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MINE TAILINGS SITE [5 records]

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Record 1 2026-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Operations
CONT

A mine site is a piece of land where minerals have been extracted. It may include a tailings facility, an open pit, stockpiles, ponds, a processing plant and any other infrastructure related to mining.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière
CONT

Un site minier est un terrain sur lequel des minéraux ont été extraits. Il peut comprendre une installation d'entreposage des résidus, une fosse à ciel ouvert, des amas de minerai, des bassins, une usine de traitement ainsi que toute autre infrastructure liée aux activités minières.

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2004-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Studies
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Through questioning, the Members sought and received further information from staff on the location of the Contact Lake Mine Site, the stability of the tailings, and the proximity of the site to human habitation(permanent and seasonal).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Urbanisme
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Les commissaires demandent au personnel un complément d'information sur l'emplacement du site minier de Contact Lake, la stabilité des résidus et la proximité du site aux zones d'habitation humaines (permanente et saisonnière).

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2004-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Studies
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Through questioning, the Members sought and received further information from staff on the location of the Contact Lake Mine Site, the stability of the tailings, and the proximity of the site to human habitation(permanent and seasonal).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Urbanisme
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Les commissaires demandent au personnel un complément d'information sur l'emplacement du site minier de Contact Lake, la stabilité des résidus et la proximité du site aux zones d'habitation humaines (permanente et saisonnière).

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 2004-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Constructed Works
  • Waste Management
  • Radioactive Ores (Mining)
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Through questioning, the Members sought and received further information from staff on the location of the Dyno Mine Site, its proximity to human habitations and points of access, as well as the physical condition of the tailings retention structures and mine shaft caps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de constructions
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Minerais radioactifs (Mines métalliques)
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Les commissaires demandent au personnel un complément d'information sur l'emplacement du site minier de Dyno et sa proximité aux zones d'habitation humaines et aux points d'accès, ainsi que sur l'état des ouvrages de confinement des résidus et l'obturation des puits de mine.

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Pollution
  • Radioactive Contamination
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

... seepage pits which were used for dilute aqueous wastes have resulted in a contaminant plume of considerable volume. This lead to the fundamental decision that only solidified wastes will be considered for disposal. Experience with an early trench with a nonreinforced concrete cap, which collapsed and led to its flooding, illustrated the need for a strong, self-supporting cap as well as a permeable floor. Contaminant plumes have provided the opportunity to measure groundwater flow and radionuclide transport and to determine retardation coefficients for the different radionuclides under field conditions.

CONT

Much of this work has been conducted at the Nordic Mine site at Elliot Lake where encouraging results are being obtained in area hydrology, chemical and radio-isotope distribution profiles in tailings solids and in pore water, and migration of contaminants in the surrounding aquifer(contaminant plume).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'eau
  • Pollution par radioactivité
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

La plupart des travaux ont été menés à la mine Nordic d'Elliot Lake où on a obtenu d'encourageants résultats dans le domaine de l'hydrologie, de l'établissement de la distribution des produits chimiques et des radio-isotopes dans les résidus solides et dans l'eau de porosité, ainsi que de la migration des contaminants dans l'aquifère voisin (études des panaches de contamination).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del agua
  • Contaminación por radioactividad
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
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