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SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER POLLUTION FROM OLD URANIUM MINING SITE AND HYDRO-CHEMICAL INDICATORS FOR ITS EXPRESS ASSESSMENT - A CASE STUDY
(STEF92 Technology, 2021-12-20, Marinela Panayotova, Stefan Dimovski, Nikolay Stoyanov, Svetlana Bratkova, Anatoliy Angelov)
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Old closed uranium mines can be a significant source of environmental pollution and hazards to human health. The problem could become more severe in time due to erosion if the restoration measures are not properly maintained. There are many uranium mines in Bulgaria that, even closed in the 1990s, could be a pollution source for surface and groundwater in their region. Through hydraulic connections, they can contaminate the rivers passing nearby. The aim of the present work was to check the hypothesis of a possibl...
Ecology and Environmental Protection2021