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Nuclear Fuel Chain Calculators: > view some output samples Nuclear Fuel Material Balance Nuclear Fuel Energy and CO2 Balance Re-Enriched Nuclear Fuel Energy and CO2 Balance Nuclear Fuel Supply Nuclear Fuel Chain Waste Activity Nuclear Fuel Cost Recycled Nuclear Fuel Cost JOL's Friendly Enrichment Calculator Nuclear Fuel Population Health Risk Nuclear Fuel Processing Calculators: Uranium Ore Sorting Calculator Uranium Mine Feasibility Uranium Enrichment Uranium Enrichment Cost Optimizer Uranium Enrichment Tails Upgrading Depleted Uranium Value Uranium Downblending Radiation Activity Calculators: Uranium Decay Universal Decay Nuclear Fuel Chain Waste Activity Neutron Activation Alpha-Neutron Reaction Depleted/Enriched Uranium Fraction Nuclide Mix Calculator Dose and Risk Calculators: Uranium Miner Health Risk Uranium Radiation Individual Dose Uranium Radiation Age-specific Dose Uranium Radiation Organ Dose Uranium Biokinetics Radon Individual Dose External Radiation Dose (Virtual Geiger Counter) Radiation Dose to Risk Converter Dose and Risk Modeling Calculators: > view some output samples Uranium in Soil and Building Material Individual Dose Uranium Mine and Mill Resident Individual Dose Nuclear Fuel Population Health Risk Tailings Dam Calculators External Radiation Dose (Virtual Geiger Counter) Uranium Mill Tailings Radon Flux Uranium Mill Tailings Cover Slope Stability Tailings Flow Slide Tools: Unit Converter Nuclide Mix Calculator Depleted/Enriched Uranium Fraction Uranium Map Generator Source: WISE

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URANIUM MINING AND MILLING

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Current Issues - Uranium Mining and Milling

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Current Issues   Selector:

ISSUES:	World	Canada	USA	S.America	Africa	Europe	Asia	Australia
New Mining Projects	-
Operating Mines
Decommissioning Projects	-
Legislation & Regulations

High Interest Issues  Controversial Uranium Exploration Projects: 

Canada Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut British Columbia Ontario Québec USA Arizona Idaho South Dakota Centennial, CO Taylor Ranch, CO Goliad, TX Coles Hill, VA S.America Argentina

Europe Ireland Sweden Finland Czech Rep. Slovakia Novazza, Italy Spain Nisa, Portugal Africa Niger

Asia Lernadzor (AM) Balpakram (IN) Australia Angela/Pamela, NT Yeelirrie, WA Mt Gee, SA

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High Interest Issues: 

:New Uranium Mine Projects:  

Canada
Cigar Lake, Sask.  McClean Lake Caribou, Sask.  Midwest, Sask.  Millennium, Sask.  Hidden Bay, Sask.	Kiggavik, Nunavut    Michelin, Labr.    Eco Ridge, Ont.
USA
Anderson mine and mill, AZ   Arizona 1, AZ  Canyon, AZ  Pinenut, AZ  Centennial, CO  Tenderfoot Mesa, CO  Piñon Ridge mill, CO  Whirlwind, CO  Sentinel, ND   Crow Butte North Trend Expansion, NE  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   Dewey/Burdock, SD  Goliad, TX  Palangana, TX  Daneros, UT  Energy Queen, UT  Green River (Mancos), UT  La Sal (Laramide), UT  La Sal #2 (Laramide), UT	Coles Hill, VA   Allemand-Ross, WY  Antelope, WY  Bison Basin, WY  Bootheel, WY  Collins Draw, WY  Gas Hills (PRI), WY  Gas Hills (STM), WY   /  JAB, WY  Jane Dough, 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    Sky, WY  West Alkali Creek, WY
S.America
Cerro Solo (AR) Don Otto (AR)	Itataia (BR) Colibri (PE)

