Uranium legacy remediation in Central Asia

Monitoring and remediation of the legacy sites of uranium mining in ...

By 1995 most of the conventional uranium mines in Central Asia had to shut down and only mines survived that could be concerted to In Situ Leach (ISL) min- ing.

Plan to clean up Central Asia uranium mining legacy signed

Central Asia served as an important source of uranium in the former Soviet Union. A large amount of radioactively contaminated material was ...

the final call for Central Asia's enduring uranium legacy

A comprehensive report listing hotspots and remediation priorities in Central Asia was developed in 2010 by the International Atomic Energy ...

General Assembly - United Nations Digital Library System

1 International Atomic Energy Agency, Strategic Master Plan: Environmental Remediation of. Uranium Legacy Sites in Central Asia (Vienna, 2017).

Remediation works to begin at largest uranium legacy site ... - Кабар

Mailuu-Suu, one of the largest and most heavily contaminated uranium legacy sites in Central Asia, will be remediated thanks to the allocation of grant funding.

Strategic Masterplan for remediation of uranium sites in Central Asia ...

Led by the European Union, the international community established the Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia (ERA) in 2015 to ...

Central Asia / IAEA Warns Of €40 Million Funding Gap For Cleanup ...

Central Asia / IAEA Warns Of €40 Million Funding Gap For Cleanup Of Soviet Uranium Legacy ... A member of the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences monitors radiation levels ...

Decommissioning Projects - Asia - Wise-uranium.org

The purpose of the "Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia" is to support measures to deal with the legacy of Soviet-era uranium mining and ...

Remediation work begins at Kyrgyz legacy uranium site

Central Asia served as an important source for uranium in the former Soviet Union. Uranium was mined for over 50 years and uranium ore was also ...

EU-backed cleanup of Soviet-era uranium waste in Central Asia set ...

The clean-up projects are part of a wider plan to deal with the harmful legacy of Soviet-era uranium mining and processing in Central Asia. This ...

Coordination Meeting of the project on “Stakeholder engagement for ...

of the project on “Stakeholder engagement for Uranium Legacy Remediation in Central Asia”. Khujand, Tajikistan, 19 August, 2016. The. United Nations ...

Overcoming the uranium mining legacy in Uzbekistan - IOM3

The signing follows the approval of an updated Strategic Master Plan (SMP) for resolving the uranium legacy in Central Asia. As a first step, ...

Uranium legacy sites remediated in Kyrgyzstan

Central Asia served as an important source of uranium in the former Soviet Union. A large amount of radioactively contaminated material was ...

THE SOVIET NUCLEAR LEGACY: URANIUM TAILINGS IN ...

remediation and rehabilitation activities. In late 1990s and 2000s, the ... of the Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free. Zone (CANWFZ) Treaty. The treaty ...

Uranium in Kyrgyzstan - World Nuclear Association

It is the focus of remediation work on legacy uranium tailings in central Asia. In May 2019 the Kyrgyz Supreme Council voted to ban uranium ...

Uranium sites reclamation in Uzbekistan

Central Asian countries have a large number of USSR uranium legacy sites. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has identified seven ...

EBRD commits to raise funds to overcome legacy of uranium mining ...

Many of the uranium legacy sites in Central Asia are concentrated along the tributaries of the Syr Darya River which runs through the densely ...

EBRD to set-up new fund for remediation measures at Central Asia ...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is planning to establish a new fund to help deal with the legacy of Soviet-era ...

Remediation of two Kyrgyz uranium legacy sites completed

The remediation of two former Soviet-era uranium mining sites in Kyrgyzstan has been completed on schedule and below budget, despite difficulties caused by the ...

IAEA Helps Tajikistan Uranium Processing Remediation Preparations

WNN reports that a team from the IAEA Coordination Group for Uranium Legacy Sites (CGULS) spent just under two weeks visiting legacy sites ...