Ad hoc Expert Group on Managing Environmental and Health Impacts of Uranium Mining (MEHIUM)

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Ranger Uranium Mine in Kakadu National Park, Australia. Photo: Rhonda.W, Creative Commons.

Uranium mining practices have evolved considerably since the mid to late 20th century when most of the legacy sites were produced. Although most of these sites have been remediated, the outdated practices that produced the legacies as well as their impacts on the workforce, local inhabitants and the environment, remain a fundamental part of the mindset of those opposed to uranium mining. The purpose of the Ad hoc Expert Group on Managing Environmental and Health Impacts of Uranium Mining was to produce an account of the practices employed by modern uranium miners and to review up-to-date information on the health and environmental impacts of modern mining practices and regulations in all uranium producing countries.

Related topics

Uranium processing

Uranium supply

The Joint NEA/IAEA Group on Uranium (UG)

Committee for Technical and Economic Studies on Nuclear Energy Development and the Fuel Cycle (NDC)

Working Party on Nuclear Energy Economics (WPNE)

Nuclear economics

Nuclear technology

Publications and reports

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Managing Environmental and Health Impacts of Uranium Mining

4 June 2014

English Environmental impact assessment Health MEHIUM Nuclear economics Nuclear technology UMED …

          
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Environmental Remediation of Uranium Production Facilities

14 February 2002

English Environmental impact assessment Health MEHIUM Nuclear economics Nuclear technology UMED …

          
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Environmental Activities in Uranium Mining and Milling

1 January 1999

English Environmental impact assessment Health MEHIUM Nuclear economics Nuclear technology UMED …

Contact

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