Uranium legacy remediation in Central Asia

The objective of the Phase II is to reduce the risk of the negative impact of uranium waste on people , livelihoods, and environment.

The Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia

The long-term goal of the programme is to ensure the legacy of uranium mining and processing in Central Asia is consigned to history, enabling local populations ...

Coordination Group for Uranium Legacy Sites (CGULS) | IAEA

In 2017, Central Asian countries in which remediation projects are set to be carried out endorsed a Strategic Master Plan developed with CGULS support for ...

Cleaning up Central Asia's poisonous uranium past

It is a long-term legacy from Soviet times, when Central Asia was a main hub for uranium mining and processing. Large amounts of radioactive waste were ...

Stakeholder Engagement for Uranium Legacy Remediation

Phase II of the project is designed to address the safe governance of uranium legacy sites with active engagement of the local communities living in the pilot ...

Central Asia's uranium legacy - Nuclear Engineering International

Former Soviet Union uranium mining sites across the Central Asia represent a significant risk. A IAEA-backed programme was established in 2012 ...

Remediating Uranium Legacy Sites in Central Asia

Central Asia. Member States. Other Member. States. International. Organizations. Remediation Projects Funded by International Donors. CGULS activities include ...

New Strategic Master Plan to coordinate remediation of uranium ...

This image shows tailings in Tajikistan's Degmay uranium legacy site. ... radiation threat in Central Asia. Addressing the legacy of past uranium ...

Environmental remediation of uranium legacy in Central Asia - EEAS

Development of a strategic master plan. The plan defines the priority uranium legacy sites and the estimated cost of the remediation work. It provides the basis ...

Uranium Legacy in Central Asia: Significant progress, but funding ...

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

Remediation of Kyrgyz uranium legacy site to start

Remediation works at Mailuu-Suu - the largest uranium legacy site in Kyrgyzstan - are set to begin following the allocation of a grant of EUR23 million (USD25 ...

Stakeholder engagement in remediation of Uranium Legacy Sites in ...

Central Asia served as the main uranium supplier to the nuclear industry of the Soviet Union for nearly 40 years. With the collapse of the ...

Cleaning up nuclear legacy in Kyrgyz Republic

Nuclear Safety - ERA uranium legacy remediation in ... clean up sites in Central Asia that were polluted by the Soviet uranium industry.

Environmental remediation of uranium legacy sites in Central Asia

Environmental remediation projects of uranium legacy sites running in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to protect the environment and ...

Strategic plan for uranium remediation in Central Asia

The overall costs of remediating the uranium legacy sites covered in the plan, together with supporting activities, are estimated at about €210 ...

Environmental remediation of uranium legacy sites in Central Asia

The Environmental Remediation Account created to clean uranium legacy sites in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan requiring the support ...

Stakeholder Engagement for Uranium Legacy Remediation in ...

Stakeholder Engagement for Uranium Legacy. Remediation in Central Asia (Phase II). 20 November, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Page 2. Implementing Agencies: UNDP, ...

STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT FOR URANIUM LEGACY ...

... Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. This objective will be achieved ... STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT FOR URANIUM LEGACY REMEDIATION IN CENTRAL ASIA PHASE 2 ...

Dealing With Central Asia's Poisonous Nuclear Legacy - The Diplomat

Soviet-era uranium mining and waste facilities spread across Central Asia remain a serious public and environmental risk. ... Degmay tailings pond ...

Progress with environmental remediation of uranium legacy in ...

Joint EBRD/EU delegation visits Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan. The effort to address the legacy of Soviet era uranium mining in Central Asia is making ...