Uranium residue impacts on ground and surface water resources at the Schneckenstein site in East Germany

摘要

In the former uranium mining areas of Saxony and Thuringia there are still many sources of possible contamination due to uranium, thorium, radium and other heavy metals and metalloids. Due to the increase concerns about the environmental pollution problems, it is so important in waste disposal management to perform an accurate chemical monitoring. This paper summarizes groundwater and superficial water analyses as well as geochemical modelling of uranium and other pollutants which were undertaken in order to evaluate the contamination risk of groundwater in the vicinity of the Schneckentein site.