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Decommissioning Data - Europe

(last updated 12 Feb 2005)

Contents:

Bulgaria (extra page)
Czech Republic (extra page)
Estonia
Finland
France (extra page)
Germany (extra page)
Hungary
Poland

Portugal
Romania
Russia (extra page)
Slovenia
Spain (extra page)
Sweden
Ukraine (extra page)

> See also: Uranium Mining in Europe - The Impacts on Man and Environment (1995)

Estonia

Uranium Mines · Waste Rock · Mill Tailings

Uranium Mines

Location	Type	No. of Shafts	Total Production [t U]	Status
Sillamäe	UG		65	closed

Type: UG = underground
Source: Uranium 1997, OECD 1998

Waste Rock

Location	No. of Heaps	Area ha	Volume 10⁶ m³	Status
?	?	?	?	?

Sources:

Mill Tailings

Location	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
Sillamäe*	33	4	remediation ongoing [ISSUES]

* mostly from processing of imported ores
Sources: Uranium 1997, OECD 1998

Finland

Uranium Mines · Waste Rock · Mill Tailings

Uranium Mines

Location	Type	No. of Shafts	Total Production [t U]	Status
Paukkajanvaara			30	restored

Type: UG = underground
Source: Uranium 1997, OECD 1998

Waste Rock

Location	No. of Heaps	Area ha	Volume 10⁶ m³	Status
?	?	?	?	?

Sources:

Mill Tailings

Location	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
Paukkajanvaara		0.04

Sources: Uranium 1997, OECD 1998

Hungary

Mines · Waste Rock · Heap Leaching Waste · Mill Tailings · In Situ Leach Facilities

Uranium Mines

Location	Type	No. of Shafts	Total Production [t U]	Status
Mecsek	OP, UG, HL	5	18,221*	remediation in action [ISSUES]

Type: UG = underground, OP = open pit, HL = heap leaching
* as of end 1998
Source: Uranium 1999, OECD 2000; IAEA-TECDOC-865 V.1 p.151 (1996)

Waste Rock

Location	No. of Heaps	Area ha	Volume 10⁶ m³	Status
Mecsek			18	restoration ongoing

Sources: IAEA-TECDOC-965 V.3 p.161 (1996)

Heap Leaching Waste

Location	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
Mecsek	60	7.2	restoration ongoing

Sources: Uranium 1997, OECD 1998; IAEA-TECDOC-965 V.3 p.161 (1996)

Mill Tailings

Location	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
Mecsek (image )	163	11.734	restoration ongoing

Sources: NEA 2002

In Situ Leach Facilities

A small pilot ISL test was performed at Dinnyeberki in 1988. Sources: PHARE 1995

Poland

Mines · Waste Rock · Mill Tailings

Map of locations

Uranium Mines

Location	Total Production [t U]	Status
Kowary		abandoned
Radoniów		abandoned
Kopaniec		abandoned
Kletno		abandoned
Rudki		abandoned
Radomice		abandoned
Szklarska Poręba		abandoned
Wojcieszyce		abandoned
Okrzeszyn		abandoned
Mniszków		abandoned
Miedzianka		abandoned
Radzimowice		abandoned
Rochowice		abandoned
Grzmiąca		abandoned
Rędziny		abandoned

TOTAL	1,000

Type: UG = underground, OP = open pit, HL = heap leaching
Source: IAEA-TECDOC-865 V.1 p.193 (1996); Budapest94; EUR16885 (1996)

Waste Rock

Location	No. of Heaps	Area ha	Volume 10⁶ m³	Status
Kowary	11			abandoned
Radoniów	1	2.5		abandoned
Kopaniec	3			abandoned
Kletno	24			abandoned
Rudki	1			restored
?	?	?	?	?
TOTAL

Sources: IAEA-TECDOC-865 V.1 p.193 (1996)

Mill Tailings

Location	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
Kowary	1.3	0.25	remediated [ISSUES]

Sources: IAEA-TECDOC-982 (1997); Piestrzynksi 2000; Goerner 2001

Portugal

Mines · Waste Rock · Heap Leaching Waste · Mill Tailings · In Situ Leach Facilities

