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Numerical Simulation Prediction of Natural Attenuation of Groundwater Uranium in a Post-mining Area at an In-situ Leaching Uranium Mine
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Bing YANG1, Tong MENG1, Haoyan ZHANG1, Guoxi LIAN2, Mengjiao LI1
Uranium Mining and Metallurgy | 2025, 44(1) : 93 - 100
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Uranium Mining and Metallurgy | 2025, 44(1): 93-100
SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION
Numerical Simulation Prediction of Natural Attenuation of Groundwater Uranium in a Post-mining Area at an In-situ Leaching Uranium Mine
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Bing YANG1, Tong MENG1, Haoyan ZHANG1, Guoxi LIAN2, Mengjiao LI1
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  • 1 The Fourth Research and Design Engineering Corporation, CNNC, Shijiazhuang 050021, China
  • 2 School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Published: 2025-02-20 doi: 10.13426/j.cnki.yky.2024.06.12
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The remediation of groundwater environment in the post-mining area at in-situ leaching uranium mines has aroused widespread public concern. The long-term change of groundwater U concentration in the post-mining area is still unclear. Field investigation and numerical simulation methods were comprehensively used in this study, and a typical post-mining area of a “CO2+O2” in-situ leaching uranium mine in northern China was taken as the research object. On the basis of identifying the distribution characteristics of groundwater U in the post-mining area, the natural attenuation trend of U in groundwater at different times was quantitatively predicted, and the long-term change of U concentration was quantified. The results show that the concentration of U in the groundwater in the post-mining area is 0.273~5.24 mg/L, and the sampling points with U concentration lower than 2.5 mg/L accounted for 64%. The simulation results show that in the post-mining stage, the groundwater flow direction tend to the regional groundwater flow direction. When the natural attenuation process of U is not considered, U in groundwater migrate to 167 m downstream after 100 years of final mining, and the predicted migration distance is conservative. When the natural attenuation of U is considered, the migration distance of U is only 42 m after 100 years of final mining. The concentration of U in the groundwater in the mining area is reduced from the initial 2.5 mg/L to below 1.0 mg/L. Natural attenuation can reduce the migration distance and the concentration of groundwater U in the post-mining area, and the monitored natural attenuation (MNA) technology can be used as an alternative scheme for groundwater remediation at in-situ leaching uranium mines in the future.

in-situ leaching uranium mine  /  monitored natural attenuation  /  groundwater  /  uranium  /  numerical simulation
Bing YANG, Tong MENG, Haoyan ZHANG, Guoxi LIAN, Mengjiao LI. Numerical Simulation Prediction of Natural Attenuation of Groundwater Uranium in a Post-mining Area at an In-situ Leaching Uranium Mine[J]. Uranium Mining and Metallurgy, 2025 , 44 (1) : 93 -100 . DOI: 10.13426/j.cnki.yky.2024.06.12
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doi: 10.13426/j.cnki.yky.2024.06.12
  • Receive Date:2024-06-27
  • Online Date:2025-07-04
  • Published:2025-02-20
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    1 The Fourth Research and Design Engineering Corporation, CNNC, Shijiazhuang 050021, China
    2 School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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