Note: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Uranium Boom in Namibia - Hausse or Baisse -- Introduction -- The Uranium Deposits of Namibia's Central Namib Region -- Existing Uranium Mines -- Rössing Uranium Mine -- Langer Heinrich Mine -- Uranium Mines under Construction in Namibia -- Rössing South/Husab -- Trekkopje Mine -- Valencia Mine -- Future Uranium Mines -- Bannerman / Etango Project -- Reptile Uranium Namibia (Pty) Ltd. Projects -- Additional Uranium Projects -- Scenarios and Reality -- Scenario Development -- Environmental and Socioeconomic Issues -- Logistics and Transport Infrastructure -- Water Supply -- Electrical Energy -- Housing and Civil Development -- Supporting Industrial Development -- Impact of Low Uranium Prices -- Summary -- References -- 2 Rare earth elements in Australian uraniumdeposits -- Introduction -- Uranium mineralisations -- Olympic Dam -- Olary district -- Mount Isa district -- Conclusions -- References -- 3 IAEA Initiatives Supporting Good Practice inUranium Mining Worldwide -- Introduction and rationale -- IAEA documents hierarchy -- IAEA Uranium and NORM documents -- The IAEA and environmental and social aspects of uraniummining -- Training -- Remediation of legacy sites -- Coordination and support activities -- Technical cooperation activities -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4 Challenging Issues in Regulating UraniumMining in Tanzania -- Background -- Regulatory Challenges -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Uranium leaching from a burning black shale deposit -present conditions and future scenarios -- Introduction -- Methods -- Sampling -- Measurements -- Leaching -- Results and discussion -- Solid phase -- Groundwater -- Leaching -- Temperature -- Future scenarios -- Conclusion -- References. , 6 Is enough information available to derive anoverall EQS for uranium in French freshwaters,according to European Guidance? -- Introduction -- Water Quality Standard -- Generic value -- Conditional QS values -- Sediment Quality Standard -- Secondary Poisoning Quality Standard -- Human Health Quality Standard -- Conclusions -- References -- 7 Radiation exposure and environmental remediation atthe Urgeiriça mine site, Portugal -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results and Discussion -- Ambient dose -- Radionuclides in water -- Radionuclides in vegetables -- Atmospheric radioactivity -- Conclusions -- References -- 8 The modern hydrochemical state of the Mailuu-Suuriver and radioecological problem of the FerganaValley -- Relevance -- Materials and Methods -- Discussion of the results -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 Social Licensing in Uranium Mining: EmpoweringStakeholders through Information -- Introduction -- The stakeholders in uranium mining projects -- Framing the processes for social licensing -- Populating the indicators -- Experience gained within the EO-MINERS Project -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 10 Social licensing and Stakeholder Communication inUranium Exploration and Mining -- Introduction -- Framing the Social Processes -- IAEA Activities in Social Licensing for Uranium Mining -- Uranium Mining in a Sustainable Development Context -- Social Interactions and Narratives in Uranium Mining Projects -- Key Findings of the Workshop -- Conclusions -- References -- 11 Environmental radiation monitoring around uraniumore deposits and mining sites in India: An overview -- Introduction -- Environmental Radiation Monitoring -- Results and Discussions -- Radon emanation from waste rock -- Studies on restoration of tailings pond -- Baseline environmental studies -- Public Awareness program -- Acknowledgement. , References -- 12 Optimization of Uranium In-situ Recovery Based onAdvanced Geophysical Surveying and BoreholeLogging Technologies -- Conditions determining ISR feasibility -- High-resolution shallow seismic -- Novel borehole logging tool for U exploration and ISR wellfielddevelopment -- Model-based wellfield design and optimized ISR performance -- References -- 13 Fuzzy MCDA for remediation of a uraniumtailing -- Introduction -- A fuzzy MCDA Approach -- Problem structuring -- Elicitation of preferences -- Fuzzy evaluation of remediation alternatives -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 14 Uranium in phosphate fertilizers - review andoutlook -- Toxicity of uranium -- Uranium in fertilizers -- Accumulation of fertilizer-derived uranium in soils -- Transfer of uranium in the food chain -- Uranium loads from agricultural soils to surface and groundwater -- Removal of uranium from rock phosphates and the energetic and economicsignificance of uranium in phosphate fertilizers -- References -- 15 Uranium and Molybdenum transfer within theoxidized zone of uranium deposit -- Introduction -- Research object description -- Results -- Ion composition variation -- Analysis for Metals using ICP-MS -- Conclusions -- References -- 16 Release of uranium from weathered black shalein meso-scale reactor systems - first year of data -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Wood chips and shale -- Construction of reactors and sampling -- Chemical analysis and modelling -- Uranium recovery -- Results and Discussion -- Characterization of shale -- Leachates from reactors -- Uranium recovery -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 17 Environmental Issues and Proposed Assessmentof Feasibility of Remediation of the Legacy Sitesof Mining and Milling in the Area of Sumsar-Shekaftar in Kyrgyzstan -- Introduction to the problem. , Legacy sites of Pb-Zn ore processing at Sumsar -- 1. Mining legacies of the Uranium deposit Shekaftar. -- Conclusions regarding investigation and assessment of the remedialfeasibility. -- References -- 18 Heavy metals and natural radionuclides in thewater of Syr Darya River, Kazakhstan -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Site description -- Sampling and Sample Pretreatment - Metal and RadionuclideAnalysis -- Results and discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- 19 Establishment of a database of uranium anomalies andzones in Mongolia -- Introduction -- Soviet reports used to compile the database -- Database compilation problems and solutions -- Organization of the database of anomalies and zones -- Examples of anomaly entries -- Examples of zone entries -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 20 Uranium, Rare Earths and NORM: Mining andcurrent prospects in Australia's NorthernTerritory -- Introduction -- The Northern Territory and NORM -- Mineral Sands -- Rare Earth Elements -- Phosphates -- Uranium -- Other Mining Operations -- Conclusion -- References -- 21 Technical Status of Mine Water Control in China andIts Development Strategy -- Introduction -- Technical status and problems of mine water hazard explorationin China -- Geophysical exploration technology -- Drilling technology -- Technical status and problems of mine water hazard monitoringand early warning technology in China -- Technical status and problems of mine water hazard controltechnology in China -- Science and Technology Development Countermeasures forMine Water Hazard Prevention and Control in China -- Focusing on two key types of water hazards -- Strengthening two types of promotion and development technologyfor water hazard control -- Focusing on two key types of water hazards -- Strengthening two types of promotion and development technologyfor water hazard control. , Adopting three science and technology development strategies ofwater hazard control -- Developing basic theory -- Strengthening research and development of the key technology andequipment for water hazard control -- Promoting scientific and technical platform construction -- Suggestion -- References -- 22 Revisiting a case study on uranium exposurelinked to leukaemia - preliminary results -- Background -- Geological and farming conditions in the study area -- Methods -- Uranium levels in water -- Uranium levels in sheep tissue -- Assessing associated health risks -- Conclusion and recommendation -- References -- 23 Virtual Geographical Environments as a tool to map human exposure to mining-relatedradionuclides -- Motivation: the need for assessing U related health risks in SA -- Mapping uranium exposure using VGE -- Purpose and objectives -- Operational approach, data and methodology -- Results and discussion -- References -- 24 Assessing risks associated with the flooding ofmine voids on underground infrastructure andwater resources in and around Johannesburg(South Africa) -- Background -- Risks associated with rising mine water -- Flooding of foundations of high rise buildings -- Sinkhole formation -- Pollution of surface water -- Pollution of shallow groundwater -- Geotechnical stability -- Increased seismicity -- Radon exhalation -- Governmental response: pump-and-treat -- Proposed alternatives -- Conclusions and recommendations -- References -- 25 Hydrogeological testing for ISL uranium mining: someAustralian experience -- Introduction -- ISL mining as a hydrogeological activity -- Brief history of ISL mining in Australia -- Case Studies -- Beverley -- Beverley North -- Four Mile -- Honeymoon -- Oban -- Mullaquana/Blackbush -- Manyingee -- Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- 26 Remediation of a uranium geological explorationfacility. , General situation of the facilities.