Old Tailings Dam Before Rehabilitation, June 1983 (1).
An active erosion and pollution area.
Old Tailings Dam After Rehabilitation, May 1986 (1).
Same view as above. Works included removal of tailings and
subsoil, land treatment, construction of drainage and revegetation.
Aerial View of the Old Tailings Dam After Rehabilitation, May 1986 (1).
The drainage lines lead to Tailings Creek in the foreground.
White's Open Cut is in the background.
Tailings Creek Before Rehabilitation, August 1984 (1).
Tailings Creek After Rehabilitation ? September 1984 (1).
Close up view of the main drain on the Tailings Dam area,
showing developing tree belts and infilling of rip-rap voids
with fine material, May 1988 (2).
Mature specimen of Mimosa pigra, May 1988 (2).
Original sward of pasture, May 1988 (2).
The plot has remained unmown since December 1984.
Tailings Dam area viewed from the old plant site, showing pasture cover and developing tree belts, May 1988 (2).
Slashing in progress.
Many thanks to Maria Kraatz, Dept. of Lands, Planning Environment, NT for supplying monitoring reports on Rum Jungle.
Page last updated - May 2, 1999.
1 - C G Allen & T J Verhoeven, 1986, The Rum Jungle Rehabilitation Project - Final Project Report. Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy, Darwin, June 1986.
2 - M Kraatz & R J Applegate (Ed's), 1992, Rum Jungle Rehabilitation Project Monitoring Report, 1986-1988. Technical Memorandum No. 51, Land Conservation Unit, Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT.
| Back to the Uranium Resources Page | or | Back to the SEA-US Front Page |
Copyright © SEA-US 1999 | ||