Uranium, Mining and Hydrogeology

1. Uranium ISL Mining Activities at the International Atomic Energy Agency
Jan Slezak

2. Uranium mining legacies remediation and renaissance development: an international overview
Peter Waggitt

3. Understanding Uranium Migration in Hard Rocks
W. Eberhard Falck, David Read, S. Black, D. Thornley, M. Markovaara-Koivisto, M. Siitari-Kauppi

4. Detection of hexavalent uranium with inline and field-portable immunosensors
Scott J. Melton, Haini Yu, Mehnaaz F. Ali, Kenneth H. Williams, Michael J. Wilkins, Philip E. Long, Diane A. Blake

5. Ground water remediation at the Moab, Utah, USA, former uranium-ore processing site
Donald R. Metzler, Joseph D. Ritchey, Kent A. Bostick, Kenneth G. Pill, Elizabeth M. Glowiak

6. Dispersion of uranium in the environment by fertilization
Ewald Schnug, Silvia Haneklaus

7. The Potential of Thorium Deposits
Ulrich Schwarz-Schampera

8. Mining of Uranium in Kazakhstan
Gulzhan Ospanova, Ivan Mazalov, Zhaksylyk Alybayev

9. Prediction and a new Method of Exploitation of Gold Deposits with Uranium in the Variscian Molass Conglomerate Basins of Germany
Elkhan A. Mamedov

10. The Prediction of geodynamic conditions of mining of Elkon uranium field (Eastern Siberia, Russia)
V. N. Morozov, E. N. Kamnev, I. Y. Kolesnikov, V. N. Tatarinov

11. Some approaches to remediation study of the fucoid sandstone in the Straz pod Ralskem site - Nothern Bohemia
Pavel Franta, Vaclava Havlova, Lukas Kraus, Barbora Drtinova, Karel Stamberg, Ondra Sracek, Zbynek Vencelides

12. Permeable Reactive Barriers for Treatment of a Groundwater at a Uranium Mine: Laboratory Evaluation of Reactive Materials
David W. Blowes, J.G. Bain, S.-W. Jeen, K. Hughes

13. Depressurising of Deep Underground Workings at McArthur River Mine
Houmao Liu, Rashid Bashir, Steve Axen, James Hatley, Greg Murdock

14. Could the calixarenes be a viable solution for radioactive decontamination of mine waters from Romania?
Ioana-Carmen Popescu, Florian Aurelian, Viorica Ciocan, Petru Filip, Zoia Cristu

15. Treatment of acid drainage in a uranium deposit by means of a passive system
Stoyan Groudev, Irena Spasova, Marina Nicolova, Plamen Georgiev

16. Uranium fixation by Cladophora spec.
Claudia Dienemann, Holger Dienemann, E. Gert Dudel, C. Schurig

17. Utilization of autochthonous SRB in uranium mine site remediation
Martin Hoffmann, Andrea Kassahun, Ulf Jenk

18. Elemental Iron (Fe0) for Better Drinking Water in Rural Areas of Developing Countries
Chicgoua Noubactep, P. Woafo

19. Comparison of three different sorbents for uranium retention from a source water
Karin Popa

20. Experience gained from the experimental permeable reactive barrier installed on the former uranium mining site
M. Csővári, G. Földing, J. Csicsák, É. Frucht

21. Risk Assessment of Uranium in Selected Gold Mining Areas in South Africa
Peter Wade, Henk Coetzee

22. Risk assessment of a landfill for wastes containing naturally occurring radionuclides through infiltration to groundwater
Juan Merino, Jordi Guimerà, Xavier Gaona, Miguel Luna, Anne Delos, Jordi Bruno

23. Integrated Methodology for the Environmental Risk Assessment of an Abandoned Uranium Mining Site
Maria Lurdes Dinis, António Fiúza

24. 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
Mariza Franklin, Horst Monken Fernandes, Martinus Th. Genuchten

25. Developing a 3D data model for geohazard assessment in a former uraniferous mining site
Sorin Mihai, Daniel Scradeanu

26. Uranium and heavy metals in Phosphate Fertilizers
Ashraf E. M. Khater

27. Uranium accumulation in sandy soil in an arid region due to agricultural activities
Ashraf E. M. Khater, A.S. Al-Saif, H.A. AL-Sewaidan

