Uranium in the Environment Mining Impact and Consequences /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Merkel, Broder J. (Editor), Hasche-Berger, Andrea (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geochemistry.; Hydrogeology.; Geotechnical engineering.; Environmental pollution.; Water pollution.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Terrestrial Pollution.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.

Uranium is an element to be found ubiquitous in rock, soil, and water. Uranium concentrations in natural ground water can be more than several hundreds µg/l without impact from mining, nuclear industry, and fertilizers. Considering the WHO recommendation for drinking water of 15 µg/l (has been as lo...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents Long-term Aspects of Uranium Mining Remediation
• Returning the WISMUT Legacy to Productive Use
• Coupled Microbial and Chemical Reactions in Uranium Bioremediation
• Modelling of Uranium Release from Waste Rock Pile
• Variation in Heavy Metal Uptake by Crop Plants
• Environmental Regulation of Uranium Mining in Australia
• Contaminated Sediments in the Elbe Basin and its Tributary Mulde
• Regulating Idle Uranium Mines in Canada
• Tracer Tests as a Mean of Remediation Procedures in Mines
• Factors Affecting the plant Availability of Uranium in Soils
• Index.