Reports & Research

• Rössing Uranium Health Study – An Overview, January 2021 (pdf - 709kb)

• Rössing Uranium Health Study – Frequently Asked Questions, January 2021 (pdf - 468kb)

• Lay Summary (pdf - 158kb)

• Health Study Presentation (pdf - 1.1mb)

• Radiation Management Plan 2021 (pdf - 4.3mb)

• Radiation Management Plan 2019 (pdf - 4.3mb)

• Implementation of Radiation Management Plan – Annual Report 2020 (pdf - 3.5mb)

• Implementation of Radiation Management Plan – Annual Report 2019 (pdf - 2mb)

• Implementation of Radiation Management Plan - Annual Report 2018 (pdf - 703kb)

• Implementation of Radiation Management Plan - Annual Report 2017 (pdf - 2.0mb)

• Radiation Management Plan 2017 (pdf - 4.2mb)

• Implementation of Radiation Management Plan - Annual Report 2016 (pdf - 4.2mb)

• Implementation of Radiation Management Plan - Annual Report 2015 (pdf – 1mb)

• Implementation of Radiation Management Plan - Annual Report 2014 (pdf - 2.3mb)

• Annual Report to Radiation Protection Authority 2013 (pdf - 2.40mb)

• Guide to Radiation in Namibia's Uranium Exploration & Mining Sectors (pdf - 4.13mb)

• Questions answered about Uranium & Radiation (pdf - 3.39mb)

• Radiation Fact Sheets

  • 01 What is ALPHA RADIATION? (pdf - 202kb)
  • 02 What is BETA RADIATION? (pdf - 205kb)
  • 03 What is GAMMA RADIATION? (pdf - 201kb)
  • 04 When is there a RADIATION EXPOSURE RISK? (pdf - 72kb)
  • 05 What are RADIATION EXPOSURE PATHWAYS? (pdf - 218kb)
  • 06 How do we measure EXTERNAL RADIATION EXPOSURE? (pdf - 256kb)
  • 07 How do we measure INTERNAL RADIATION? (pdf - 238kb)
  • 08 What is BACKGROUND RADIATION? (pdf - 234kb)
  • 09 What special measures are taken with FEMALE WORKERS at Rössing Uranium? (pdf - 83kb)
  • 10 How are RADIATION WORKERS monitored? (pdf - 186kb)

• Position papers

  • Risk Assessment on the Rössing Uranium Car Park area (pdf - 970kb)

  • Risk Assessment on the Rössing Uranium Waste Rock Dump Site bordering the Khan River (pdf - 399kb)

  • Baseline and Mining-related Radon Concentrations in the Rössing Mining Area (pdf - 399kb)

  • Rössing Uranium mine's tailings dust - What is the risk (pdf - 5mb)

  • Using Alpha Recoil as a Tool for Contamination Control in the Khan River Aquifer (pdf - 3mb)

  • Drinking-water in the Erongo Region (PDF - 711kb)

  • Risk assessment on Rössing Uranium mine's tailings dust (pdf - 4.5mb)

  • Water quality monitoring at Rössing Uranium mine using isotope techniques (pdf - 1.9mb)

• 2011 National conservation assessment and management of two Namibian succulents with specific reference to the Rössing Uranium Mine (pdf - 7.54mb)

• Environmental Annual Report 2020 (pdf - 4.4mb)

• Environmental Annual Report 2019 (pdf - 975kb)

• Environmental Annual Report 2018 (pdf - 1mb)

• Environmental Annual Report 2017 (pdf - 1mb)

• Environmental Product Declaration - Uranium Oxide (U₃O₈) (pdf - 2.5mb)

Rössing Desalination Plant - Final SEIA Report to MET (pdf - 18.7mb)
Rössing Desalination Plant - Letter to MET (pdf - 146kb)
Annexure A1 - CV for Andries van der Merwe (pdf - 235kb)
Annexure A2 - CV for Patrick Killick (pdf - 212kb)
Annexure A3 - CV for Simon Charter (pdf - 101kb)
Annexure A4 - CV for Werner Petrick (pdf - 248kb)
Annexure B1 - Background Information Document (pdf - 1mb)
Annexure B2 - Meetings presentation (pdf - 1.2mb)
Annexure B3 - Site Notices (pdf - 190kb)
Annexure B4 - Newsprint advertisments (pdf - 4.01mb)
Annexure B5 - Rössing Staff Notifications (pdf - 100kb)
Annexure B6 - Newspaper adverts report (pdf - 1.59mb)
Annexure B6 - SEIA Report adverts (pdf - 790kb)
Annexure C1 - Meeting minutes MUN (pdf - 146kb)
Annexure C2 - Meeting minutes Media (pdf - 155kb)
Annexure C3 - Focus group minutes Key stakeholders (pdf - 158kb)
Annexure C4 - Meeting minutes Public (pdf - 101kb)
Annexure C5 - Meeting minutes MAWF (pdf - 89kb)
Annexure C6 - Meeting minutes NamWater (pdf - 155kb)
Appendix C7 - Meeting notes with MET (pdf - 248kb)
Annexure C8 - I&AP register (pdf - 332kb)
Annexure C9 - Comments and response report (pdf - 349kb)
Annexure D1 - Socio-economic - Final specialist report (pdf - 1.07mb)
Annexure D2 - Archaeology - Final specialist report (pdf - 287kb)
Annexure D3 - Visual impact assessment - Final specialist report (pdf - 2.93mb)
Annexure D4 - Noise - Final specialist report (pdf - 4.52mb)
Annexure D5 - Avifauna - Final specialist report (pdf - 2.91mb)
Additional study: Monitoring of Damara Terns at Mile 4 Salt Works (pdf - 1.3mb)
Annexure D6 - Marine ecology - Final specialist report (pdf - 3.32mb)
Annexure D7 - Brine dilution modelling - Final specialist report (pdf - 2.84mb)
Annexure D8 - Shoreline dynamics - Final specialist report (pdf - 1.62mb)
Annexure E - Social and environmental management plan (pdf - 4.39mb)

