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Decommissioning Data - Kazakhstan

(last updated 6 Aug 2012)

Contents:

Mines
Waste Rock
Mill Tailings
In Situ Leach Facilities

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Mines

Uranium mines - Kazakhstan
Location	Type	No. of Shafts	Total Production [t U]	Status
Pricaspian district
Tasmurun	OP			inactive
Taibagar	OP			inactive
Tomaskoye	OP			closed
Melovoye	OP			closed
Kokchetav district
Zaozernoye	UG			closed
Tastykolsk	UG			closed
Manybaisk	UG			closed
Ishimsk	UG			closed
Vostok	UG			closed
Balkashinsk	UG			closed
Grachevsk	UG			closed
Pribalkhash district
Kurdai				closed [ISSUES]
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TOTAL			60,281*

Type: UG = underground, OP = open pit
* as of end 1998
Source: Uranium 1999, OECD 2000; EUR16885 (1996)

Waste Rock

Uranium waste rock deposits - Kazakhstan
Location	No. of Heaps	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
TOTAL	97		57.9

Sources: IAEA-TECDOC-982 p.117 (1997)

Mill Tailings

Uranium Mill Tailings Deposits - Kazakhstan
Location	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
Pricaspian district
Aktau	1000	120	closed, not reclaimed [ISSUES]
Kokchetav district
Tselinny	722	88.33	suspended [ISSUES]
TOTAL

Sources: IAEA-TECDOC-982 p.117 (1997); OECD 1999; NEA 2002

In Situ Leach Facilities

Uranium In Situ Leach Facilities - Kazakhstan
Location	Surface Area ha	Contam. Groundwater Volume 10⁶ m³	Total Production [t U]	Status
Chu-Saryssu district
Kandjugan				operating
Muyunkum				Standby
Munkuduk
Uvanas				operating
Syr-Darya district
Karamurun				operating
Irkol
Zarechnoye
Kokchetav district
Semizbai


TOTAL			24,661*

* as of end 1998
Sources: Uranium 1999, OECD 2000; EUR16885 (1996)

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