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<strong>Proyecto</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Restitución</strong> <strong>Ambiental</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>la</strong> <strong>Minería</strong><br />

<strong>de</strong>l <strong>Uranio</strong> (PRAMU)<br />

Uranium Mining Environmental Restoration Project<br />

Comisión Nacional <strong>de</strong> Energía Atómica<br />

CNEA


Nuclear Energy Sector<br />

1


Los Colorados<br />

La Este<strong>la</strong><br />

Ma<strong>la</strong>rgüe<br />

Huemul<br />

Remediation sites<br />

Tonco<br />

Los Gigantes<br />

Córdoba<br />

Pichiñán


World Bank Loan Components


Los Colorados<br />

La Este<strong>la</strong><br />

Ma<strong>la</strong>rgüe<br />

Huemul<br />

Remediation sites<br />

Tonco<br />

Los Gigantes<br />

Córdoba<br />

Pichiñán


Huemul<br />

TONCO


•InOperation from<br />

1963 to 1981<br />

•260 tons of Uranium<br />

Production<br />

• 500.000 tons of<br />

tailings<br />

• Un<strong>de</strong>rground Mine<br />

CNEA<br />

•Environmental<br />

monitoring programs<br />

are carrying out in<br />

Tonco<br />

TONCO


LOS COLORADOS


•Inoperation from<br />

1992 to 1996<br />

•55 tons of Uranium<br />

Production<br />

• 155.000 tons of<br />

tailings<br />

• Open pit mine type.<br />

Private<br />

•Environmental<br />

monitoring programs<br />

are carrying out in Los<br />

Colorados.<br />

LOS COLORADOS


LA ESTELA


• In operation from<br />

1980 to 1993<br />

•36 tons of Uranium<br />

Production<br />

• 65.000 tons of<br />

tailings<br />

• Open pit mine type.<br />

Private.<br />

•Environmental<br />

monitoring programs<br />

are carrying out in La<br />

Este<strong>la</strong> .<br />

LA ESTELA


PICHIÑÁN


• In operation from<br />

1976 to 1979<br />

•123 tons of Uranium<br />

Production<br />

• 60.000 Tons of<br />

tailings<br />

• Open pit mine type.<br />

CNEA<br />

•Environmental<br />

monitoring programs<br />

are carrying out in<br />

Pichiñán .<br />

PICHIÑÁN


HUEMUL


• In operation from<br />

1955 to1976<br />

•155 tons of uranium<br />

Production<br />

• 155.000 tons of<br />

tailings<br />

• Open pit mine type.<br />

CNEA<br />

•Environmental<br />

monitoring programs<br />

are carrying out in<br />

Huemul.<br />

HUEMUL


CÓRDOBA


CÓRDOBA


• Ore treatment P<strong>la</strong>nt<br />

• 72.000 tons of<br />

tailings<br />

• Environmental<br />

monitoring programs<br />

are carrying out in<br />

Córdoba.<br />

CÓRDOBA


Córdoba – Los Gigantes


LOS GIGANTES


LOS GIGANTES


• In operation from<br />

1982 to 1989<br />

•207 tons of Uranium<br />

Production<br />

• 2.400.000 tons of<br />

tailings<br />

• Open pit mine type.<br />

CNEA<br />

•Environmental<br />

monitoring programs<br />

are carrying out in Los<br />

Gigantes.<br />

LOS GIGANTES


MALARGÜE


MALARGÜE


MALARGÜE COMPEX FACTORY IN<br />

OPERATION


MALARGÜE<br />

Factory Complex in operation<br />

After dismantling works


DISMANTLING OF INSTALLATIONS


UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE SYSTEM


WATERPROOFING OF IRRIGATION DITCHES


Tipo Material Vol. Final (m3)<br />

Grava 36.000<br />

Suelo A/L 120.000<br />

Arcil<strong>la</strong> 100.000<br />

Roca 120.000<br />

Limo 17.000<br />

Resíduos 500.000<br />

ENCAPSULATING<br />

Medidas<br />

Largo prom. (m) 700<br />

Ancho (m) 185<br />

Altura (m) 8<br />

Superficie (m²) 110.000


PLACEMENT WORKS and CLAY<br />

COMPACTING


TAILINGS NEUTRALIZATION


TAILINGS MANAGEMENT AND<br />

REHABILITATION OF AREA<br />

Reforestation works where the<br />

Tailings were on<br />

Clean sector where the<br />

Tailings were on


RESTORATION WORKS


LANDSCAPING


RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMUNITY


THANKS YOU<br />

Lic. Roberto H. Kurtz<br />

Coordinador Adjunto<br />

rkurtz@cnea.gov.ar

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