Published April 2021
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Tailings Case Studies: Ranger, Australia
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Description
Energy Resources of Australia Ltd (ERA) operates the Ranger uranium mine, which has been producing since 1981 and is located in the Ranger Project Area approximately 250 km east of Darwin, Australia. The Ranger operation is a conventional milling, leaching, and solvent extraction circuit that extracts ore from open pits and treats it on-site to produce uranium oxide. Uranium is hosted by uraninite with accessory coffinite and brannerite.
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Publishing Information
- ISBN
- 978-92-0-105721-1
- Imprint Title
- A Preliminary Inventory and Assessment of Uranium Resources in Mine Wastes
- Imprint Pagination
- 120 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 56-58
- ISSN
- 1011-4289
- Report number
- IAEA-TECDOC--1952
INIS
- Country of Publication
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 52068200
- Subject category
- S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- BRANNERITE; COFFINITE; LEACHING; MILLING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPECTROSCOPY; TAILINGS; URANINITES; URANIUM; URANIUM MINES; URANIUM OXIDES
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; DISSOLUTION; ELEMENTS; EXTRACTION; MACHINING; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; METALS; MINERALS; MINES; OXIDE MINERALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE MINERALS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLID WASTES; THORIUM MINERALS; UNDERGROUND FACILITIES; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM MINERALS; WASTES
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