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Decommissioning Data - Canada   flag

(last updated 17 May 2005)

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Mines

Uranium mines - Canada
LocationTypeNo. of ShaftsTotal Production [t U]Status
Northwest Territories
Port Radium abandoned [ISSUES]
Rayrock abandoned [ISSUES]
Saskatchewan
Beaverlodge abandoned [ISSUES]
Gunnar abandoned [ISSUES]
Lorado abandoned [ISSUES]
Nisto abandoned [ISSUES]
Rabbit LakeOP closed [ISSUES]
Cluff Lake closed [ISSUES]
Key LakeOP mine closed; Deilmann pit to receive McArthur River tailings
McArthur RiverUG operating [ISSUES]
McClean LakeOP, UG idle; JEB pit receives tailings
Ontario
Pronto (Rio Algom)UG
Quirke (Rio Algom)UG remediation complete
Denison (Denison)UG
Panel (Rio Algom)UG remediation complete
Can-Met (Denison)
Stanrock (Denison)UG remediation complete
Stanleigh (Rio Algom) remediation in action
BucklesUG remediated
Spanish American (Rio Algom)UG
MillikenUG
Lacnor (Rio Algom)UG remediated
Nordic (Rio Algom)UG remediated
Agnew Lake external link (ALM-Kerr Addison)UG remediation complete
Bancroft
TOTAL 321,626* 
Type: UG = underground, OP = open pit
* as of end 1998
Sources: Uranium 1999, OECD 2000


Waste Rock

Uranium waste rock deposits - Canada
LocationNo. of HeapsArea
ha
Volume
106 m3
Status
?????
TOTAL 
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Mill Tailings

Uranium Mill Tailings Deposits - Canada
LocationArea
ha
Contents
106 t
Status
Northwest Territories
Port Radium1 soil, rock cover [ISSUES]
Rayrock0.07 soil cover [ISSUES]
Saskatchewan
Beaverlodge5.7 lake disposal [ISSUES]
Gunnar744.1 lake disposal, no reclamation [ISSUES]
Lorado100.36 no reclamation [ISSUES]
Rabbit Lake546 operating [ISSUES] [DECOMM. ISSUES]
Cluff Lake362.5 closed [ISSUES]
Key Lake459.2 original tailings deposit closed
Deilmann pit to receive McArthur River tailings [ISSUES]
McClean Lake disposal in JEB pit operating; also to receive tailings from Midwest and Cigar Lake [ISSUES]
Ontario
Pronto (Rio Algom)2 no reclamation [ISSUES]
Quirke (Rio Algom)19246 flooded [ISSUES]
Denison (Denison)28063.3 [DETAILS: Denison external link] [ISSUES]
Panel (Rio Algom)12316 flooded [ISSUES]
Stanrock (Denison)525.7 [DETAILS: Denison external link] [ISSUES]
Stanleigh (Rio Algom)20 ? [ISSUES]
Spanish American (Rio Algom)0.4 lake disposal [ISSUES]
Lacnor (Rio Algom)3 revegetated [ISSUES]
Nordic (Rio Algom)1012 revegetated [ISSUES]
Agnew Lake0.4 soil cover [ISSUES]
Bancroft4.4 soil cover [ISSUES]
TOTAL> 202.13 
Sources: TMW'97 p.763; Sudbury'95 V.3 p.1199; IAEA-TECDOC-865 V.1 p.65; IAEA-TECDOC-982 p.35 (1997); Panel (1996)

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