Uranium, Mining and Hydrogeology

Subject of the book is Uranium and its migration in aquatic environments. The following subjects are emphasised: Uranium mining, Phosphate mining, mine closure and remediation, Uranium in groundwater and in bedrock, biogeochemistry of Uranium, environmental behavior, and modeling. Particular results...

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Other Authors: Merkel, Broder J. (Editor), Hasche-Berger, Andrea (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2008, 2008
Edition:1st ed. 2008
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Which factors influence the immobilization of uranium in soils and sediments?
  • Determination of Uranium source term in a Polluted Site: a multitechnique study
  • Peculiarities of radionuclide distribution within rock destruction zones (by the example of the objects at the Semipalatinsk Test Site)
  • Complexation of Uranium by Sulfur and Nitrogen Containing Model Ligands in Aqueous Solution
  • Characterizing As, Cu, Fe and U Solubilization by Natural Waters
  • Flow in a brine-affected aquifer at a uranium mill tailings site near Moab, Utah, USA
  • Problems of the hydrogeological monitoring of objects of the Prydneprovsk Chemical Plant (Dneprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine)
  • Characterization of U(VI) behaviour in the Ruprechtov site (CZ)
  • Spectroscopic study of the uranium(IV) complexation by organic model ligands in aqueous solution
  • Uranium Speciation - from mineral phases to mineral waters
  • Coordination of U(IV) and U(VI) sulfate hydrate in aqueous solution
  • Remediation effects of the WISMUT project to surface waters in the Elbe watershed: An overview
  • Radiological hazards from uranium mining
  • Radiological evaluation of elevated uranium concentration in ground and surface waters encountered at uranium ore mining and processing sites
  • Radiologically Relevant Radionuclide Depositions in the Agriculturally Used Parts of the Mulde River Floodplains
  • Radiological Investigation and Ecological Risk of South Coastal Section of Issyk-Kul Lake
  • Natural occurring uranium nanoparticles and the implication in bioremediation ofsurface mine waters
  • Treatment of historical uranium contaminated radioactive waste at necsa for disposal
  • Peat deposits as natural uranium filters? - First results from a case study in a dolomitic gold mining area of South Africa
  • Uranium sorption and desorption behavior on bentonite
  • Uranium(VI) sorption on montmorillonite and bentonite: Prediction and experiments
  • Modeling the water flow in unsaturated waste rock pile: an important step in the overall closure planning of the first uranium mining site in Brazil
  • Developing a 3D data model for geohazard assessment in a former uraniferous mining site
  • Uranium and heavy metals in Phosphate Fertilizers
  • Uranium accumulation in sandy soil in an arid region due to agricultural activities
  • Uranium in anthropogenic Lakes of the New Central German Lake District
  • Closure of Underground Mine of Lincang Uranium Mine
  • Small scale uranium mine remediation in northern Australia
  • The remediation of a uranium mining and milling site in Slovenia
  • Feasibility Study on Crust Formation as CO2 Sink in Uranium and Lignite Post-Mining Sites
  • Modelling and Assessment of Radionuclides Differential Transport in Groundwater
  • Infiltration and Contaminant-Transport Modeling for a Uranium Mill Tailings-Disposal Facility
  • Use of Na-Ferrate (VI) to prevent acid drainage from uranium mill tailings
  • Chemical Behaviour of Uranium in the Tailings Material of Schneckenstein (Germany)
  • Impacts of Uranium Mining on Environment of Fergana Valley in Central Asia
  • The Rum Jungle U-Cu Project: A Critical Evaluation of Environmental Monitoring and Rehabilitation Success
  • Potential of Brassica juncea and Helianthus annuus in phytoremediation for uranium
  • Uranium uptake and accumulation in Phragmites australis Trin. ex Steud. depending on phosphorus availability, litter contamination and ecotype
  • Applications of NH4Cl and citrate: Keys to acceptable phytoextraction techniques?
  • Ecological Solutions of Contaminated Environment Remediation from Uranium Mining Activities in Romania
  • Assessmentof rehabilitated uranium mine sites, Australia
  • Radiological Assessment of the rehabilitated Nabarlek Uranium Mine, Northern Territory, Australia
  • Groundwater-climate relationships, Ranger uranium mine, Australia: 1. Time series statistical analyses
  • Depressurising of Deep Underground Workings at McArthur River Mine
  • Could the calixarenes be a viable solution for radioactive decontamination of mine waters from Romania?
  • Treatment of acid drainage in a uranium deposit by means of a passive system
  • Uranium fixation by Cladophora spec.
