Essays about: "uranium mining"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words uranium mining.

1. 1. Uranium Mineralizations at Kiirunavaara,Northernmost Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Diego Segovia Menard; [2022]
   Keywords : kiirunavaara; uranium; EPMA; water; hydrothermal;

   Abstract : In recent years, a variably high amount of uranium (U) and radon (Rn) were found in the water and airof the Kiirunavaara mine in Kiruna, northern Sweden. The Swedish Agency for Marine and WaterManagement (Havs och vattenmyndigheten) has maximum limits for “special polluting substances” inwater that is released to natural recipients (HVMFS 2019:25), therefore, the mining company LKAB,owner and operator of the Kiirunavaara mine, decided to conduct a study to investigate the issueregarding these findings, triggering this master thesis. READ MORE

3. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF KVARNTORPSHÖGEN Dose and Radiological Risk Assessments for Humans and Biota

   University essay from

   Author : Felicia Hultqvist; [2021-04-06]
   Keywords : Medical physics; NORM; TENORM; Shale ash; Uranium; Polonium; Radiological risk; Humans; Biota;

   Abstract : Background: The pile Kvarntorpshögen and the lakes Surpölen and Norrtorpssjön are the remains of an industry which mined and processed oil shales to extract oil during World War II. The pile mainly consists of shale ash, a waste from the production, while the lakes are nowadays water-filled mining pits. READ MORE

4. 3. Uranium mining : A tool to evaluate and compare new suppliers

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar produktionsutveckling (ML)

   Author : Gustav Svenningsson; [2021]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Nuclear power plants produce electricity by energy produced by nuclear reactions in thenuclear core. The nuclear fuel that enables the reactions has uranium as its primary material.Uranium is processed in four steps before being put into the nuclear core and these four stepsare uranium mining, conversion, enrichment and manufacturing. READ MORE

5. 4. Temporal and genetical constraints of the Cu-Co Vena-Dampetorp deposit, Bergslagen, Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

   Author : Dino Leopardi; [2020]
   Keywords : Bergslagen; Vena; Dampetorp; Cu-Co; sulphide melting; Bastnäs-type; cobaltite; arsenopyrite; titanite dating; sulphide mineralization; sulphide re-mobilisation.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The Bergslagen Province is known for containing major Zn-Pb-Ag and Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag sulphide mineralizations with associated iron-oxide skarns and a lot of research have focused on understanding them. However, Cu-Co deposits like the Vena-Dampetorp deposit have received less attention. READ MORE

6. 5. The content, chemical state and accumulation of vanadium in a drill core of Alum shale from Kinnekulle

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiska institutionen

   Author : Niklas Gunnarsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Alum Shale Formation; Alum shale; Kinnekulle; Vanadium; Inorganic chemistry; Oorganisk kemi; Chemistry;

   Abstract : Exploitation of alum shale is a controversial subject in Sweden due to the history of pollution of the environment and groundwater, from past mining industries. The extraction of vanadium from alum shale is no different. Nevertheless the metal is a valuable resource used in tools, building, industries and aerospace materials. READ MORE