STEI Conference Series on In-situ uranium mining for South Texas

3rd ISR Mining Conference and Workshop, Kingsville, Texas, July 28, 2008 

 ISR uranium mining conference agenda 7-28-08

ISR meeting participants 7-28-08 and affiliation

Presentations from the Conference

I.  Introduction and Overview of Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment at Texas A&M University Kingsville (Kim Jones, Texas A&M University Kingsville)

II.  ISR Restoration update and In Situ Reduction of Chromate and Nitrate Using Membrane-Delivered Hydrogen (Lee Clapp, Texas A&M University Kingsville)

III.  Groundwater District Perspectives on ISR Mining (Garrett Engelking, Refugio County GWCD)

IV.  ISR Legislative Rule Making and Update (Susan Jablonski, TCEQ)

V. In Situ Uranium Recovery Licensing and Permitting Process (Don Redmond, TCEQ)

VI.  Underground Injection Control (UIC) aspects and proposed rules for Situ Recovery (ISR) of Uranium (Ben Knape, TCEQ)

VII.  One Approach to assessing the impacts of drilling operations on uranium migration (Venkatesh Uddameri, Texas A&M University-Kingsville)

Stakeholder discussion transcripts to be posted soon.

 

2nd ISR Mining Conference and Workshop, Kingsville, Texas, March 17, 2008 

ISR uranium mining conference agenda 3-17-08

Presentations

I.  Resurgence of ISR uranium mining in South Texas and the TAMUK Center proposal (Kim Jones, Texas A&M University-Kingsville)

II.  Groundwater management in Texas - Overview (Venki Uddameri, Texas A&M University-Kingsville)

III.  ISR mining and restoration technology development (Lee Clapp, Texas A&M University-Kingsville)

IV.  Radioactive Materials Division update and upcoming TCEQ ISR rule making agendas (Susan Jablonski, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

V.  In-situ Recovery mining industry perspectives (Rick Jacobi, Jacobi Consulting)

 

Other Recent Technical Presentations

Mills, P. PI; Jones, K. Co-PI; Escudero, J. Co-PI.  (2007) Biorefinery Development for Citrus Industry Waste Products, presented to the Texas Citrus Producers Board in Weslaco , Texas , on October 30.

Jones, K. (2007) Planning and Design Feasibility of a Regional Constructed Wetlands System for Implementation in the Arroyo Colorado Watershed, presented at the Arroyo Colorado Watershed Protection Meeting in coordination with Texas Watch and the River Systems Institute, Weslaco , Texas , September 22.

Jones, K.  (2007)  Overview of ISR Groundwater Restoration Technology and Research Needs, presented at the U2007 Global Uranium Symposium, Corpus Christi , Texas , May 22.

Jones, K.  (2007) Restoration Technology Research for ISR Mining, presented at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Trade Fair and Conference, Austin , TX , May 2.

Rivas, R., Mills, P., Jones, K.  (2006) Citrus-Based Bioethanol Production Opportunities and Challenges, presented at the NSF sponsored CREST-RESSACA Conference on Environmental Sustainability for the U.S. Mexico Border Region, Monterrey , Mexico , November 15-16.