28. Uranium in anthropogenic Lakes of the New Central German Lake District
Wolfgang Czegka, Frank W Junge, Jörg Hausmann, Rainer Wennrich

29. Closure of Underground Mine of Lincang Uranium Mine
Lechang Xu, Xueli Zhang, Jie Gao, Guangzhi Wei, Xin Shang

30. Small scale uranium mine remediation in northern Australia
Peter Waggitt, Michael Fawcett

31. The remediation of a uranium mining and milling site in Slovenia
Michael Paul, Boris Likar, Zmago Logar, Thomas Metschies

32. Feasibility Study on Crust Formation as CO2 Sink in Uranium and Lignite Post-Mining Sites
Petra Schneider, N. Gottschalk, D. Zänder, R. Löser, T. Günther, B. Tunger, L. Eckardt, S. Hurst

33. Modelling and Assessment of Radionuclides Differential Transport in Groundwater
Maria Lurdes Dinis, António Fiúza

34. Infiltration and Contaminant-Transport Modeling for a Uranium Mill Tailings-Disposal Facility
Ryan T. Jakubowski, Douglas S. Oliver, John J. Mahoney

35. Use of Na-Ferrate (VI) to prevent acid drainage from uranium mill tailings
Horst Monken Fernandes, Debra Reinhart, Mariza Ramalho Franklin

36. Chemical Behaviour of Uranium in the Tailings Material of Schneckenstein (Germany)
Taoufik. Naamoun, Broder Merkel

37. Impacts of Uranium Mining on Environment of Fergana Valley in Central Asia
Isakbek Torgoev, Yuriy Aleshin, Gennadiy Ashirov

38. The Rum Jungle U-Cu Project: A Critical Evaluation of Environmental Monitoring and Rehabilitation Success
Gavin M. Mudd, James Patterson

39. Potential of Brassica juncea and Helianthus annuus in phytoremediation for uranium
Beate Huhle, Herman Heilmeier, Broder Merkel

40. Uranium uptake and accumulation in Phragmites australis Trin. ex Steud. depending on phosphorus availability, litter contamination and ecotype
Carsten Brackhage, M. Wartchow

41. Applications of NH4Cl and citrate: Keys to acceptable phytoextraction techniques?
Gerhard Gramss, Hans Bergmann

42. Ecological Solutions of Contaminated Environment Remediation from Uranium Mining Activities in Romania
Nicoleta Groza

43. Assessment of rehabilitated uranium mine sites, Australia
Bernd Lottermoser, Paul Ashley

44. Radiological Assessment of the rehabilitated Nabarlek Uranium Mine, Northern Territory, Australia
A. Bollhöfer, P. Martin, B. Ryan, Kirrilly Pfitzner, A. Frostick, K. Evans, D. Jones

45. Groundwater-climate relationships, Ranger uranium mine, Australia: 1. Time series statistical analyses
Mobashwera Kabir, Kais Hamza, Gavin M. Mudd, Anthony R. Ladson

46. Groundwater-climate relationships, Ranger uranium mine, Australia: 2. Validation of unsaturated flow modelling
Mobashwera Kabir, Gavin M. Mudd, Anthony R. Ladson

47. Groundwater-climate relationships, Ranger uranium mine, Australia: 3. Predicting climate change impacts
Mobashwera Kabir, Gavin M. Mudd, Anthony R. Ladson, Edoardo Daly

48. Environmental Impacts from the North Cave Hills Abandoned Uranium Mines, South Dakota
James Stone, Larry Stetler

49. Radioactivity in soils and horticulture products near uranium mining sites
Fernando P. Carvalho, João M. Oliveira

50. Monitoring and remediation of the legacy sites of uranium mining in Central Asia
Alex Jakubick, Mykola Kurylchyk, Oleg Voitsekhovich, Peter Waggitt

51. 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
Dan Bujor Nica, Dragos Curelea, Liliana Ciobanu, Alexandru Petrescu

52. From remediation to long-term monitoring - The concept of key monitoring points at WISMUT
Elke Kreyβig, Uwe Sporbert, Sven Eulenberger

53. Official supervision measurements for remediation and monitoring of Wismut GmbH in Saxony
Thomas Heinrich, Antje Abraham, Werner Preuβe

54. Underground in-situ mine water treatment in a flooded uranium mine at the WISMUT Königstein site - motivation, activities and outlook
Ulf Jenk, Kerstin Nindel, Udo Zimmermann

55. Remediation effects of the WISMUT project to surface waters in the Elbe watershed: An overview
Michael Paul, Elke Kreyβig, Jürgen Meyer, Uwe Sporbert

56. Radiological hazards from uranium mining
Bruno Chareyron

57. Radiological evaluation of elevated uranium concentration in ground and surface waters encountered at uranium ore mining and processing sites
Peter Schmidt, Thomas Lindner

58. Radiologically Relevant Radionuclide Depositions in the Agriculturally Used Parts of the Mulde River Floodplains
Johannes Richter, Stefan Ritzel, Rainer Gellermann, Kristin Nickstadt, Rolf Michel

59. Radiological Investigation and Ecological Risk of South Coastal Section of Issyk-Kul Lake
Azamat Tynybekov, Zheenbek Kulenbekov, Meder Aliev

60. Natural occurring uranium nanoparticles and the implication in bioremediation of surface mine waters
Martin Mkandawire, E. Gert Dudel

61. Treatment of historical uranium contaminated radioactive waste at necsa for disposal
J.J. Badenhorst, W Meyer

62. Peat deposits as natural uranium filters? - First results from a case study in a dolomitic gold mining area of South Africa
Frank Winde

63. Uranium sorption and desorption behavior on bentonite
Samer Bachmaf, Britta Planer-Friedrich, Broder J. Merkel

64. Uranium(VI) sorption on montmorillonite and bentonite: Prediction and experiments
Cordula Nebelung, V. Brendler

65. Which factors influence the immobilization of uranium in soils and sediments?
Angelika Schöner, Chicgoua Noubactep

66. Determination of Uranium source term in a Polluted Site: a multitechnique study
Vannapha Phrommavanh, Michaël Descostes, Catherine Beaucaire, Michel L. Schlegel, Olivier Marie, Fran¸ois Bonniec, J.P. Gaudet

67. Peculiarities of radionuclide distribution within rock destruction zones (by the example of the objects at the Semipalatinsk Test Site)
Ella Gorbunova

68. Complexation of Uranium by Sulfur and Nitrogen Containing Model Ligands in Aqueous Solution
Claudia Joseph, B. Raditzky, Katja Schmeide, Gerhard Geipel, Gert Bernhard

69. Characterizing As, Cu, Fe and U Solubilization by Natural Waters
Chicgoua Noubactep, Angelika Schöner, M. Schubert

70. Flow in a brine-affected aquifer at a uranium mill tailings site near Moab, Utah, USA
David Peterson, John Ford, Jim Moran

71. Problems of the hydrogeological monitoring of objects of the Prydneprovsk Chemical Plant (Dneprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine)
Oleksandr Skalskyy, Victor Ryazantsev

72. Characterization of U(VI) behaviour in the Ruprechtov site (CZ)
Dušan Vopálka, Václava Havlová, Michal Andrlík

73. Spectroscopic study of the uranium(IV) complexation by organic model ligands in aqueous solution
Katja Schmeide, Gert Bernhard

74. Uranium Speciation - from mineral phases to mineral waters
Gerhard Geipel, Gert Bernhard

75. Coordination of U(IV) and U(VI) sulfate hydrate in aqueous solution
Christoph Hennig, Satoru Tsushima, Vinzenz Brendler, Atsushi Ikeda, Andreas C. Scheinost, Gert Bernhard

76. Uranium partitioning during water treatment processes
Ashraf E.M. Khater

77. Speciation of Uranium in a Polluted Site: a TRLFS study
Vannapha Phrommavanh, Thomas Vercouter, Michaël Descostes, Catherine Beaucaire, J.P. Gaudet

78. Uranium(VI) Sulfate Complexation as a Function of Temperature and Ionic Strength Studied by TRLFS
Aleš Vetešník, Miroslava Semelová, Karel Štamberg, Dušan Vopálka

79. Preliminary study of interaction between tailing and the hydrologic cycle at a uranium mine near Tatanagar, India
S.K. Sharma

80. The distribution of uranium in groundwater in the Bushmanland and Namaqualand areas, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Nicolene Wyk, Henk Coetzee

81. Uranium minerals of Bukulja mountain controls on storage reservoir water
Zoran Nikić, Jovan Kovačević, Petar Papić

82. Migration of uranium in groundwater in three naturally occurring anomalous areas in South Africa
Henk Coetzee, Nicolene Wyk, Peter Wade, Patrich Holmstrom, Håkan Tarras-Wahlberg, Shane Chaplin

83. Uranium transfer around volcanic-associated uranium deposit
Vladislav A. Petrov, Antje Wittenberg, Ulrich Schwarz-Schampera, Jörg Hammer

84. Selective Retention of U(VI) and U(IV) Chemical Species on Eichrom Resins: DGA, TEVA and UTEVA
Alexandru Cecal, Marian Raileanu, Doina Humelnicu, Karin Popa, Florica Ionica

85. The biogeochemistry of uranium in natural-technogenic provinces of the Issik-Kul
Bekmamat M. Djenbaev, A. B. Shamshiev, B. T. Jolboldiev, B. K. Kaldybaev, A. A. Jalilova

86. Radioactivity in soils and horticulture products near uranium mining sites
Fernando P. Carvalho, João M. Oliveira

87. Mechanisms and capacity of sun driven uranium removal in natural and nature-like constructed wetlands
E. Gert Dudel, Kerstin Aretz, Carsten Brackhage, Holger Dienemann, Claudia Dienemann, Martin Mkandawire, Arndt Weiske

88. Extracellular defence reactions of rape cells caused by uranium exposure
Katrin Viehweger, Gerhard Geipel

89. Microscopic and spectroscopic investigation of U(VI) interaction with monocellular green algae
Manja Vogel, Alix Günther, Johannes Raff, Gert Bernhard

90. Interactions of Paenibacillus sp. and Sulfolobus acidocaldarius strains with U(VI)
Thomas Reitz, Mohamed L. Merroun, Sonja Selenska-Pobell

91. Comparison of elimination capacity of uranium from the water pathway between periphytic algae, submerse macrophytes and helophytes (emerse vascular plants)
Kerstin Aretz, E. Gert Dudel

92. Microbial transformations of uranium in wastes and implication on its mobility
Arokiasamy J. Francis

93. Uranium biomineralization by uranium mining waste isolates: a multidisciplinary approach study
Mohamed L. Merroun, Christoph Hennig, Sonja Selenska-Pobell

94. Uranyl reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducens in the presence or absence of iron
Jonathan O. Sharp, Eleanor J. Schofield, Harish Veeramani, Elena I. Suvorova, Pilar Junier, John R. Bargar, Rizlan Bernier-Latmani

95. Characterization of the microbial diversity in the abandoned uranium mine Königstein
Jana Seifert, Beate Erler, Kathrin Seibt, Nina Rohrbach, Janine Arnold, Michael Schlömann, Andrea Kassahun, Ulf Jenk

96. Biogeochemical changes induced by uranyl nitrate in a uranium waste pile
Sonja Selenska-Pobell, Andrea Geissler, Mohamed Merroun, Katrin Flemming, Gerhard Geipel, Helfried Reuther

97. Comparative investigation of the interaction of uranium with lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan
Astrid Barkleit, Henry Moll, Gert Bernhard

98. Environmental implications of Mn(II)-reacted biogenic UO2

Harish Veeramani, Eleanor J. Schofield, Elena Suvorova, Jonathan O. Sharp, John R. Bargar, Rizlan Bernier-Latmani

99. The effect of temperature on the speciation of U(VI) in sulfate solutions
Linfeng Rao, Guoxin Tian

100. Safety functions derived from geochemistry for safety analysis of final disposal of high-level radioactive waste
Guido Bracke, Thomas Beuth, Klaus Fischer-Appelt, Jürgen Larue, Martin Navarro

101. Fault-related barriers for uranium transport
Vladislav Petrov, Valery Poluektov, Jörg Hammer, Sergey Schukin

102. Uranium glasses: the experimental leaching compared to the long-term natural corrosion
Radek Procházka, Vojtěch Ettler, Viktor Goliáš, Jakub Plášil

