Environmental impact assessment of uranium ore mining and milling with a LCA approach

F. Herbelet (1) , J.-L. Girotto (1)

1 CEA-DES (ex-DEN) - CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire)

In any environmental impact assessment concerning nuclear power production, uranium ore mining and yellowcake (uranium concentrate) production operations cannot be ignored. A Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) study was carried out in order to identify the steps in these activities which have the most serious environmental impact.

Keywords: uranium; LCA; mining; milling

Domains: Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]; Nuclear Theory [nucl-th]

F. Herbelet, J.-L. Girotto. Environmental impact assessment of uranium ore mining and milling with a LCA approach. ATALANTE 2016 - Nuclear Chemistry for Sustainable Fuel Cycles, Jun 2016, Montpellier, France. ⟨cea-02509798⟩