THE PROGRESS IN THE RESEARCHES FOR URANIUM MILL TAILINGS CLEANING TREATMENT AND NO-WASTE URANIUM ORE MILLING PROCESSES

In the first part of this paper, the production of uranium mill tailings and their risk assessment are deseribed. The methods of uranium mill tailings disposal and management are criticized and the necessity of the researches for uranium mill railings cleaning treatment and no-wasle uranium ore milling process are demonstrated. In the main part of this paper, the progress for these researches in PRC and other countries with uranium production is reviewed, and the corresponding conclusions are reported.