PAYS DE LOIRE -- shut downPurpose: production of uraniumType: former mine and leaching installations Location: Le Temple et Treize-Vents (Vendée et Deux-Sèvres) in the Mallièvre concession Operator: Cogéma Period of operation: mining?; leaching, 1967-1976 Process: surface mine and underground mine; leaching Raw materials: uranium ore Cogéma carried out static leaching of low-grade ore on the mine’s surface. On the site are stored 250,000 t of tailings from leaching, containing 1 TBq of radium 226. The tails are covered with waste rock. Remediation of the site has been completed, according to Andra [ 99]. |