Europe
Talvivaara byproduct (FI)  MMS Viken (SE)   Salamanca 1 (ES)   / Novokonstantinovskoye (UA)   Karkhu (RU)
Africa
Imouraren (NE)   Azelik (NE) Dasa (NE)   Madaouéla (NE)   Bakouma (CF)   Mkuju River (TZ)   Manyoni (TZ)   Mutanga (ZM)   Letlhakane (BW)   Kanyika (MW)   Etango (NA)   Husab (ex Rössing South) (NA)   Ida Dome (NA)   Marenica (NA)   Omahola (NA)   Trekkopje (NA)   Valencia (NA)   De Bron-Merriespruit South (ZA)  Ezulwini (ZA)  Ryst Kuil (ZA)  Gold Fields' Witswatersrand tailings (ZA)  Buffelsfontein tailings (ZA)  Mintails West Rand tailings (ZA)  Rand Uranium Co tailings (ZA)

Asia
Khiagdinskoe (RU)  Dalmatovkoye (RU)  Elkon (RU)   Gornoe (RU)   Berezovoe (RU)   Olovskoye (RU)    Akdal (KZ)  Budenovskoye (KZ)  Inkay (KZ)  Karamurun (KZ)  Korsan (KZ)  North Kharasan (KZ)  Muyunkum (KZ)  South Inkay (KZ)  Zarechnoye (KZ)  Kamushanovskoe (KG)  Saghand (IR)   Ardakan (IR)	Dornod (MN)    NN (Guangdong prov., CN) NN (Xinjiang Uygur AR, CN) Shanawah (PK)  Mohuldih (IN)  Baghjanta (IN)  Gogi (IN) Lambapur-Peddagattu (IN)   Pulivendula (IN)   Kylleng-Pyndemsohiong-Mawthabah (IN)
Australia
Koongarra, NT   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   Mullaquana, 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
• Uranium Recovery from Waste Materials  (such as tailings, coal ash, and others)
• Uranium Recovery from Phosphates 
• Reprocessed Uranium 
• Disposal of Other Wastes in Uranium Mines and Mill Tailings 
• Uranium Mine and Mill Workers 
• Compensation of Navajo Uranium Miners 
• Uranium Mine and Mill Residents 
• Uranium Mining and Indigenous People 
• Uranium Trade : Transport · Trafficking · Exports · Imports

Uranium Mining Industry Info

Uranium Mine and Mill Site Info  Selector:

SITE DATA:	World	Canada	USA	S.America	Africa	Europe	Asia	Australia
Deposits, Proposed and Active Mines	-
Old Mines & Decommissioning

• The Activist's Guide to Uranium Mining
• World Uranium Resources, data and maps   (Java required) · World uranium resources   (static map)
• Uranium supply and demand - Slide Talk 
• Reichweite der Uran-Vorräte der Welt , Erstellt für Greenpeace Deutschland, Peter Diehl, Berlin, Januar 2006 (2MB PDF  - in German )
• Uranium Ore Deposits · Uranium Recovery from Phosphates
• Uranium Heap Leaching Operations 
• Uranium Mine Feasibility Calculator 
• Uranium Mining Companies  
• Historical Uranium Production and Waste Volumes Generated 
• Current Uranium Production   (Java required)
• Uranium Market   : Trade Statistics · Uranium Price
• Current Reactor-Related Uranium Requirements   (Java required)
• Current Uranium Production vs. Requirements Balance   (Java required)
• Nuclear Fuel Supply Calculator 
• Bibliography 

Impacts from Uranium Mining and Milling

• Nuclear Fuel Production Chain 
• 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 
• 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 )
• 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 
• 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 in Europe - The Impacts on Man and Environment    
• Uranium Mining and Indigenous People 
• Uranium Customers' Liability
• Site Specific Reports:
  • Radioactive contamination around the Jadugoda uranium mine in India: report by Hiroaki Koide
  • 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 
  • 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)
  • Mailii Su, Kyrgyzstan: report by Gerhard Schmidt
• Bibliography 

Uranium Mill Tailings Management

• Introduction: Concepts · Standards · Reclamation 
• Uranium mill tailings hazards and reclamation - Slide Talk 
• World Uranium Mill Tailings Map   (Java required)
• Uranium Mill Tailings Management - USA  
• Costs of Uranium Mill Tailings Management  
• 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 Chain Calculators  (Material Balance, Waste Activity, Cost, Health Risk)
• Safety of Tailings Dams   (Mechanical Stability)
• Chronology of uranium tailings dam failures 
• Bibliography 

> See also: Tailings Dam Safety

Further Information on Uranium Mining

• The Activist's Guide to Uranium Mining
• Bibliography: 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 

Source: WISE