The Yellow Cake Revue: Comments in Words and Music on the Threat of Uranium Mining in Orkney; For Voice and Piano

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1986 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 657
Author(s):  
Robert Osborne ◽  
Peter Maxwell Davies ◽  
Stephen Oliver
Author(s):  
Ulf Barnekov ◽  
Matthias Bauroth ◽  
Michael Paul

In Eastern Germany uranium mining lasted from 1946 till 1990 including a production of in total 220,000 t of uranium. The Seelingsta¨dt Uranium Mill and Processing Plant, located in Thuringia, Germany, was one of two large uranium mills owned by Wismut. The mill was erected by 1960 and covered an area of 93 ha. From 1961 till 1991 a total of about 110 million t of different types of uranium ores were milled and processed at the Seelingsta¨dt mill. The mill produced ca. 110,000 t of uranium (in yellow cake). Demolition of the buildings and industrial facilities of the Seelingsta¨dt mill and processing plant site are nearly completed. The site is being decommissioned with respect to after-use aiming at afforestation and grasslands allowing for a stable plant succession. Decommissioning includes excavation and relocation of contaminated materials, reshaping of the site and construction of ditches for granting a stable surface runoff as well construction of access and maintenance roads. About 85% of the demolition and relocation works have been completed till to date. Last decommissioning works shall be completed by 2015. The present paper presents experiences made and progress achieved till to date.


Author(s):  
Patrick Schukalla

Uranium mining often escapes the attention of debates around the nuclear industries. The chemical elements’ representations are focused on the nuclear reactor. The article explores what I refer to as becoming the nuclear front – the uranium mining frontier’s expansion to Tanzania, its historical entanglements and current state. The geographies of the nuclear industries parallel dominant patterns and the unevenness of the global divisions of labour, resource production and consumption. Clearly related to the developments and expectations in the field of atomic power production, uranium exploration and the gathering of geological knowledge on resource potentiality remains a peripheral realm of the technopolitical perceptions of the nuclear fuel chain. Seen as less spectacular and less associated with high-technology than the better-known elements of the nuclear industry the article thus aims to shine light on the processes that pre-figure uranium mining by looking at the example of Tanzania.


1987 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 559-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas P. Hynes ◽  
Randy M. Schmidt ◽  
Tim Meadley ◽  
Neill A. Thompson

Abstract Data are provided on the release of 5 radionuclides, 17 metals and 7 major ions from a uranium mining operation in northern Saskatchewan. The downstream concentration of these contaminants is documented, and the point of “no discernible impact” is determined. Sediments in a downstream lake are monitored for uranium and molybdenum, and the post-release fate of these metals is discussed.


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1990 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 230
Author(s):  
John McCauley ◽  
Lee Hoiby ◽  
Emily Dickinson
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1962 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-333
Author(s):  
Herbert H. Lang

The interrelationship of national security, the Atomic Energy Commission, government financial support, and the birth pangs of a new and growing industry with unusual competitive characteristics are examined in this article.


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