Uranium Mines

Location	Type	Total Production [t U]	Status
Urgeiriça	OP, UG, HL		decommissioning [ISSUES]
Bica	UG		?
Castelejo	UG		decommissioning
Cunha Baixa	UG, OP		decommissioning
Quinta do Bispo	OP, HL		decommissioning
Vale da Abrutiga	OP		reclamation underway

TOTAL		3,443

Type: UG = underground, OP = open pit, HL = heap leaching
* as of 1998
Source: Uranium 1999, OECD 2000; NEA 2002

Waste Rock

Location	No. of Heaps	Area ha	Volume 10⁶ m³	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
Urgeiriça	1	?	0.15		? [ISSUES]
Bica	1	?		0.3	?
Quinta do Bispo	1	?	?	1.5
Vale da Abrutiga	1	?	?	1.5
Cunha Baixa	2	?	?	1.1
?	?	?	?	?
TOTAL

Sources: NEA 2002

Heap Leaching Waste

Location	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
Urgeiriça	?	?	operating [ISSUES]
Quinta do Bispo
TOTAL

Sources:

Mill Tailings

Location	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
Urgeiriça	10	4	[ISSUES]
TOTAL

Sources:

In Situ Leach Facilities

Location	Total Production [t U]	Status
Urgeiriça		operating

TOTAL	250*

* as of end 1998
Sources: Uranium 1999, OECD 2000

Romania

Mines · Waste Rock · Mill Tailings

Uranium Mines

Location	Type	Size	Total Production [t U]	Status
Avram Iancu	UG	M		operating
Dobrei South		M		operating
Crucea	UG	S		operating
Baita Bihor	OP	L		closed
Ciudanovita	UG	M		closed
Dobrei North		S		closed
Natra		M		closed

TOTAL			17,554*

Type: UG = underground, OP = open pit
Size: L: > 20,000 t U, M: 5000 - 20,000 t U, S: < 5000 t U
* as of end 1998
Source: Uranium 1999, OECD 2000

Waste Rock

Location	No. of Heaps	Area ha	Volume 10⁶ m³
Banat Mining Complex	17	21
Bihor Mining Complex	8	52.9
Crucea Mining Complex	30	36.4
Tulghes II sector	74	15.7
Alba Iulia V sector	31	12.2
TOTAL	160	138.2	5.5

Sources: IAEA-TECDOC-982 p.135 (1997); NEA 2002

Mill Tailings

Location	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
Feldioara	37	4.3	operating

Sources: NEA 2002

Slovenia

Mines · Waste Rock · Mill Tailings

Uranium Mines

Location	Type	No. of Shafts	Total Production [t U]	Status
Žirovski vrh	UG		382	closed [ISSUES]

Type: UG = underground
Source: Uranium 1997, OECD 1998; IAEA-TECDOC-865 V.1 p.283 (1996)

Waste Rock

Location	No. of Heaps	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
Žirovski vrh	3	4.5	1.5	closed, not decommissioned [ISSUES]

Sources: IAEA-TECDOC-865 V.1 p.283 (1996)

Mill Tailings

Location	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
Žirovski vrh	3.5	0.7	closed, not decommissioned; geomechanically unstable: ongoing slippage of the slope (7 million t) with the "Boršt" tailings deposit on the top, at velocity of 0.3 m per year [ISSUES]

Sources: IAEA-TECDOC-865 V.1 p.283 (1996)

Sweden

Mines · Waste Rock · Mill Tailings

Uranium Mines

Location	Type	No. of Shafts	Total Production [t U]	Status
Ranstad	OP		200	decommissioned (flooded) [DETAILS (PDF)]

Type: OP = open pit
Source: Uranium 1997, OECD 1998; IAEA-TECDOC-865 V.2 p.227 (1996)

Waste Rock

Location	No. of Heaps	Area ha	Volume 10⁶ m³	Status
?	?	?	?	?
TOTAL

Sources:

Mill Tailings

Location	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
Ranstad	25	1.5	restored [DETAILS (PDF) ]

Sources: IAEA-TECDOC-865 V.2 p.227 (1996)

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