Uranium from ores mined at the three mines - Jaduguda, Bhatin and Narwapahar (Jharkhand) - is processed in the mill and the waste emerges as tailings. The recorded radioactivity level in these tailings is very low, but to avoid any long-term effect of these tailings on the atmosphere, humans, cattle as well as native flora and fauna, the tailings are covered with 30 cm layer of soil.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/binding-capacity-and-root-penetration-seven-species-selected-revegetation-uranium
[2] http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/article_id_099_04_0507_0513_0.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/prafulla-soni
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/lal-singh
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uranium
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining-waste
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining-reclamation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/flora
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/purba-singhbhum
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/radiation
