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Controlled Flooding of section I of the uranium leach operation at Königstein has been finished by January 2013 with about two third of mine volume being filled. The paper provides an extensive compilation of the general technological, hydraulical and geochemical findings of the flooding process. Further-more the permit application for final flooding up to the natural water level and the approval procedure regarding the final flooding step are been discussed.
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Jenk, U., Paul, M. (2015). At the crossroads: Flooding of the underground uranium leach operation at Königstein (Germany) – A 2014 status brief. In: Merkel, B., Arab, A. (eds) Uranium - Past and Future Challenges. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11059-2_42
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