Three-dimensional reactive transport simulation of Uranium in situ recovery: Large-scale well field applications in Shu Saryssu Bassin, Tortkuduk deposit (Kazakhstan …

A Collet, O Regnault, A Ozhogin, A Imantayeva… - Hydrometallurgy, 2022 - Elsevier
Uranium in situ recovery (ISR) is the most widely used uranium mining technique worldwide.
It consists of the dissolution of the ore by a mining solution, directly within the deposit. By …

Natural Attenuation of Groundwater Uranium in Post-Neutral-Mining Sites Evidenced from Multiple Isotopes and Dissolved Organic Matter

C Lu, W **u, B Yang, H Zhang, G Lian… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Although natural attenuation is an economic remediation strategy for uranium (U)
contamination, the role of organic molecules in driving U natural attenuation in postmining …

Conditions for uranium biomineralization during the formation of the Zoovch Ovoo roll-front-type uranium deposit in East Gobi Basin, Mongolia

D Rallakis, R Michels, M Cathelineau, O Parize… - Ore geology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Zoovch Ovoo uranium roll-front-type deposit is hosted in the Sainshand
Formation, a Late Cretaceous siliciclastic reservoir, which constitutes the upper part of the …

Alkaline in-situ leaching of uranium in low-permeability sandstone: An experimental study using online low field nuclear magnetic resonance (LF-NMR) spectroscopy …

T Zhang, H Zhang, X Yang, J Mao, X Su, Y Liu, G Zhou… - Hydrometallurgy, 2024 - Elsevier
Uranium leaching was influenced by multiphase flow and geological structure during in-situ
recovery of uranium (ISRU). In this study, the characteristics of multiphase flow and pore …

A reactive transport model designed to predict the environmental footprint of an 'in-situ recovery'uranium exploitation

S Escario, N Seigneur, A Collet, O Regnault… - Journal of Contaminant …, 2023 - Elsevier
Worldwide, most uranium production relies on the 'in situ recovery'(ISR) extraction
technique. This consists of dissolving the ore using a leaching solution (acid or alkaline) …

Long-term evolution of uranium mobility within sulfated mill tailings in arid regions: a reactive transport study

N Seigneur, L De Windt, A Déjeant, V Lagneau… - Minerals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Management of mill tailings is an important part of mining operations that aims at preventing
environmental dispersion of contaminants of concern. To this end, geochemical models and …

Managing the remediation strategy of contaminated megasites using field-scale calibration of geo-electrical imaging with chemical monitoring

L Lévy, TS Bording, G Fiandaca… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Groundwater contamination is a threat to drinking water resources and ecosystems.
Remediation by injection of chemical reagents into the aquifer may be preferred to …

Co-precipitation of radium in high–salinity environments: Implications from laboratory experiments and field surveys

Z Zhang, L Yi, Z Nie - Chemical Geology, 2025 - Elsevier
The co-precipitation of radium (Ra) with minerals is prevalent in high-salinity environmental
systems, with significant implications for geochemical cycling and radiation risk …

[HTML][HTML] Reactive transport modelling as a toolbox to compare remediation strategies for aquifers impacted by uranium in situ recovery

N Seigneur, N Grozeva, B Purevsan… - Journal of Contaminant …, 2024 - Elsevier
More than 60% of worldwide uranium production is based on the In Situ Recovery mining
technique. This exploitation method directly falls within the scope of the applications of …

Quantifying 226Ra activity in a complex assemblage of 226Ra-bearing minerals using alpha autoradiography and SEM/EDS

C Besançon, P Sardini, S Savoye, M Descostes… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 226 Ra is an ultra-trace element with important environmental implications for many
industries (including water treatment and oil and mineral extraction). Its extremely low …