103. Radiochemical methods analysis of U and Th: metrological and geochemical applications
Catherine Galindo, Said Fakhi, Abdelmjid Nourreddine, Hassan Hannache

104. Characterization of the interactions between uranium and colloids in soil by on-line fractionation multi-detection methods
Céline Claveranne-Lamolére, Gaëtane Lespes, Jean Aupiais, Eric Pili, Fabien Pointurier, Martine Potin-Gautier

105. Towards a more safe environment: Disposability of uranium by some clay sediments in Egypt
Samy Mohamed Abd-Allah, O.M. El Hussaini, R.M. Mahdy

106. The Importance of Organic Colloids for the Transport of Uranium and other Decay Chain Elements in a Boreal Stream Network
Fredrik Lidman, L. Björkvald, B. Stolpe, S. Köhler, M. Mörth, H. Laudon

107. Assessments and decreasing of risks and damages from outbursts of Tien-Shan high mountains lakes
Alexander N. Valyaev, S.V. Kazakov, S.A. Erochin, T.V. Tusova

108. Uranium-isotopic method using to determine sources of moraine-glacial lakes feeding and assess of its outburst danger
Alexander N. Valyaev, D.M. Mamatkanov, S.A. Erochin, T.V. Tusova

109. Impact of uranium mines water treatment on uranium and radium behaviour
Charlotte Cazala, Christian Andrès, Jean-Louis Decossas, Michel Cathelineau, Chantal Peiffert

110. Changes of radium concentration in discharge waters from coal mines in Poland as a result of mitigation
Stanislaw Chałupnik, Małgorzata Wysocka

111. Radium transfer from solid into liquid phase – a theoretical approach to its behaviour in aquifers
Stanislaw Chalupnik

112. Distribution of Ra-226 downstream a uranium mining site
Holger Dienemann, Claudia Dienemann, E. Gert Dudel

113. Uranium and its decay products in radioactive anomalies of the oxidized brown coals (the western part of the Kansko-Achinsk brown coal basin)
Mikhail M. Melgunov, Vsevolod M. Gavshin, Elena V. Lazareva

114. Assessment of radiological impact of mining and processing low grade uranium ores on the environment and monitoring strategies
Amir Hasan Khan, Raja Ramanna Fellow

115. Method of reducing radon levels in buildings
Rashid A. Khaydarov, Renat R. Khaydarov, Seung Y. Cho

116. Water tight Radon / Thoron probs and monitors without influence of high humidity, air pressure and temperature
T. Streil, V. Oeser

117. Continuous Measurement of geo-chemical parameters in aggressive environment
T. Streil, V. Oeser, M. Ogena

118. Thermodynamical Data of uranyl carbonate complexes from Absorption Spectroscopy
Christian Götz, Gerhard Geipel, Gert Bernhard

119. Digital elevation model created by airborne laser scanning in the field of mines areas
Sven Jany

120. Numerical simulation of groundwater flow and particle tracking around the proposed Uranium mine site, Andhra Pradesh, India
Lakshmanan Elango

121. Assessment of Uranyl Sorption Constants on Ferrihydrite – Comparison of Model Derived Constants and Updates to the Diffuse Layer Model Database
John J. Mahoney, Ryan T. Jakubowski

122. Surface complexation of U(VI) by Fe and Mn (hydr)oxides
David M. Sherman, Chris G. Hubbard, Caroline L. Peacock

123. Differential equations of a U-Ra-Pb system accounting for a diffusion of components
I.S. Brandt, S.V. Rasskasov, S.B. Brandt

124. The use of kinetic modeling as a tool in the understanding of the geochemical processes at a uranium mine site
Mariza Franklin, Horst Monken Fernandes

125. Origin and oxidation processes of the Oklo uranium ore, Gabon: Reactive transport modelling
Joaquin Salas, Carlos Ayora, Jesus Carreras

126. Study of uranium sorption by bentonite
V. M. Kadoshnikov, B. P. Zlobenko, S. P. Bugera

Keywords: Earth Sciences, Applied Earth Sciences, Terrestrial Pollution, Geotechnical Engineering, Geochemistry, Hydrogeology, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution