Closure costs for special closure
projects of abandoned uranium mine sites/Australia
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Closure of legacies of Uranium ore mining and
milling
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Reclamation project |
Location
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Kind of tailings storage |
Kind of closure |
Ore produced [t] |
Uranium proceeded [t] |
Closure costs per metric ton ore [$/t] |
Closure costs per kg U [$/kg] |
Total costs [Mill.
$] |
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Narbalek |
250 km east from Darwin/NT/ Australia |
Conventional uranium milling, open pit (1979-1988) |
Complete backfilling |
606.000 |
10.955 |
< 32,00 |
<1,77 |
< 19,4 (17 Mill. ASD) |
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Mary Kathleen |
Near by Mt. Isa/QLD/ Australia |
Conventional uranium milling, open pit (1958-1963 a.
1976-1982) |
dry in situ, freewater pumped in evaporation ponds |
9.200.000 |
8.892.4 |
2,34 |
2,44 |
21,7 (19 Mill. ASD) |
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Closure completed: Narbalek
1995, Mary Kathleen 1985. In
Narbalek-project not included costs for stewardship, safety and control of Long-term
stability. Source: World Nuclear Association 2006,
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Closure costs
for abandoned uranium ore mining, anonymous
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Costs of Uranium mill and tailings storage
facilities*) Australia
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Number
of sites included
not included Port Pirie Uranium Treatment Plant |
6 |
Ore
produced [t]
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11.780.500 |
Uranium
proceeded [t]
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24.778 |
Average
costs of closure [$/t ore]
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> 9,10 |
Average
costs of closure [$/kg uranium]
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> 4,35 |
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Total closure costs [$] |
2.279.800.000 |
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*) Not included Port Pirie Uranium Treatment
Plant. Currently closure costs with 140 Mill. $ declared. Partial not included
are costs for stewardship, safety and control of long term stability. Source: UIC , PIRSA
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