Spatial water interaction in radium/uranium mines - a Portuguese case study

The extraction of radioactive ore produces tailings and large volumes of waste rocks accumulated in the dumps. The abandoned Picoto radium mine area is located close to Vilar Seco village (Portugal). The mineralization occurs in quartz veins, with torbernite, meta-torbernite and uranophane, and some...

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Main Author: Antunes, Isabel Margarida Horta Ribeiro (author)
Other Authors: Teixeira, Rui José Santos (author), Neiva, Ana Margarida Ribeiro (author), Albuquerque Maria Teresa Durães (author), Valente, Teresa Maria Fernandes (author), Santos, António Carlos Tavares (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Radium/uranium mines
Water
Contamination
Remediation
Central Portugal
Ciências Naturais::Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/72533
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/72533

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