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The Sillamäe hydrometallurgical ore processing plant has been in operation since 1948. During the Soviet era, the plant produced uranium as well as rare earths and rare metals. Since Estonia’s independence, the rare earth metal processing continued at a smaller scale. A tailings pond was established in 1959 on the beach of the Baltic Sea. The pond collects the waste water and slurry from the plant. Water permeates through the pond and into the nearby Gulf of Finland. Naturally this location makes it a matter of concern for all Baltic countries [1].
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Dziewinski, J., Marczak, S. (2000). A Novel Chemical Nitrate Destruction Process. In: Rofer, C.K., Kaasik, T. (eds) Turning a Problem into a Resource: Remediation and Waste Management at the Sillamäe Site, Estonia. NATO Science Series, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4092-8_32
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