fourth quarter of 2013
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January 28, 2010: Colorado schedules rulemaking for groundwater protection at in situ leach uranium mine sites
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January 27, 2010: Acid mine water started overflowing from abandoned West Rand mines; environmental disaster is taking its course (South Africa)
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January 27, 2010: Proposed state legislation takes aim at uranium mill cleanup in Colorado
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January 27, 2010: Iran assists Guyana with uranium prospection
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January 27, 2010: Jordan, Algeria sign nuclear energy cooperation deal, including uranium mining
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January 26, 2010: Study finds association between cerebrovascular diseases mortality and cumulative radon exposure in French uranium miner cohort
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January 25, 2010: Acquisition of Christensen Ranch and Irigaray uranium in-situ leach mines by Uranium One Inc. completed
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January 25, 2010: Urenco Capenhurst fails to maintain and test some safety related plant equipment (United Kingdom)
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January 25, 2010: Unexpected enhanced site perimeter radiation levels detected at Urenco Capenhurst plant (United Kingdom)
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January 25, 2010: Municipalities oppose uranium mining in Mingan area (Québec)
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January 25, 2010: Water crisis in Swakopmund; uranium mines also affected (Namibia)
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January 24, 2010: At Cherbourg (France), activisits block train carrying depleted uranium hexafluoride destined for Russia
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January 23, 2010: Brazilian police discover 450 kg of contraband uranium ore
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January 22, 2010: Cigar Lake uranium project expected to be ready for development as early as April 2010 (Saskatchewan)
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January 22, 2010: Worker exposed to uranium hexafluoride at Gronau uranium enrichment plant (Germany)
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January 21, 2010: Westinghouse struggling with regulatory hurdles to transport nuclear fuel made from "perfumed" uranium
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January 20, 2010: Wells near Caetité uranium mine closed for excess radiation levels (Brazil)
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January 20, 2010: City of Virginia Beach conducting study of its own on possible impacts from proposed uranium mining in Chatham (Virginia)
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January 20, 2010: U.S. District Court rules in favor of environmentalists regarding DOE Uranium Leasing Program (Colorado/Utah)
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January 20, 2010: Palangana in situ leach uranium project receives final permit (Texas)
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January 20, 2010: U.S. NRC issues Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Dewey-Burdock In Situ Uranium Recovery Facility (South Dakota)
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January 20, 2010: Environmental authorization for "super dump" tailings dam withdrawn (South Africa)
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January 19, 2010: Contaminated sand from DU firing range at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, Missouri, to be sent to Grand View, Idaho, disposal site
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January 19, 2010: Acid mine water build-up in abandoned West Rand mines reaches surface with one centimetre to spare; environmental disaster waiting to happen (South Africa)
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January 18, 2010: Uranium One plans to have new Wyoming ISL projects licensed as satellites to newly acquired Christensen Ranch / Irigaray mine
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January 18, 2010: Viability of Daneros uranium mine confirmed (Utah)
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January 16, 2010: Pilot project for geothermal heating from former Wismut uranium mines (Germany)
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January 15, 2010: License application filed for Ludeman in situ leach uranium project (Wyoming)
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January 14, 2010: CNSC invites public comment on Draft Environmental Assessment Screening Report on installation of berms at the decommissioning Stanrock Mine near Elliot Lake, Ontario
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January 14, 2010: Suspension of Dornod mining license lifted (Mongolia)
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January 13, 2010: India to mine uranium in Mongolia
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January 13, 2010: Mining started at Denison's Arizona 1 uranium mine (Arizona)
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January 12, 2010: U.S. NRC proposes $35,000 penalty against Babcock & Wilcox nuclear fuel facility in Lynchburg (Virginia)
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January 12, 2010: Radiation expert blasts EnergySolutions for misleading public on hazards of DU disposal at Clive (Utah)
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January 12, 2010: Uravan Minerals Inc. ordered to clean up Sand Lake exploration camp site in Nunavut (Canada)
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January 9, 2010: Depleted uranium to be disposed in Clive might contain reactor waste concentrations in excess of state limit (Utah)
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January 8, 2010: U.S. NRC issues Notice of Hearing on GLE's license application for commercial laser technology uranium enrichment plant in Wilmington (North Carolina)
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January 8, 2010: Malawi signs agreement with India on uranium exploration
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January 8, 2010: U.S. NRC issues Notice of Availability of a Memorandum of Understanding between NRC and BLM
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January 2010: Utah DEQ releases Denison's groundwater permit renewal application for White Mesa Mill
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January 5, 2010: Areva takes action to clean up the radiation spots indicated by Greenpeace in the streets of Akokan (Niger)
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January 5, 2010: U.S. NRC issues Notice of Opportunity for Hearing regarding License Application Request of Powertech (USA) Inc. for Dewey-Burdock In Situ Uranium Recovery Facility (South Dakota)
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January 4, 2010: Public review invited for Environmental Impact Study for Matoush uranium exploration project (Québec)
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January 4, 2010: Nuclear Safety Authority finds that decantation basin which failed in 2004 at the Malvési conversion plant is not properly authorized; control over two basins withdrawn from Comurhex/Areva (France)
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2009 Annual Site Inspection & Monitoring Report for Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act Title I Disposal Sites, U.S. DOE, Office of Legacy Management, 2010: Part 1 · Part 2
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Olympic Dam - Environmental Management and Monitoring Report, 1 July 2008 - 30 June 2009 , BHP Billiton (4.1MB PDF
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Olympic Dam - Great Artesian Basin Wellfields Report, 1 July 2008 - 30 June 2009 , BHP Billiton (1.5MB PDF , PIRSA)
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Handbook of Parameter Values for the Prediction of Radionuclide Transfer in Terrestrial and Freshwater Environments , Technical Reports Series No. 472, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2010 (1.6MB PDF )
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Cogéma Bessines: Bilan de fonctionnement division minière de la Crouzille (DRIRE Limousin - in French
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U.S. EPA ARAR Dose Compliance Concentrations Goals for Radionuclides in Buildings (BDCC) (select "BDCC search" for calculator)
This electronic calculator provides information on establishing Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements (ARARs) dose compliance concentrations for radionuclides in buildings (BDCCs) at Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) sites with radioactive contamination.
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U.S. EPA ARAR Dose Compliance Concentrations Goals for Radionuclides in Surfaces (SDCC) (select "SDCC search" for calculator)
This electronic calculator provides information on establishing Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements (ARARs) dose compliance concentrations for radionuclides in outside hard surfaces (SDCCs) at Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) sites with radioactive contamination.
The calculator presents standardized exposure parameters and equations that should generally be used for calculating radionuclide SDCCs for outside hard surfaces (e.g., building slabs, outside building walls, sidewalks and roads) with either a residential or a commercial/industrial use.
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Use of Reprocessed Uranium: Challenges and Options , IAEA Nuclear Energy Series No. NF-T-4.4, Dec. 2009 (978k PDF )
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Uranium Mining Issues: 2009 Review
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Lists of Spills and Excursions for COMIN , Dec. 17, 2009 (ADAMS Acc. No. ML093640215)
[complete statistics for Cogema's Christensen Ranch and Irigaray uranium in situ leach mines in Wyoming, 1980 - 2009]
Quote of the day:
"We're taking the uranium out of the ground, we're exporting it to be used for productive purposes, so we should be getting a medal for cleaning up the environment."
(Neville Huxham, Malawi country director for Paladin Energy Africa, IPS Aug. 24, 2009)
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