Mapping and modelling human exposure to uraniferous mine waste using a GIS-supported virtual geographic environment

The exposure of residents to large volumes of uraniferous mine waste deposits scattered across densely populated areas in the South African goldfields has long been identified as a potential health threat. To quantify this threat for selected locations numerous studies determined concentration levels of uranium and other radionuclides in different environmental media of the Witwatersrand basin including streams, soils, tailings deposits, mine...