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MANAGEMENT AND CLEAN-UP OF GROUND-AND SURFACE WATERS, POLLUTED WITH RADIONUCLIDES, AS A RESULT OF URANIUM MINING ACTIVITIES IN THE BUHOVO AREA, BULGARIA
(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2001, Hanspeter Tomschi, Michael Eckart, Hans Jurgen Pickel)
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Uranium mining and milling in the palaeozoic schists and intrusions in the Buhovo area N of Sofia started in 1946 and abruptly ended in 1990. In order to minimize adverse effects on the hydrosphere a complex water management system was developed. The main purpose of this water management system was to provide control- and monitoring tools, enabling the heirs of the defunct mining area to reduce the inherent risks of the different water sources on the affected population’s health. The areas of critical influence ...
Ecology and Environmental Protection2001