ORIGINAL PAPER
Challenges and recovery opportunities in waste management during the mining and enrichment processes of ores containing uranium and thorium – a review
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Adana Alparslan Türkeş Science and Technology University, Department of Mining Engineering
Submission date: 2023-08-26
Final revision date: 2023-11-30
Acceptance date: 2024-01-02
Publication date: 2024-03-27
Corresponding author
Taşkın Deniz Yıldız
Adana Alparslan Türkeş Science and Technology University, Department of Mining Engineering
Adana Alparslan Türkeş Science and Technology University, Department of Mining Engineering
Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi – Mineral Resources Management 2024;40(1):25-62
KEYWORDS
TOPICS
Impact of mineral raw materials industries on the environmentPreparation and processing of mineral raw materialsWaste management from extractive industriesUtilization of recycled mineral raw materials and substitutes
ABSTRACT
During the extraction of nuclear raw materials, rare earths and other elements from ores containing uranium and thorium, various types of radioactive waste and some recovery tailings are generated. Mining and ore processing residues, i.e. waste and tailings, present a variety of problems related to waste management. Their bulky structure prevents their disposal underground, and their long radioactive half-life causes various problems with regard to their long-term storage. As a matter of fact, the secondary presence of nuclear raw materials together with other minerals requires compliance with hazardous waste procedures in the storage of waste containing nuclear raw materials after the recovery of these main minerals. It may be possible in the future to recover these nuclear raw materials from stockpiles of stored mine waste. The prospect of imbalances in the global uranium supply and demand increases the importance of secondary sources contributing to the global uranium supply. The increasing importance of secondary sources of nuclear raw materials suggests that more attention should be paid to the recovery of these resources together with primary minerals than in the past. In world literature, there is no review article that describes and discusses the waste management of nuclear raw materials in mining and mineral processing together with the opportunities and obstacles for their recovery. Considering this deficiency in the literature, in this study, the properties of waste and tailings resulting from mining and ore preparation activities of nuclear raw materials are explained, the difficulties encountered are mentioned, and solution suggestions are presented by making use of the literature on the recovery of tailings and waste management.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This study does not have any financial support. The authors declare no competing interests
METADATA IN OTHER LANGUAGES:
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Wyzwania i możliwości odzysku w gospodarce odpadami podczas procesów wydobycia i wzbogacania rud zawierających uran i tor – przegląd
odpady promieniotwórcze, gospodarka odpadami radioaktywnymi, odpady wydobywcze uranu, odzysk uranu, odpady uranu
Podczas wydobycia surowców promieniotwórczych, pierwiastków ziem rzadkich i innych pierwiastków z rud zawierających uran i tor powstają różnego rodzaju odpady radioaktywne oraz niektóre odpady poprodukcyjne. Pozostałości po wydobyciu i przeróbce rud, czyli odpady i odpady poflotacyjne, stwarzają szereg problemów związanych z gospodarką odpadami. Ich nieporęczna struktura uniemożliwia składowanie pod ziemią, a długi okres półrozpadu radioaktywności powoduje różne problemy związane z ich długotrwałym składowaniem. W rzeczywistości wtórna obecność surowców promieniotwórczych wraz z innymi minerałami wymaga przestrzegania procedur dotyczących odpadów niebezpiecznych przy składowaniu odpadów zawierających surowce radioaktywne po odzyskaniu tych głównych minerałów. Być może w przyszłości możliwe będzie odzyskiwanie tych surowców radioaktywnych ze składowanych odpadów kopalnianych. Perspektywa braku równowagi w globalnej podaży i popycie na uran zwiększa znaczenie źródeł wtórnych przyczyniających się do globalnej podaży uranu. Rosnące znaczenie wtórnych źródeł surowców radioaktywnych sugeruje, że należy zwrócić większą uwagę na odzysk tych zasobów wraz z pierwotnymi minerałami niż w przeszłości. W literaturze światowej nie ma artykułu przeglądowego opisującego i omawiającego gospodarkę odpadami surowców promieniotwórczych w górnictwie i przetwórstwie minerałów wraz z możliwościami i przeszkodami w ich odzyskiwaniu. Biorąc pod uwagę ten brak w literaturze, w niniejszym opracowaniu wyjaśniono właściwości odpadów i odpadów poflotacyjnych powstałych w wyniku wydobycia i przeróbki rud surowców radioaktywnych, wspomniano o napotkanych trudnościach oraz przedstawiono propozycje rozwiązań, wykorzystując literaturę dotyczącą odzysku odpadów poflotacyjnych i gospodarki odpadami.
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