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Uranium in the Aquatic Environment

Proceedings of the International Conference Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology III and the International Mine Water Association Symposium Freiberg, Germany, 15-21 September 2002

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  • © 2002

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  1. Broder J. Merkel

    1. Department of Geology, Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany

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  2. Britta Planer-Friedrich

    1. Department of Geology, Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany

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  3. Christian Wolkersdorfer

    1. Department of Geology, Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany

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Table of contents (129 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXI
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  2. Dose Limits and Maximum Concentration Limits (MCL’s) for Radionuclides - Implication on Remediation of Uranium Mining and Milling Facilities in Saxony, Germany

    • Michael Kinze
    Pages 1-7

  3. Remediation oriented use of conceptual site models at WISMUT GmbH: Rehabilitation of the Trünzig tailings management area

    • Alexander T. Jakubick, René Kahnt
    Pages 9-24

  4. Deep mine hydrogeology after closure: insights from the UK

    • Paul L Younger
    Pages 25-40

  5. Strategy Concept Elbe

    • Heinrich Reincke, Stephanie Hurst, Petra Schneider
    Pages 41-47

  6. Environmental hydrogeology of in situ leach uranium mining in Australia

    • Gavin M. Mudd
    Pages 49-58

  7. Reliance on existing wetlands for pollution control around the Witwatersrand gold/uranium mines of South Africa - Are they sufficient?

    • Henk Coetzee, Peter Wade, Frank Winde
    Pages 59-64

  8. Radon, water and abandoned metalliferous mines in the UK: Environmental and Human Health implications

    • Gavin K. Gillmore, John Grattan, F. Brian Pyatt, Paul S. Phillips, Gillian Pearce
    Pages 65-76

  9. Physico-chemical surface water conditions of catchments with metallogenic origin: A contribution to the establishment of the EC Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EG in Germany

    • Peter L. Neitzel, Petra Schneider, Helmut Schlumprecht
    Pages 77-84

  10. Radionuclides in underground water in an area contaminated with uranium mill waste

    • Polona Vreček, Ljudmila Benedik, Urška Repinc, Peter Stegnar, Ivan Gantar
    Pages 85-92

  11. Impact of Uranium Mining and Processing on the Environment of Mountainous areas of Kyrgyzstan

    • I. A. Torgoev, U. G. Aleshyn, H. B. Havenit
    Pages 93-98

  12. Uranium content in ground water in Stara Planina Triassic sediments

    • Zoran Nikić, Jovan Kovačević, Branislav Radošević
    Pages 99-106

  13. Contaminant transport from proposed Jabiluka mine uranium tailings paste repositories - 10 000 year dispersion and dilution analysis

    • C. R. Dudgeon, F. R. P. Kalf
    Pages 107-114

  14. Natural Uranium Fluxes and their Use in Repository Safety Assessment

    • David Read, Karl-Heinz Hellmuth, Juha Kaija, Lasse Ahonen
    Pages 115-126

  15. Long Term Safety of the Asse Salt Mine

    • Guido Bracke, Bernd Förster, Herbert Meyer, Gerd Hensel, Götz-Wolfram Thau-er, Thomas Taylor
    Pages 127-132

  16. Risk Assessment for Underground Disposal of Radioactive Wastes in Clay Strata

    • Regina Dashko, Alexey Korotkov
    Pages 133-138

  17. Uranium Migration in Argillaceous Sediments as Analogue for Transport Processes in the Far Field of Repositories (Heselbach Site, Germany)

    • Thomas Brasser, Ulrich Noseck, Dagmar Schönwiese
    Pages 139-146

  18. Translating natural concentrations and fluxes into safety indicators for radioactive waste repositories

    • Francisco Lemos, Terry Sullivan, Kurt Friese, Timothy Ross, Maria Barbosa
    Pages 147-154

  19. Evaluation of the long-term durability of engineered dry covers for mining wastes, and consideration of associated design constraints

    • Stephan Kistinger, Guido Deissmann, Martin Goldsworthy, Ralf H. Stollenwerk
    Pages 155-164

  20. Hydrology of Engineered Covers of Waste Rock Dumps towards Heavy Rainfall Phenomena: A Case Study in Uranium Mill Tailings Mitigation

    • Petra Schneider, M. Schaffrath, K. Nindel
    Pages 165-172
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Preface Uranium is a radioactive element and a heavy metal which is naturally occurring in ground and surface water. Although uranium is enriched in granites and gneiss ground water from these host rocks often shows low to intermediate uranium con­ centrations, while some ground waters from sandstone and carbonate aquifers show elevated uranium concentrations up to several hundred mg/1 without man made impact. On the other side, surface water contains increased anthropogenic uranium concentrations due to the intensive use of phosphate fertilizers and in mining areas due to mining and milling activities. Saxony and Thuringia both be­ ing states of the reunified Germany are probably an area where uranium mining activities have impacted the environment more severely than in any other part of the world. Thus, the federal government of Germany allocated huge amounts of money for the rehabilitation work, a unique proceeding without precedent in min­ ing history. In October 1995 the first international conference on Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology (UMM I) was held in Freiberg being organized by the Department of Geology at the technical University Freiberg by the support of the Saxon State Ministry of Geology and Environment. Due to the large scientific interest in the topic ofuranium a second conference (UMH II) took place in Freiberg in Septem­ ber 1998.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geology, Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany

    Broder J. Merkel, Britta Planer-Friedrich, Christian Wolkersdorfer

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