Recent developments in uranium resources and production

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ID International Atomic Energy Agency

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CONTENTS

SUMMARY 1

OPENING ADDRESS 9

Yuming Xu

REGIONAL METALLOGENY: GEOLOGY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS

Regional distribution of uranium deposits in Northern Asia 13

Chen Zuyi

ISL-amenable sandstone-type uranium deposit: Global aspects and recent developments in China

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Zhou Weixun, Guan Taiyang, Chen Zuyi, Li Jianhong, Fan Liting, Li Wuwei

Characteristics of uranium mineralization and depositional system of host sediments, Bayantala

Basin, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region .47

Zhu Minqiang, Wu Rengui, Yu Dagan, Chen Anping, Shen Kefeng

Geological and geochemical characteristics of Shihongtan uranium deposit, SW Turpan-Hami Basin,

Xinjiang Autonomous Region .59

Wang Jinping, Li Zhanshuang, Li Zhanyou

Mineralization characteristics of Dongsheng uranium mineralized area in Ordos Basin, China 69

Chen Anping, Miao Aisheng, Wu Rengui, Zhu Minqiang, Yu Dagan

Characteristics of uranium mineralization and ore-controls of Kujieertai Deposit, Yili Basin, Xinjiang

Autonomous Region .79

Lin Shuangxin, Wang Baoqun, Li Shengxiang

Metallogenic features and perspective evaluation of sandstone-type uranium mineralization in

Hailaer Basin, NE China 91

Li Ziying, Dong Wenming, Guo Qingyin

EXPLORATION: NEW PROJECTS

Exploration and reserve calculation of the uranium deposits amenable to the ISL method in

Kazakhstan .103

V.F. Dolgopolov, G.V. Fyodorov, V.P. Zhelnov

Australia’s Honeymoon Project — From acquisition to approval — 1997 to 2002 .115

M.C. Ackland, T.C. Hunter

In situ leach uranium mining in the Russian Federation (status and prospects) .138

M.I. Fazlullin, V.V. Shatalov, R.N. Smirnova, A.V. Boitsov, V.I. Razumov

Uranium related activities in the Russian Federation 145

A.V. Boitsov, V.I. Razumov

LICENSING

Licensing of in situ leach recovery operations for the Crownpoint and Church Rock uranium

deposits, New Mexico: A case study .153

M. Pelizza, D.W. McCarn

Licensing and regulatory requirements for uranium mining and milling in Brazil 174

K.M. Silva

ISL MINING

Smith Ranch ISL uranium facility: The wellfield management programme 189

D.E. Stover

Field test of ISL uranium mining at Shihongtan deposit in Xinjiang, China 204

Su Xuebin, Wang Haifeng, Yao Yixuan

Downstream constraints on product specification and ISL mining methods 213

G. Capus

HEAP LEACHING: IMPROVEMENT OF MILLING PROCESS

Leaching method: Changes in Sierra Pintada mine 223

A. Castillo

Influence of pelletization on uranium ores heap leaching .230

P.D. Georgescu, G. Graur

An overview of technological progresses in China’s natural uranium industry .236

Zeng Yijun, Niu Yuqing, Zhong Pingru, Zhang Feifeng

Application of agglomerated acid heap leaching of clay-bearing uranium ore in China .243

Zeng Yijun, Li Jianhua, Li Tieqiu, Zhong Pingru

The new progress on heap leaching of hard rock uranium ore in China .250

Su Yanru, Gu Wancheng, Xia Runshen

Comparative procedures for uranium solubilization from ores using the leaching method .254

M. Bragadireanu, N. Popa, D. Filip, L. Nica

Industrial-scale experiment on bacterial heap leaching of uranium ore 262

Fan Bao-tuan, Liu Jian, Meng Yun-sheng, Niu Yu-qing

RESTORATION: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Perspective of exploitation of new sandstone type deposits by ISL method and environmental

impact from uranium deposits mined out by in situ leaching in Ukraine273

A.Ch. Bakarzhiyev, Y. Bakarzhiyev, M.I. Babak, M.M. Makarenko

Groundwater restoration research of acid ISL in China 283

Li Weicai, Meng Jin, Huang Chongyuan

Natural and anthropogenic multi-pathway risks associated with naturally occurring uranium

mineralization in aquifers: Scoping calculations .289

D.W. McCarn

Site visit: Deposit 512, Yili Basin, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China .316

J.R. Blaise

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS .321