Remediation of uranium mining legacies in Central Asia: project management, project control and construction supervision

In the past years, the G.E.O.S. branch WISUTEC developed remediation concepts for a total of 7 abandoned mining and processing sites on behalf of the European Commission. This was preceded by extensive investigations and environmental assessments. The project is part of an internationally financed programme to rehabilitate the legacy of uranium mining in the former Soviet Union on the territory of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

After the financing was secured and a fund was set up within the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the construction works were successively put out to tender. WISUTEC is currently managing and controlling the sub-projects in Kyrgyzstan, commissioned by the Ministry of Disaster Management of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan and financed by the EBRD. For this purpose, WISUTEC is involved in a Project Management Unit (PMU) in Bishkek with its own staff. In 2020, the construction contracts for the Min-Kush and Shekaftar sites were awarded and construction works began.

Services

  • Management and project control of the Project Management Unit in Bishkek
  • International tender process for the construction works, role of a "Procurement Expert"
  • Construction supervision, contract and cost control
  • Supervision of occupational health and safety, environmental protection and radiation protection
  • Stakeholder management
Auftraggeber:

Ministerium für Katastrophenschutz der Republik Kirgisistan

Laufzeit:

2019 - 2022

Ansprechpartner bei G.E.O.S.:

Falk Wagner
Tel.: +49 (0)371 270940-71
E-Mail: f.wagner@geosfreiberg.de

  • View of a part of the village of Shekaftar in Kyrgyzstan. In the middle ground on the right, a mining dump that gets relocated in the course of the project.
  • Remnants of a uranium ore processing plant at the Min-Kush
  • Relocation of stockpile material in Shekaftar, autumn 2020