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The Beaverlodge Mine sometimes referred to as the Eldorado Mine or the Beaverlodge Operation was a uranium mine in the community of Eldorado, northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Eldorado was a small community 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of the community of Uranium City, Saskatchewan in the Beaverlodge Ura
nium District built by Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited to house the workforce and families of the mine. The mine was opened in 1952, and was owned and operated by Eldorado Mining and Refining, a Crown Corporation of the Canadian government. The site has 70 properties, an underground mine, several smaller satellite mines, a central mill, open pit mines and a tailings area The mine was closed in June 1982 and decommissioning started in 1985. It was the first mine to present a formal decommissioning plan to under an Atomic Energy Control Board license. In 2009 five of the 70 properties were released from Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission licensing and under the supervision of the Institutional Control Program. Another 20 properties were released to the Institutional Control Program on 19 December 2019 and one property was completely released from licensing. On 27 May 2013 the Canadian...
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