radioactive contamination at mines in south africa
Uranium Pollution of Water Resources in MinedOut .
radioactive water pollution of the Wonderfonteinspruit ... Uproducing gold mines in South Africa exported a total of some 240000 t of U more than double that
The nature and extent of uranium .
A major problem in the field of environmental contamination by uranium in South Africa is the lack of a synoptic overview of the nature and extent of the problem. At ...
Uranium Free South Africa: Toxic Water .
06/08/2007· Uranium mining around South Africa places many ... a vast scale all around South Africa. 120 years of Uranium pollution due to Gold ... Toxic Water The ...
South Africa:Paying the Price for Mining IRIN
A second source of pollution is runoff and winderoded particles from slime dams soil residue from within the mines that often contains radioactive elements and ...
SA Radioactive Stream 400,000 At High Risk .
SA Radioactive Stream ... 7317 . SOUTH AFRICA Elise Tempelhoff ... This lethal pollution comes from Harmony Gold Mines ...
International Conference on Control Management of ...
In 1993, radioactive scrap was exported from South Africa to the United Kingdom and returned because of the presence of contamination. 38 sites contaminated with radioactive scale from scrap from gold mines During 1993 only 3 Scrap facilities and 1 smelter obtained licences
Chapter 10 Air quality Department of Environmental .
COMMON AIR POLLUTANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA ... In South Africa, outdoor and indoor air pollution continues ... The industrial/mining sector .
Radioactive city: how Johannesburg's townships .
The Guardian Back ... Chamber of Mines of South Africa admits that radioactive contamination is a ... regulations that prohibit radioactive contamination run ...
Radioactive waste in stream 'not a hazard' | .
Radioactive waste in stream 'not a hazard' ... Radioactive waste outside mining areas in the ... water pollution radioactive waste pollution gold mining South Africa ...
Uranium pollution of South African streams – An .
effluent' from all 41 gold mines in South Africa of ... radioactive polluted ... The major sources of diffuse stream contamination in South Africa are ...
The Haunting Legacy of South Africa's Gold .
The Haunting Legacy of South Africa's Gold Mines . ... toxic and radioactive mine residue areas ... and using linings or trenches to keep contaminated water from ...
Radioactivity of mine water from a gold mine in South Africa
Radioactivity of mine water from a ... Gold mining in South Africa has occurred for over ... Mine water from Au and U mines is usually contaminated with radioactive
AngloGold mine charged with radioactive .
AngloGold mine charged with radioactive contamination ... AngloGold mine charged with radioactive contamination. ... even after the mine .
Uranium Mining Threatens the Karoo Karoo .
Uranium mining and radioactive dust in ... the deepening economic and political crisis makes South Africa less ... 9 Responses to Uranium Mining Threatens the Karoo.
Issues at Operating Uranium Mines and Mills .
Issues at Operating Uranium Mines and Mills Africa ... the situation in Namibia, South Africa, ... recovery plant charged with radioactive contamination: ...
WonderfonteinSpruit Uranium Pollution From .
Dr Francois Durand (Zoologist): "Half the people of South Africa live in Gauteng and we are right here on a nuclear waste site." Dr Francois Durand is a zoologist at the University of Johannesburg. He has been looking at the impact of the contaminated water of gold mining on the water quality.
Mining Weekly Uranium contamination a .
Mining Weekly. ... the main radioactive contamination pathway for ... waste in South Africa. "Many houses situated near mine dump tailings are ...
Uranium mining in Africa: radioactive revenues .
Uranium mining in Africa: radioactive revenues; Uranium mining in Africa: radioactive revenues. ... South Africa introduced mining .
The Concentration of Radioactive Materials in Mine Water
mines in South Africa. The duty of continually monitoring the radiation levels to avoid contamination of ground water in the closed and abandoned mines rests with the South African government. To protect the public from radiation hazards in .
Uranium Mining Overview World Nuclear .
Uranium Mining In the last fifty years ... such as the goldbearing ores of South Africa, ... are monitored for alpha radiation contamination and personal ...
Soil near mining sites 'contaminated with heavy .
Soil near mining sites 'contaminated with heavy metals ... Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia. ... Research institute to boost South Africa's mining ...
Raa aton n th scrap diation in the scrap metal recycling ...
Raa aton n th scrap diation in the scrap metal recycling industry ... risks of radioactive contamination are very ... South African gold mines since ...
Navy finds new evidence of botched cleanup at .
The Navy has found evidence that a government contractor hired to clean radioactive contamination from ... the abandoned uranium mines in the ... South Africa ZA;
