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The New Uranium Mining Boom

Challenge and lessons learned

  • There is no other book about Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology
  • Shows the state of the art techniques
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Part of the book series: Springer Geology (SPRINGERGEOL)

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Table of contents (96 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Plenary

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radium

      • Fernando P. Carvalho
      Pages 3-13
  3. Renaissance of Uranium Mining

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
    2. New Uranium ISR Satellites at Beverley North, South Australia

      • Horst Märten, Richard Phillips, Peter Woods
      Pages 23-30
    3. Waste Water Treatment of CO2 + O2 in-situ Leaching Uranium

      • Lechang Xu, Naizhong Liu, Guofu Zhang
      Pages 31-37
    4. Estimates of Effective Doses Among Czech Uranium Miners

      • Ladislav Tomasek, Jiri Hulka, Petr Rulik, Helena Mala, Irena Malatova, Vera Beckova
      Pages 51-55
    5. Uranium in Water and Sediments of the Mulde River

      • Stefan Bister, Torben Lüllau, Florian Koenn, Maruta Bunka, Jonny Birkhan, Beate Riebe et al.
      Pages 65-72
    6. Uranium Pollution of Grand Water in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

      • Yoshiko Kawabata, Masaaki Yamada, Onwona-Agyman Siaw, Aparin Vyacheslav, Berdiyar Jollibekov, Masahiro Nagai et al.
      Pages 127-134
    7. Environmental Impact of the Kadji-Sai Uranium Tailing Site, Kyrgyzstan

      • Zheenbek Kulenbekov, Broder J. Merkel
      Pages 135-142
    8. Assessment of Distribution Coefficients (Кd) of Radionuclides of the Uranium-Thorium Chain in the Uranium Manufacturing Tailing Dumps

      • Valentyn Protsak, Valery Kasparov, Igor Maloshtan, Sviatoslav Levchuk, Vasyl Yoschenko, Irina Kalyabina et al.
      Pages 143-150

About this book

The book presents the results from the Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology Conference (UMH VI) held in September 2011, in Freiberg, Germany. The following subjects are emphasised: Uranium Mining, Phosphate Mining and Uranium recovery. Cleaning up technologies for water and soil. Analysis and sensor for Uranium and Radon and Modelling.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Geology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany

    Broder Merkel, Mandy Schipek

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The New Uranium Mining Boom

  • Book Subtitle: Challenge and lessons learned

  • Editors: Broder Merkel, Mandy Schipek

  • Series Title: Springer Geology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22122-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-22121-7Published: 30 September 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52072-7Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-22122-4Published: 05 October 2011

  • Series ISSN: 2197-9545

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-9553

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 848

  • Topics: Mineral Resources, Hydrogeology

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Buying options

eBook USD 169.00
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  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 219.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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