— Uranium is a naturally-occurring radioactive element that has been mined and used for its chemical properties for more than a thousand years. It is now primarily used as fuel for nuclear reactors that make electricity. Uranium can be recovered in two ways: by conventional mining of the rock (ore), or by using strong chemicals to dissolve uranium …

Environmental requirements. The Environmental Requirements of the Commonwealth of Australia for the Operations of the Ranger Uranium Mine (Australian Government 1999) stipulate the environmental objectives for the Ranger mine, aiming to ensure that the activities of ERA on the Ranger Project Area do not impact upon the values, attributes …

 — Australia has significant resources of both uranium and thorium within the rocks that make up the Australian continent. The mining of uranium has been a hot topic in Australia since the 1970s. Concerns about the safety of nuclear power and storage of nuclear waste, and a growing international stockpile of nuclear weapons, have sparked …

 — 1. Introduction. It is estimated that 70 per cent of the world's uranium is located on, or adjacent to, the lands of First Peoples [40]. 1 In Australia, home to 31 per cent of …

No uranium exploration or mining is permitted in Victoria. Due to its constitutional status, the Northern Territory is required to give effect to the advice of the Commonwealth Government before approving mines. …

 — For example, in April this year Western Australia's (WA) state government approved the first new uranium mine since it lifted a six-year, Labour-imposed uranium mining ban in 2008. However, across to the east of the country Queensland's state government announced a reinstatement of a uranium mining ban that had stood in place …

 — The mining and export of uranium and the impacts (and risks) of the nuclear industry have long been a contentious issue in Australia. The ongoing debate primarily relates to the established and ...

placed on proposals for modern uranium mining in the relatively well-regulated Australian setting arguably squanders resources, media attention and supporter goodwill that would be better directed addressing the world's genuine mining trouble-spots. In the past, uranium mining in Australia has certainly delivered some poor environmental impacts.

 — The resource intensity includes data from gold and uranium mines all over the world, with the data sets recently being updated as well as being analysed for aspects …

 — Opinion piece featured in the Australian Financial Review on 10 January 2022. The world is decarbonising and Australia has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to capitalise on the inevitable surge in global uranium demand that will accompany it. Global financial institutions are taking a new look at the Australian uranium sector, and with …

 — Mixed fortunes for uranium in Australia. In what was a blow to the Australian sector Canadian-based Uranium One announced it was to place the Honeymoon mine in South Australia into care and maintenance, cutting production and jobs. "This is not a closure phase, so the option to reopen is there," said Kuzma Otto, the company's vice …

 — 1. Introduction. It is estimated that 70 per cent of the world's uranium is located on, or adjacent to, the lands of First Peoples [40]. 1 In Australia, home to 31 per cent of the world's recoverable uranium [132], the three operational uranium mines and all major identified uranium deposits are situated on the traditional lands of the country's First …

Natural uranium (from mine production) contains approximately 0.7 per cent of the uranium isotope 235 U and 99.3 per cent 238 U. As at December 2021, Australia's Economic Demonstrated Resource (EDR) for uranium …

AUSTRALIA'S URANIUM MINES PAST AND PRESENT Paul Kay . Science, Technology, Environment and Resource Group, ... The OSS recognised in 1991 that the expected environmental effects of a large operating mine are beginning to be recognisable outside the immediate environs of the mine site (Supervising Scientist for the Alligataoar Rivers …

 — Concerns on health effects from uranium (U) mining still represent a major issue of debate. Any typology of active job in U mines is associated with exposure to U and its decay products, such as radon (Rn), thorium (Th), and radium (Ra) and its decay products with alpha-emission and gamma radiation. Health effects in U miners have …

Read chapter 6 Potential Environmental Effects of Uranium Mining, Processing, and Reclamation: Uranium mining in the Commonwealth of ia has been pro... Login Register Cart Help. Uranium Mining in ia ... At the Ranger Mine in Australia, biological monitoring has revealed no significant changes to aquatic biota or fish communities ...

The majority of adverse health outcomes related to uranium exposure have been observed in uranium mine, mill, and fabrication workers. Outcomes that may occur with uranium exposure based on both observed human effects and animal studies include non-malignant respiratory disease (fibrosis, emphysema) and nephrotoxicity.

 — Section 3 describes the global producers of uranium, their production capacity by year, location, and the current scenario of uranium mining in Australia. Section 4 describes the sustainability issues about uranium mining in Australia that are reported from open literature, as Australia has the highest deposit of uranium mining throughout the ...

 — The map to the right illustrates the known uranium deposits. In effect, this analysis will focus on the mining industries current involvement in the Northern Territory and South Australia, as well as the …

 — We found that the combined effects of mining on natural systems and Indigenous peoples are intense and serious, especially when considering the mine lifecycle. ... Resolving long-term issues related to surface water management and monitoring associated with the Ranger Uranium Mine, Northern Territory, Australia. Aust. J. Reg. …

 — Uranium, a cornerstone for nuclear energy, facilitates a clean and efficient energy conversion. In the era of global clean energy initiatives, uranium resources have emerged as a vital component for achieving …

 — Focussing on the mining of uranium and its subsequent milling and refining operations, this chapter presents a highly critical review of the few known and many unknown effects of the nuclear industry upon the environment and the health of humans. ... Continuing revelations about the effect of uranium on human health is illustrated by the …

 — Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) — a subsidiary of mining giant Rio Tinto — shut down production at its Ranger uranium mine, 250 kilometres east of Darwin, in January last year and has ...

 — This paper will address the life-cycle environmental-impact assessment for three different mining process of uranium extraction: open-pit, underground, and in-situ …

How does uranium affect people's health? Humans and the environment are exposed to uranium and its decay progeny through mining, processing and disposal of the uraniumbearing ore: Miners are exposed to radiation …

Two of the three mines that have operated under Australia's recent uranium mining regime were in the Northern Territory; the unique statutory framework of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976; and a majority of submissions received by the Committee concerning Aboriginal matters have addressed the situation in the Northern ...

 — This chapter presents a discussion of impacts of uranium mining and processing operations on air quality, soil, surface water and groundwater, and biota. Much is already known about the environmental impacts of mining, both on-site and off-site, and that body of information provides a basis for this chapter. However, the primary …

1. URANIUM MINING AND MILLING IN AUSTRALIA The history of uranium mining and milling in Australia spans the 20th century, beginning with radium mining in the early years and expanding to large scale uranium projects over the last 50 years (Figure 1). The first uranium deposits in Australia were discovered at Radium Hill and Mt Painter in north ...

 — Uranium mining is no different, and more often then not, the after effects of Uranium mining are more detrimental to the environment. Unlike other mining, Uranium mining has also caused a major stir in the actual use of the Uranium after it has been mined. The environmental problems of Uranium mining go further then the actual mining …

1. Location of uranium mining and milling sites (and deposits) in Australia [1]. The Ranger Uranium Environmental Inquiry was instituted in July 1975 to investigate potential …