Environmental Assessment
Cameco Corporation and Cogema Resources Inc.
Rabbit Lake Solution Processing
Environmental assessment start date: February 8, 2005
Type: Screening
CEAR reference number:
05-01-9129
Proponent: Cameco Corporation and Cogema Resources Inc.
Location: Rabbit Lake Mine/Mill, Saskatchewan
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Project Description
The Rabbit Lake Solution Processing project involves sending uranium-rich
solution (URS) from Cogema Resources Inc.’s McClean Lake operation to Cameco
Corporation’s Rabbit Lake operation for further processing. Cameco also proposes
to continue processing uranium from the ongoing conventional treatment of Rabbit
Lake Eagle Point ore. The proposal includes minor modifications to the McClean
Lake JEB mill to in order to load the URS for transport; and then also
modifications to the Rabbit Lake mill in order to receive the URS. In addition,
the proposed project will require a modification to the Rabbit Lake In-pit
Tailings Management Facility pit crest, currently at the northern boundary of
the facility, to provide sufficient capacity to effectively manage all of the
processing-related waste materials associated with this proposal.
This proposal also includes the construction of a dedicated “restricted
access” haul road between the McClean Lake and Rabbit Lake sites. The URS
solution will be transported over this dedicated haul road in specially designed
and approved containers, similar to those approved for hauling ore slurry
between Cameco’s McArthur River mine and Key Lake mill.
Before the Commission makes its decision on the proposal, an environmental
assessment must be completed in compliance with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.
The purpose of an environmental assessment is to identify the possible
environmental effects of a proposed project, and to determine whether these
effects can be mitigated before the project is allowed to proceed.
Further Information
For questions or information directly related to the environmental assessment
of the proposed project, please contact:
Michael Rinker
Environmental Assessment Specialist
Processing Facilities and Technical Support Division
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
P.O. Box 1046, Station B
Ottawa, ON
K1P 5S9
Telephone: 1-800-668-5284
Fax : (613) 995-5086
E-mail : ceaainfo@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca
The CNSC maintains a public registry of documents related to its
environmental assessments. Lists and copies of documents may be obtained upon
request from:
C. Gunning
Licensing Project Officer
Uranium Mines and Land Evaluation Division
Directorate of Nuclear Cycle and Facilities Regulation
101 22nd St. East, Suite 307
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
S7K 0E1
Telephone: 1-306-975-6376
Fax: 1-306 975-6387
E-mail: ceaainfo@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca
For more information on the environmental assessment process, please refer to
the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency web site at
www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca.
The CNSC regulates the use of nuclear energy and materials to protect health, safety, security and the environment and to respect Canada's international commitments on the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
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