URANIUM MINING AND MILLING

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Current Issues Selector (Uranium Mining and Milling) New Mining Projects   Operating Mines (International) Decommissioning Projects   Legislation & Regulations (International) (Maps and boundary data are copyrighted by FOTW - Flags Of The World web site)

High Interest Issues  Controversial Uranium Exploration Projects: North America Canada Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut British Columbia Ontario Québec USA Grand Canyon, AZ Idaho South Dakota Centennial, CO Taylor Ranch, CO Goliad, TX Coles Hill, VA South/Central America Argentina Europe Ireland Sweden Finland Poland Czech Rep. Slovakia Novazza, Italy Spain Nisa, Portugal Africa Niger Asia Lernadzor (AM) Balpakram (IN) Australia Angela/Pamela, NT Yeelirrie, WA Mt Gee, SA

High Interest Issues   - New Uranium Mine Projects:
 

North America		Europe		Asia
USA Anderson, AZ Arizona 1, AZ Canyon, AZ Pinenut, AZ Centennial, CO Hansen, CO Tenderfoot Mesa, CO Piñon Ridge mill, CO Prince Albert, CO Slick Rock (UEC), CO Whirlwind, CO Sentinel, ND Crow Butte North Trend Expansion, NE Cebolleta, NM Churchrock (STM), NM Crownpoint, NM Grants (Rio Gr.) mill, NM Grants Ridge (UEC), NM Juan Tafoya mill, NM La Jara Mesa, NM Roca Honda, NM Apex-Lowboy, NV Gibellini, NV Aurora, OR Dewey/Burdock, SD Burke Hollow, TX Goliad, TX Palangana, TX Pawnee, TX Daneros, UT Energy Queen, UT Green River #9, UT Green River (Mancos), UT La Sal (Laramide), UT La Sal #2 (Laramide), UT Sage Plain, UT Coles Hill, VA Allemand-Ross, WY Antelope, WY Bison Basin, WY Bootheel, WY Charlie, WY Collins Draw, WY Gas Hills (PRI), WY Lower Gas Hills (STM), WY JAB, WY Jane Dough, WY Juniper Ridge, WY Lost Soldier, WY Lost Creek, WY Ludeman, WY Nichols Ranch, WY North Butte, WY Reno Creek, WY Reynolds Ranch, WY Ross, WY Sheep Mountain, WY Shirley Basin (Pathfinder), WY Sky, WY West Alkali Creek, WY	Greenland Kvanefjeld (GL) () Canada Cigar Lake, SK McClean Lake Caribou, SK Midwest, SK Millennium, SK Hidden Bay, SK Patterson Lake South, SK Rook I, SK Waterbury Lake, SK Wheeler River, SK Buckton, AB Kiggavik, NU Michelin, NL Eco Ridge, ON Matoush, QC	Talvivaara byproduct (FI) Häggån (SE) MMS Viken (SE) Närke (SE) Brzkov (CZ) Kurišková (SK) Western Mecsek (HU) Tulgheş-Grinţieş (RO) Uzina TG (RO) Salamanca 1 (ES) Novokonstantinovskoye (UA) Karkhu (RU)		Temrezli (TR) Siwāqa (JO) Dobrovolnoye (RU) Khiagdinskoe (RU) Elkon (RU) Gornoe (RU) Berezovoe (RU) Olovskoye (RU) Zhalpak (KZ) Kamushanovskoe (KG) Kyzyl-Ompul (KG) Saghand (IR) Ardakan (IR) Gurvanbulag (MN) Dornod (MN) Dulaan Uul (MN) Zoovch Ovoo (MN) NN (Guangdong prov., CN) NN (Xinjiang Uygur AR, CN) Shanawah (PK) Mohuldih (IN) Baghjanta (IN) Gogi (IN) Lambapur-Peddagattu (IN) Tummalapalle (IN) Kanampalle (IN) Kylleng-Pyndemsohiong-Mawthabah (IN)
	(Maps and boundary data are copyrighted by FOTW - Flags Of The World web site)
	South/Cent. America	Africa		Australia
	Amarillo Grande (AR) Cerro Solo (AR) Don Otto (AR) Itataia (BR) Colibri (PE) Falchani (PE)	Imouraren (NE) / Azelik (NE) Dasa (NE) Madaouéla (NE) Faléa (ML) Tiris (MR) Bakouma (CF) Mkuju River (TZ) Manyoni (TZ) Mutanga (ZM) Letlhakane (BW) Kanyika (MW) Kanyemba (ZW)	Aussinanis (NA) Etango (NA) Husab (ex Rössing South) (NA) Ida Dome (NA) Marenica (NA) Tumas (NA) Tubas Sand (NA) Omahola (NA) Ongolo (NA) / Trekkopje (NA) Norasa (NA) Rössing Z20 (NA) Zhonghe (NA) Wings (NA) Beisa Reef De Bron-Merriespruit South (ZA) Ezulwini (ZA) Karoo (ZA) Gold Fields' Witswatersrand tailings (ZA) Buffelsfontein tailings (ZA) Mintails West Rand tailings (ZA) Mooifontein (ZA) Rand Uranium Co tailings (ZA)	Koongarra, NT Carley Bore, WA Dawson-Hinkler, WA Kintyre, WA Lake Maitland, WA Mulga Rock, WA Wiluna, WA Yeelirrie, WA Honeymoon, SA Four Mile, SA Beverley North Extension, SA Crocker Well, SA Samphire, SA Oban, SA

