Mydlovary |
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Location: The South Bohemia Region, České Budějovice area Brief historyUranium processing plant (MAPE Mydlovary) was in operation from 1962 until 1991. Ore from western Bohemia, Okrouhlá Radouň, Příbram, Dolní Rožínka and from Stráž pod Ralskem was processed here at a rate of 600 kt. per year. In total, 16.8 mil. metric tons of uranium ore were processed here, creating 28.5 thousand metric tons of pure uranium and, at the tailings impoundment, a total of 285 hectares were gradually filled with 35.8 mil. metric tons of sludge from processing. For the storage of sludge, a part of the now defunct Svatopluk mine has been used. Type of activityA chemical processing plant uranium ore using acid and alkaline leaching and the storage of sludge at the tailings impoundment. Present-day conditionsA dismantled processing facility, the surrounding area has been decontaminated, a part of the area has been sold, and the rest of the unusable structures have been prepared for dismantling. At the tailings impoundments, intensive reclamation and remediation work is underway. The Environmental Problem and its SolutionSludge WaterOverflow of water from the tailings impoundments after hydrometallurgical processing of ore is treated on site and the treated water is released into the Vltava River. |