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Revision as of 02:46, 17 November 2009
Uranium Reserves
The world's biggest uranium reserves are currently located in Canada, Australia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Niger, Namibia, and Uzbekistan.[1]
In Europe today no uranium is mined apart from small amounts in the Czech Republic and Romania.[1]
Since the world market price of uranium oxide (U3O8) has been tripled between 2000 and 2003 to 66 EUR per kilogram a new run to exploit even poor uranium reserves has been started[2]. Additionally according to the IAEA the demand for uranium is much higher than the uranium mined worldwide since many years. By now this demand could be substituted by the old nuclear weapon's fission materials, but this "resource" will be mostly exploited soon.
Closed Uranium Mines
- Former GDR: Wismut[3]
- was the 3rd biggest uranium producer in the world until 1990[1]
- in operation: 1946-1990
- underground and open cast mining of uranium in former GDR
- 1,200 million tons extracted mineral mass
- 200 million tons processed
- 1,000 million tons tailings
- about 500,000 persons occupied
- 15,000 accepted cases of silicosis (German: "Staublunge")
- 5,600 accepted cases of lung cancer
- reclamation costs: 7.5 billion EUR (publically paied)
- tailings have been covered, mines filled
- Former FRG: Menzenschwand[1]
- located in the Schwarzwald in Western Germany - was a very small uranium mine until 1991
- France:[1]
- 210 uranium mines have been closed until 2001
- Portugal:[4]
- 1909 the first licence for uranium mining was granted; after World War II the Portuguese uranium oxide was delivered as well to the British as to the US nuclear industry
- by 1991 62 uranium mines have been exploited in Portugal
- Urgeiriça (near Viseu): closed in 1991
Proposed Uranium Mines
- Portugal[4]:
- Nisa: near to the 3,600 inhabitants city the biggest not yet exploited uranium resource is situated; it had already been discovered in 1959; about six million tons of uranium ore can be found here - enough to produce some 650 tons of uranium oxide
Information
- WISE Uranium Project - WISE Uranium Project is part of World Information Service on Energy. It covers the health and environmental impacts of nuclear fuel production
- uranium network English/German
- Uranium Watch - a Urah / USA based information service on Uranium
Local Resistance
- Ranua Rescue project Finnish
- Swedish Anti Uranium Network Swedish
- Movimento Não a Opção Nuclear Portuguese
- Nianfors resistance against uranium mining (SE) English/Swedish
- Roxstop Action against the Olympic Dam mine in Australia English
Materials
- Der schmutzige Atombrennstoff German
- Nuking The Climate - Movie about uranium mining English/German
- Uranium Mining "Slide Talk" - online slideshow presentation English
- Roxstop Action Kit -Information about uranium mining, the Olympic Dam mine in Australia and how to become active against it English
Action
Uranium Mining Images
Uranium Mining in Australia
Olympic Dam Mine
Container with Yellow Cake (Uraniumoxide)
http://strahlendesklima.deConveyor belt
http://strahlendesklima.deTruck driving into the uranium mine
http://strahlendesklima.deWinding tower
http://strahlendesklima.deWinding tower
http://strahlendesklima.deConveyor belt
http://strahlendesklima.deWinding tower
http://strahlendesklima.deNuclear caution signs
http://strahlendesklima.deNuclear caution sign
http://strahlendesklima.deNuclear caution sign + workers
http://strahlendesklima.deNuclear worker
http://strahlendesklima.deNuclear caution sign
http://strahlendesklima.deNuclear caution sign
http://strahlendesklima.deNuclear caution signs on containers
http://strahlendesklima.deContainers with Yellow Cake
http://strahlendesklima.deConveyor belt
http://strahlendesklima.deNuclear workers
http://strahlendesklima.deNuclear caution sign
http://strahlendesklima.deTailing Ponds with nuclear waste
http://strahlendesklima.deNuclear caution sign
http://strahlendesklima.de
Ranger Mine
Open pit mine
http://strahlendesklima.deTruck probably with uranium ore
http://strahlendesklima.deConveyor belt
http://strahlendesklima.deWater supply for the uranium mine
http://strahlendesklima.deWater pipeline for the uranium mine
http://strahlendesklima.deUranium truck
http://strahlendesklima.deOld sign with information for emergency cases (contamination of people)
http://strahlendesklima.deNuclear caution sign
http://strahlendesklima.deWater supply for the uranium mine
http://strahlendesklima.de
Uranium Mining in India
Uranium Companies
Finde more articles about Uranium on the Nuclear Heritage Network webpage.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 .ausgestrahlt: Der schmutzige Atom-Brennstoff. Fragen und Antworten zur Herkunft des Urans. Mai 2009
http://www.ausgestrahlt.de/fileadmin/user_upload/luki/der-schmutzige-atombrennstoff.pdf - ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Source: lecture "Health effects of uranium mining workers and residents, the experience in Germany" of Prof. Inge Schmitz-Feuerhake at the expert hearing on uranium effects in Ranua on November 7th, 2009
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Norbert Suchanek: Kein Uranbergbau im Alentejo - Portugals radioaktives Erbe (November 2009)