open pit mine   ·   underground mine   ·   in situ leaching   ·   heap leaching   ·   mill   ·   tailings recovery

Other Current Issues

• Moratoria and Bans on Uranium Exploration and Mining

• Non-conventional uranium recovery
  • Uranium as by-product from mining for: Phosphates · Other Minerals
  • Uranium Recovery from Seawater
  • Uranium Recovery from Waste Materials (such as tailings, mine waste, coal ash, and others)
  • Downblending from Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU), see: Uranium Enrichment and Fuel Fabrication
  • Re-enrichment of Depleted Uranium, see: Uranium Enrichment and Fuel Fabrication
  • Reprocessed Uranium (recovered from spent fuel)

• Sideline operations with uranium mining
  • By-product recovery with uranium mining
  • Disposal of Other Wastes in Uranium Mines and Mill Tailings

• People affected from uranium mining
  • Uranium Mine and Mill Workers
  • Compensation of Navajo Uranium Miners
  • Uranium Mine and Mill Residents
  • Uranium Mining and Indigenous People

• Uranium Trade : Speculation · Transport · Trafficking · Exports · Imports

Uranium Mining Industry Info

Uranium Deposit, Mine, and Mill Site Info  Selector:

		Deposits, Proposed and Active Mines
		Old Mines & Decommissioning (world overview)
(Maps and boundary data are copyrighted by FOTW - Flags Of The World web site)

• The Activist's Guide to Uranium Mining

• Uranium Resources, Supply and Demand
  • World Uranium Resources, data and maps · World uranium resources (static map)
  • Uranium supply and demand - Slide Talk
  • Current Reactor-Related Uranium Requirements
  • Current Uranium Production vs. Requirements Balance
  • Nuclear Fuel Supply Calculator

• Uranium Deposits, Production, Trade
  • Directory of uranium deposits and mines: North America · South America · Europe · Africa · Asia · Australia/Oceania
  • Types of Uranium Ore Deposits · Uranium Recovery from Phosphates
  • Uranium ore beneficiation
  • Uranium Heap Leaching Operations
  • Uranium Ore Deposit Calculator
  • Uranium Mine Feasibility: Overview · Calculator
  • Historical Uranium Production and Waste Volumes Generated
  • Current Uranium Production
  • Uranium Market : Trade Statistics · Uranium Price

• Uranium Mining Companies
  • Directory of uranium mining and exploration companies
  • Halls of Infamy: Orano / Framatome / Areva / Cogéma · Paladin Energy Ltd · Cameco Corp.
    
  • New business opportunities pursued by failed uranium companies

• Bibliography   ·   Glossary

Impacts from Uranium Mining and Milling

• Nuclear Fuel Production Chain

• Impacts - General
  • Uranium Radiation Properties · Uranium Toxicity
  • Impacts from Uranium Mining and Milling Wastes
  • Environmental impacts of uranium mining and milling - Slide Talk
    - also available in French (without audio): Extraction et traitement des minerais d'uranium
  • Impacts of Uranium In-Situ Leaching

• Impacts - Cases
  • Sample Calculations for Health Risks from Uranium Mining and Milling
  • Environmental impacts of current uranium mine projects, Sep. 2010 (163k PDF )
  • Ökologische Folgen derzeit geplanter Uranabbau-Projekte, Sep. 2010 (165k PDF - in German )
  • Uranium Mining in Europe - The Impacts on Man and Environment , Sep. 1995 (WISE International)

• Impacts on Workers
  • Health Impacts for Uranium Mine/Mill Workers: Science Issues · Radiation Exposure
  • Health hazards for miners and residents - Slide Talk
  • Uranium Miner Health Risk Calculator · Sample Calculations
  • Individual Dose Calculators: Uranium Radiation · Radon · External Radiation (Virtual Geiger Counter)
  • Compensation of Navajo Uranium Miners

• Impacts on Residents
  • Health Impacts for Residents: Science Issues · Radiation Exposure
  • Health hazards for miners and residents - Slide Talk
  • Uranium Mine and Mill Resident Individual Dose Calculator · Sample Calculations
  • Uranium in Soil and Building Material Individual Dose Calculator
  • Individual Dose Calculators: Uranium Radiation · Radon · External Radiation (Virtual Geiger Counter)
  • Nuclear Fuel Population Health Risk Calculator · Sample Calculations
  • Uranium Mining and Indigenous People

• Impacts: Site Specific Reports
  • The inglorious legacy of COGEMA in Gabon - Decommissioning of the Mounana uranium mine and mill site
  • Uranium Mining in Eastern Germany: The WISMUT Legacy (38k)
  • "Pechblende" - The legend samizdat report on the former Wismut uranium mines in East Germany / Die legendäre Untergrund-Studie über den Uranabbau in der DDR , 1988
  • MAPE Mydlovary uranium mill, Czech Republic:
    • Radio-Ecological Investigations in the Surroundings of MAPE Uranium Ore Processing Plant Near České Budějovice in Southern Bohemia (CSFR), by Peter Bossew, Nov.1990, Ökologieinstitut report (text only)
    • Consequences of uranium ore wet metallurgy processing in MAPE - Mydlovary area at Vodňany, by Jaroslav Švehla, April 2008 (160k PDF )
    • Die Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft des Gebietes der ehemaligen chemischen Uranerzaufbereitungsanlage MAPE-Mydlovary bei Vodňany, von Jaroslav Švehla, April 2008 (160 PDF - in German )
  • Krasnokamensk, Russia: SRIC report (38k), 1999
  • Mailii Su, Kyrgyzstan: report by Gerhard Schmidt, 1997
  • Radioactive contamination around the Jadugoda uranium mine in India: report by Hiroaki Koide, 2004

• Uranium Customers' Liability

• Bibliography   ·   Glossary

Uranium Mill Tailings Management

• General
  • Introduction: Concepts · Standards · Reclamation
  • Uranium mill tailings hazards and reclamation - Slide Talk
  • World Uranium Mill Tailings Map
  • Uranium Mill Tailings Management - USA
  • Costs of Uranium Mill Tailings Management
  • Nuclear Fuel Chain Calculators (Material Balance, Waste Activity, Cost)

• Impacts of uranium mill tailings
  • Radiation Exposure of Residents at Uranium Mill Tailings
  • Individual Dose Calculators: Uranium Radiation · Radon · External Radiation (Virtual Geiger Counter)
  • Uranium Mill Tailings Radon Flux Calculator
  • Uranium Mill Tailings Cover Calculator
  • Nuclear Fuel Population Health Risk Calculator

• Tailings Dam Safety
  • Safety of Tailings Dams (Mechanical Stability)
  • Chronology of uranium tailings dam failures
  • Slope Stability Calculator

• Bibliography   ·   Glossary

> See also: Tailings Dam Safety

Further Information on Uranium Mining

• The Activist's Guide to Uranium Mining
• Bibliography: English & French / German  
• Exhibitions: English & French / German
• Films + Videos: English & French / German  
• Radiation Site Cleanup Bibliography
• Uranium Mining Legislation
• Moratoria and Bans on Uranium Exploration and Mining
• Event Calendar
• Related Information Sources: Non Government · Government

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