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The Ronneburg uranium mine is flooding since the turn of 1997/1998. Until May 2002 the mine water rise has reached levels of about 148 m a.s.l. in the southern mine fields and 90 m a.s.l. in the northern mine fields. For the southern mine fields a water treatment plant proved to be necessary. Test runs began in January 2002. As flooding of the northern mine fields will have much less impact on ground and surface water bodies, operation of a water treatment plant is not deemed necessary for that area. The flooding operation is expected to complete between 2004 and 2005.
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Paul, M., Gengnagel, M., Vogel, D., Kuhn, W. (2002). Four years of flooding WISMUT’s Ronneburg uranium mine — a status report. In: Merkel, B.J., Planer-Friedrich, B., Wolkersdorfer, C. (eds) Uranium in the Aquatic Environment. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55668-5_91
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