Tracer Test of Groundwater in In-situ Leaching Area of Bayanwula Uranium Mine in Inner Mongolia
Received:June 02, 2021   Revised:June 06, 2021   Accepted:June 09, 2021      Published Online:September 18, 2021
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DOI:doi:10.3969/j.issn.1007-7545.2021.10.007
KeyWord:groundwater tracer; in-situ leaching area; uranium ore; Bayanwula
                             
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HE Ting 东华理工大学
LIU Jin-hui 东华理工大学
YANG Yi-han 中核内蒙古矿业有限公司
YAO Guang-huai 中核内蒙古矿业有限公司
XING Yong-guo 中核矿业科技有限公司
HU Peng-fei 中核内蒙古矿业有限公司
WANG Ru-yi 中核内蒙古矿业有限公司
LANG Da-ye 中核内蒙古矿业有限公司
WANG Xiao-wei 中核内蒙古矿业有限公司
ZHANG Feng 中核内蒙古矿业有限公司
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Abstract:
      Acid in-situ leaching of uranium is one of the most commonly used mining methods for sandstone-type uranium deposits. Due to high acid solution injected into underground ore-bearing layer in in-situ leaching, permeability of ore-bearing layer is often reduced by chemical precipitation blockage, and efficiency of uranium leaching is reduced. Therefore, it is necessary to explore variation characteristics of groundwater (solution) flow rate during in-situ leaching. Groundwater tracer test was carried out in C10 mining area of Bayanwula uranium mine. The test results show that there are multiple (at least two) seepage channels from injection hole to extraction hole. Flow rate of solution in faster channel is 1.95—2.06 m/d, and that in slower channel is 1.35—1.44 m/d. Flow velocity characteristics of leaching solution obtained by KI tracer test and SO42- tracer test corresponds to each other.
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