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(last updated 12 Aug 2003)

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> For Current Issues, see: Germany: Cleanup of Wismut's uranium mining legacy
> For details, see also: Uranium Mining in Eastern Germany: The WISMUT Legacy

Map of locations: Germany · Thuringia and Saxony new window

Mines

Uranium mines - Germany
LocationTypeNo. of ShaftsTotal Production
[t U]		Status
Saxony
Aue / SchlemaUG980,414 decommissioning
Pöhla / TellerhäuserUG1,216 decommissioning
KönigsteinUG, HL713,431 decommissioning
Freital / Dresden-GitterseeUG3,691 decommissioning
JohanngeorgenstadtUG3,585
AnnabergUG450
MarienbergUG121
ZobesUG4,673
BergenUG162
SchneckensteinUG953
GottesbergUG56
Bärenstein / NiederschlagUG127
Schwarzenberg / JohanngeorgenstadtUG1,364
Thuringia
RonneburgOP, UG, HL15113,000** decommissioning
Culmitzsch / Sorge / GauernOP11,956**
DittrichshütteUG112
SteinachOP44
Baden-Württemberg
MenzenschwandUG1583 reclaimed
MüllenbachUG
Bavaria
Mähring, PoppenreuthUG, HL10.3
GroßschloppenUG130.3 reclaimed
Rhineland-Palatinate
EllweilerUG13
TOTAL 212,608 
Type: UG = underground, OP = open pit, HL = heap leaching
** U in ore
Source: Uranium 1997, OECD 1998; Uranium 1991, OECD 1992; IAEA-TECDOC-982 (1997); Chronik der Wismut (1999); NEA 2002; and others

Waste Rock

Uranium waste rock deposits - Germany
LocationNo. of HeapsArea
ha		Volume
106 m3		Status
Aue4234547 decommissioning
Königstein3385 decommissioning
Ronneburg14460125 decommissioning
Seelingstädt523751 decommissioning
others????
TOTAL> 64> 1080> 228 
Sources: IAEA-TECDOC-982 (1997), and others

Heap Leaching Waste

Uranium heap leaching waste deposits - Germany
LocationArea
ha		Contents
106 t		Status
Ronneburg 7 relocated into open pit
Königstein 2 decommissioning
Mähring0.50.02 reclaimed
Sources: EUR16885 (1996), and others

Mill Tailings

Uranium Mill Tailings Deposits - Germany
LocationArea *
ha		Contents
106 t		Status
Saxony
Aue-Hakenkrümme61.07
Borbachtal1.50.25 decommissioning
Crossen220.3 decommissioning
Dänkritz I18.96.6 decommissioning
Dänkritz II6.21.2
Freital-Deuben (4 deposits)10~ 1
Helmsdorf200.948.8 decommissioning
Johanngeorgenstadt 181.9
Johanngeorgenstadt 220.19
Kaitzbachtal-Coschütz (2 deposits)18~ 1
Lengenfeld 180.76
Lengenfeld 240.38
Oberschlema50.48
Schneckenstein 14.51.15
Schneckenstein 21.50.2
Thuringia
Culmitzsch A158.163.1 decommissioning
Culmitzsch B75.826.9 decommissioning
Trünzig A66.813 decommissioning
Trünzig B48.16 decommissioning
Rhineland-Palatinate
Ellweiler2.50.17 reclaimed
TOTAL667.8174.45 
* without embankments
Sources: Chronik der Wismut (1999), and others

In Situ Leach Facilities

Uranium In Situ Leach Facilities - Germany
LocationSurface Area
ha		Contam. Groundwater Volume
106 m3		Total Production
[t U]		Status
Saxony
Königstein1.85,193* decommissioning
Thuringia
Ronneburg64 decommissioning
TOTAL5,257* 
* as of end 1998
Sources: Uranium 1991, OECD 1992; Uranium 1999, OECD 2000; IAEA-TECDOC-982 (1997); Chronik der Wismut (1999)

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