Nejdek |
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Location: The Karlovy Vary Region, Karlovy Vary area Brief historyThe tailings impoundment of the chemical uranium ore processing plant in Nejdek, situated on the site of a former paper mill in the district of Vysoká Pec, was in operation from 1952 until 1959. Processed here was uranium ore from all of the mining districts of the time including Trutnov uranium coal. The processing plant operated at a rate of up to 270 metric tons of ore per day. After 1959 the processing facility was dismantled.Type of activityThe storage of sludge from the chemical processing of acid leached uranium ore. Present-day conditionsThe tailings impoundment has been covered with inert material and forested (old damage). The Environmental Problem and its SolutionMine waterOutflow of contaminated water from the tailings impoundment has contaminated surface and underground water. There is proven inundation of a stretch of the Rolava River. A sub-standard and devastated drainage and stoppage system is in danger of disrupting the barrier. Urgent reconstruction of the drainage system is required. |