What has been done to ensure the safe disposal of waste?
After extraction of uranium, the part of the tailings used for back filling in the mines and remaining tailings are impounded in well engineered tailings ponds which are fenced off. All the water/effluent from mines, process plant and tailing ponds is treated in the Effluent Treatment Plant. The part of treated effluent is being re-used in the process plant and the balance is being discharged to the public domain after ensuring threshold limit values of all parameters. The waste rock produced in mines is partly used for filling in the mined out area and remaining waste rocks are disposed in an area especially earmarked for the purpose. The area also fully fenced off.
