Annual report 1984-85
Description
The Office of the Supervising Scientist was established to implement laws, develop procedures and undertake research related to environmental protection of the uranium mining areas of the Alligator Rivers Region in the Northern Territory. Information on administration, environmental protection arrangements, supervisory and assessment activities and research activities is presented. The research projects described are concerned with ecological systems in the region and the investigation of the probable short-term impact on these systems of the release of contaminants resulting from uranium mining operations. Appendices on legislation, agreements, authorisations and approvals, environmental requirements for the Ranger and Nabarlek projects, and environmental infringements and incidents are included
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Australian Government Publishing Service.
- Imprint Place
- Canberra (Australia)
- Imprint Pagination
- 139 p.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Australia
- Country of Input or Organization
- Australia
- INIS RN
- 17088439
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Progress Report
- Descriptors DEI
- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RADIUM 226; RANGER DEPOSIT; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; RIVERS; TAILINGS; URANIUM; URANIUM MINES
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CARBON 14 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MASS TRANSFER; METALS; MINES; NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM ISOTOPES; SOLID WASTES; SURFACE WATERS; UNDERGROUND FACILITIES; URANIUM DEPOSITS; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Optional Information
- Notes
- Cat. No. 85 6461 X.