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Environmental Activities in Uranium Mining and Milling (1999)

Author	NEA, IAEA
Date	September 1999
Classification	6.01.2.20/58 (URANIUM - MINING / PRODUCTION / STOCKS / PRICES)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This report on "Environmental Activities in Uranium Mining and Milling" presents 
an overview of environmental activities related to uranium production. The profile 
of activities and concerns are based on survey responses from 29 countries and a 
review of relevant activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the 
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. It also provides an overview of the reported interests 
of specialists working in the field, including environmental impact assessment, 
emissions to air and water, work environment, radiation safety, waste handling and 
disposal, mine and mill decommissioning and site restoration, and the regulation of 
these activities.

The report reflects the increasing awareness in all countries of the need for 
environmental protection. For several years large programmes have been underway 
in several countries to clean up wastes from closed mines and mills. Many of these 
sites, particularly the older ones, were brought into production, operated and closed 
when little was known about environmental effects. At the time, little concern was 
given to the resulting environmental impacts. Currently, planning for and conducting 
uranium mine closure and mill decommissioning, together with site clean-up and 
restoration, are of almost universal concern. Mine closure and mill decommissioning 
activities have been or are being conducted in most of the countries with a history 
of uranium production. Information about several mine closures and mill 
decommissioning projects is included in this report.

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