RADIATION PROTECTION ›› 2022, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (1): 19-23.

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Study on the uranium existing form in groundwater of a uranium mining area along the Gan-Hang tectonic belt

WANG Zhe1, ZHU Jianlin1, ZHANG Huaisheng2*, ZHANG Chunyan3, LI Dong1   

  1. 1. Nuclear industry geological bureau of Jiangxi Province brigade two hundred sixty-five, Nanchang 330000;
    2. Center for Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology Survey, China Geological Survey, Hebei Baoding 071000;
    3. Jiangxi Disaster Reduction and Preparedness Center, Nanchang 330000
  • Received:2021-04-06 Online:2022-01-20 Published:2022-01-24

Abstract: To study the influence of hydrochemical properties of groundwater on the existing forms of uranium in uranium mining areas based on the analysis of chemical composition of groundwater, the mathematical statistics software SPSS 18.0 and the numerical simulation software PHREEQC with LLNL database were used to simulate and explore the groundwater hydrochemical characteristics and the existing forms of Uranium in groundwater throughout a uranium mining area along the Gan-Hang Tectonic belt. The results show that the hydrochemical types are mainly HCO3-Na and HCO3-Na·Ca, Uranium was positively correlated with Ca2+ and Mg2+, and moderately correlated with SO42-. Aqueous Uranium in groundwater is mainly hexavalent, accounting for almost 100%. The existing forms of Uranium are mainly UO2(CO3)22-, UO2(CO3)34-, UO2CO3, UO2(OH)2, UO2(OH)3- and UO2OH+. Among them, UO2(CO3)22- accounts for the absolute majority, followed by UO2(CO3)34-, UO2CO3 and UO2(OH)2, and the total is mainly of a uranyl carbonate form, which corresponds to the acid-base property of groundwater in the studied area.

Key words: uranium ore area, groundwater, Uranium, existing form

CLC Number: 

  • TL75+1