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Decommissioning Data - South America

(last updated 31 Aug 2003)

Contents:

Argentina
Brazil

Mexico

Argentina

Mines · Waste Rock · Heap Leaching Waste · Mill Tailings

Uranium Mines

Location	Type	Total Production [t U]	Status
Don Otto (Salta)	UG	401	closed [ISSUES]
Schlagintweit (Córdoba)	OP	207	closed
La Estela (San Luis)	OP	22	closed
Dr. Baulies (Mendoza)	OP	1609	closed
Huemul (Mendoza)	UG	153	closed
Los Adobes (Chubut)	OP	108	closed
Cerro Condor (Chubut)	OP	45	closed
Los Colorados (La Rioja)	OP	55	closed
TOTAL		2,505*

Type: UG = underground, OP = open pit
* as of end 1998 (inconsistencies to be clarified)
Source: Uranium 1999, OECD 2000; UMH I p.45 (1995); CNEA 2001

Waste Rock

Location	No. of Heaps	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status

TOTAL

Sources:

Heap Leaching Waste

Location	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
Don Otto (Salta)	7.5	0.31	closed
Los Gigantes (Córdoba)	5.0	2.4	closed [ISSUES]
La Estela (San Luis)	1.0		closed
San Rafael (Mendoza)	8.4	1.9	operating
Los Adobes (Chubut)	7.0	0.145	closed
Los Colorados (La Rioja)		0.14	closed
TOTAL

Sources: Uranium 1997, IAEA 1998; UMH I p.45 (1995); OECD 1999; UNSCEAR 1993; CNEA 2001

Mill Tailings

Location	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
Malargüe (Mendoza)	3.0	0.71	closed, reclamation planned [ISSUES]
TOTAL

Sources: Uranium 1997, IAEA 1998; UMH I p.45 (1995); OECD 1999; UNSCEAR 1993; CNEA 2001

Brazil

Mines · Waste Rock · Heap Leaching Waste · Mill Tailings

Uranium Mines

Location	Type	Total Production [t U]	Status
Osamu Utsumi (Minas Gerais)	OP	1,030*	closed
Lagoa Real (Bahia)	OP, HL		operating

Type: UG = underground, OP = open pit, HL = heap leaching
* as of end 1998
Source: Uranium 1999, OECD 2000; UMH II V.2 p.39 (1998); OECD 1999

Waste Rock

Location	No. of Heaps	Area ha	Volume 10⁶ m³	Status
Osamu Utsumi (Minas Gerais)	5	172.6	45	closed
Lagoa Real (Bahia)				operating

TOTAL

Sources: UMH II V.2 p.39 (1998); OECD 1999

Heap Leaching Waste

Location	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
Lagoa Real (Bahia)			operating

Sources:

Mill Tailings

Location	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
Poços de Caldas (Minas Gerais)	23	2.45	closed

TOTAL

Sources: UMH II V.2 p.39 (1998); OECD 1999

Mexico

Mines · Waste Rock · Mill Tailings

Uranium Mines

Location	Type	No. of Shafts	Total Production [t U]	Status
Nopal, Peña Blanca, Chihuahua	OP		49	closed

Type: UG = underground, OP = open pit
Source: Uranium 1997, IAEA 1998; T&MW97 p.401

Waste Rock

Location	No. of Heaps	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status

TOTAL

Sources:

Mill Tailings

Location	Area ha	Contents 10⁶ t	Status
Villa Aldama, Chihuahua			closed
TOTAL

Sources: Uranium 1997, IAEA 1998

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