  • Utilization of autochthonous SRB in uranium mine site remediation
  • Elemental Iron (Fe0) for Better Drinking Water in Rural Areas of Developing Countries
  • Comparison of three different sorbents for uranium retention from a source water
  • Experience gained from the experimental permeable reactive barrier installed on the former uranium mining site
  • Risk Assessment of Uranium in Selected Gold Mining Areas in South Africa
  • Risk assessment of a landfill for wastes containing naturally occurring radionuclides through infiltration to groundwater
  • Integrated Methodology for the Environmental Risk Assessment of an Abandoned Uranium Mining Site
  • Comparative investigation of the interaction of uranium with lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan
  • Environmental implications of Mn(II)-reacted biogenic UO2
  • The effect of temperature on the speciation of U(VI) in sulfate solutions
  • Safety functions derived from geochemistry for safety analysis of final disposal of high-level radioactive waste
  • Fault-relatedbarriers for uranium transport
  • Uranium glasses: the experimental leaching compared to the long-term natural corrosion
  • Radiochemical methods analysis of U and Th: metrological and geochemical applications
  • Characterization of the interactions between uranium and colloids in soil by on-line fractionation multi-detection methods
  • Towards a more safe environment: Disposability of uranium by some clay sediments in Egypt
  • The Importance of Organic Colloids for the Transport of Uranium and other Decay Chain Elements in a Boreal Stream Network
  • Assessments and decreasing of risks and damages from outbursts of Tien-Shan high mountains lakes
  • Uranium-isotopic method using to determine sources of moraine-glacial lakes feeding and assess of its outburst danger
  • Impact of uranium mines water treatment on uranium and radium behaviour
  • Changes of radium concentration in discharge wat
  • Uranium partitioning during water treatment processes
  • Speciation of Uranium in a Polluted Site: a TRLFS study
  • Uranium(VI) Sulfate Complexation as a Function of Temperature and Ionic Strength Studied by TRLFS
  • Preliminary study of interaction between tailing and the hydrologic cycle at a uranium mine near Tatanagar, India
  • The distribution of uranium in groundwater in the Bushmanland and Namaqualand areas, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
  • Uranium minerals of Bukulja mountain controls on storage reservoir water
  • Migration of uranium in groundwater in three naturally occurring anomalous areas in South Africa
  • Uranium transfer around volcanic-associated uranium deposit
  • Selective Retention of U(VI) and U(IV) Chemical Species on Eichrom Resins: DGA, TEVA and UTEVA
  • The biogeochemistry of uranium in natural-technogenic provinces of the Issik-Kul
  • Radioactivity in soils and horticulture products near uranium mining sites
  • Groundwater-climate relationships, Ranger uranium mine, Australia: 2. Validation of unsaturated flow modelling
  • Groundwater-climate relationships, Ranger uranium mine, Australia: 3. Predicting climate change impacts
  • Environmental Impacts from the North Cave Hills Abandoned Uranium Mines, South Dakota
  • Radioactivity in soils and horticulture products near uranium mining sites
  • Monitoring and remediation of the legacy sites of uranium mining in Central Asia
  • Valorification of the natural capital from the former uraniferous mining area situated in the Romanian Carpathians. Study Case: The Natural Park of Gradistea de Munte – Cioclovina
  • From remediation to long-term monitoring - The concept of key monitoring points at WISMUT
  • Official supervision measurements for remediation and monitoring of Wismut GmbH in Saxony
  • Underground in-situ mine water treatment in a flooded uranium mine at the WISMUT Königstein site - motivation, activities and outlook
  • Mechanisms and capacity of sun driven uranium removal in natural and nature-like constructed wetlands
  • Extracellular defence reactions of rape cells caused by uranium exposure
  • Microscopic and spectroscopic investigation of U(VI) interaction with monocellular green algae
  • Interactions of Paenibacillus sp. and Sulfolobus acidocaldarius strains with U(VI)
  • Comparison of elimination capacity of uranium from the water pathway between periphytic algae, submerse macrophytes and helophytes (emerse vascular plants)
  • Microbial transformations of uranium in wastes and implication on its mobility
  • Uranium biomineralization by uranium mining waste isolates: a multidisciplinary approach study
  • Uranyl reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducens in the presence or absence of iron
  • Characterization of the microbial diversity in the abandoned uranium mine Königstein
  • Biogeochemical changes induced by uranyl nitrate in a uranium waste pile
  • Uranium ISL Mining Activities at the International Atomic Energy Agency
  • Uranium mining legacies remediation and renaissance development: an international overview
  • Understanding Uranium Migration in Hard Rocks
  • Detection of hexavalent uranium with inline and field-portable immunosensors
  • Ground water remediation at the Moab, Utah, USA, former uranium-ore processing site
  • Dispersion of uranium in the environment by fertilization
  • The Potential of Thorium Deposits
  • Mining of Uranium in Kazakhstan
  • Prediction and a new Method of Exploitation of Gold Deposits with Uranium in the Variscian Molass Conglomerate Basins of Germany
  • The Prediction of geodynamic conditions of mining of Elkon uranium field (Eastern Siberia, Russia)
  • Some approaches to remediation study of the fucoid sandstone in the Straz pod Ralskem site - Nothern Bohemia
  • Permeable Reactive Barriers for Treatment of a Groundwater at a Uranium Mine: Laboratory Evaluation of Reactive Materials