Tag: Mining
Video: Cleaning Up Mines in Northern Saskatchewan
Shared by saskresearchcouncil on Jan 3, 2011 More information at http://www.saskcleans.ca. Uranium mining in the Athabasca Basin region in Northern Saskatchewan was developed in the early 1950s. The mines developed during this period were abandoned, leaving deep holes and mining debris exposed. Project CLEANS (Cleanup of Abandoned Northern Sites), led by the Saskatchewan Research Council, is a multi-year project [...]
Cleaning Saskatchewan’s Abandoned Uranium Mines
As part of Earth Day activities, Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) is leading an initiative that aims to clean up 38 abandoned, uranium mine and mill sites in northern Saskatchewan.