Z20 SEIA Draft Scoping Report - Executive Summary (pdf - 720kb)
Z20 SEIA Draft Scoping Report (pdf - 6.5mb)
Social and Environmental Management Plan (pdf - 2.8mb)
Annexure A - SEIA team CV's
Andries van der Merwe CV - 2012 (pdf - 130kb)
Ilze Rautenbach (condensed CV) - 2012 (pdf - 50kb)
Karen de Bruyn CV 2012 (pdf - 435kb)
Robyn Christians CV - 2012 (pdf - 120kb)
Werner Petrick CV - 2012 (pdf - 140kb)
Stephan vd Berg CV - 2012 (pdf - 170kb)
Annexure B1: List of Interested and Affected Parties (pdf - 590kb)
Annexure B2 - Information sharing records
Arandis Public Meeting - Minutes (pdf - 260kb)
Arandis Town Council - Minutes (pdf - 250kb)
Attendance Register Arandis Public Meeting (pdf - 420kb)
Attendance Register Arandis Town Council (pdf - 310kb)
Attendance Register Erongo Regional Council - MET (pdf - 310kb)
Attendance Register Media (pdf - 305kb)
Attendance Register Swakop Public Meeting (pdf - 330kb)
Erongo Regional Council & MET - Minutes (pdf - 200kb)
MAWF - Minutes (pdf - 160kb)
Media - Minutes (pdf - 210kb)
MET DEA - Minutes (pdf - 235kb)
MET Environmental Commissioner - Minutes (pdf - 90kb)
MET Parks and Wildlife - Minutes (pdf - 200kb)
MME - Minutes (pdf - 240kb)
MUN Meeting - Minutes (pdf - 220kb)
MWAF Harald Koch - Minutes (pdf - 170kb)
MWAF Guido van Langenhove - Minutes (pdf - 160kb)
Swakopmund Public Meeting - Minutes (pdf - 210kb)
Annexure B3: Background Information Document (BID) (pdf - 1.9mb)
Annexure B4: Placed Site Notices and e-Rössing Bulletin Article (pdf - 1.7mb)
Annexure B5: Newspaper advertisements (pdf - 2.8mb)
Annexure B6: Information presented at meetings and open day (pdf - 4.5mb)
Annexure B7: Comments received prior to Draft Scoping Report release - 2.4mb)
Annexure B8: Issues and Response Report (pdf - 690kb)
Annexure C1: Visual Impact Assessment (pdf - 7.9mb)
Annexure C2: Air Quality Assessment (pdf - 4mb)
Annexure C3: Noise Impact Assessment (pdf - 3.4mb)
Annexure C4: Radiological Public Dose Assessment (pdf - 2.3mb)
Annexure C5: Surface Water Assessment (pdf - 1.2mb)
Annexure C6: Biodiversity Impact Assessment (pdf - 2.9mb)
Annexure C7: Specialist Archaeological Assessment (pdf - 840kb)

Notice to Stakeholders (pdf - 65kb)
SEIA Phase 2b - Main report (pdf - 4.3mb)
Annexure A - Rössing HSE Policy (pdf - 177kb)
Annexure B - Overview of the Rössing HSE Management System (pdf - 3.8mb)
Annexure C - Letter to MET - DEA to initiate Phase 2 process (pdf - 180kb)
Annexure D - Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDA) Model (pdf - 165kb)
Annexure E - MCDM 2008 (pdf - 12.9mb)
Annexure F - MCDM 2009 (pdf - 2.3mb)
Annexure G - 2010 Background Information Document (pdf - 380kb)
Annexure H - Meetings schedule (pdf - 350kb)
Annexure I - Newspaper notices (pdf - 4.6mb)
Annexure J - Summary of specialist studies - August 2010 (pdf - 2.8mb)
Annexure K - Attendance registers (pdf - 230kb)
Annexure L - Stakeholder register (pdf - 230kb)
Annexure M - Final issues trail (pdf - 870kb)
Annexure N1 - Air Quality Assessment (pdf - 22.3mb)
Annexure N2 - Archaeological Assessment (pdf - 2.1mb)
Annexure N3 - Biodiversity Assessment (pdf - 9.6mb)
Annexure N4 - General Waste Assessment (pdf - 7.2mb)
Annexure N5 - Ground Vibration Assessment (pdf - 6.6mb)
Annexure N6 - Hazardous Waste Assessment (pdf - 6.1mb)
Annexure N7 - Noise Assessment (pdf - 6.8mb)
Annexure N8 - Public Radiation Dose Assessment (pdf - 4.1mb)
Annexure N9 - Socio-Economic Impact Assessment (pdf - 2.1mb)
Annexure N10 - Traffic Impact Assessment (pdf - 14.6mb)
Annexure N11 - Visual Impact Assessment (pdf - 24mb)
Annexure N12 - Water Balance Assessment (pdf - 8.2mb)
Annexure N13 - Groundwater Modeling (pdf - 11.9mb)
Annexure O - Draft Social and Environmental Management Plan (SEMP) (pdf - 4.6mb)
Annexure P - Summary Uranium Rush Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) (pdf - 600kb)

Strategic Environmental Assessment for the central Namib Uranium Rush – Final report (January 2011)

Announcement of public meetings and roadshows (10 August 2010) (pdf - 600kb)
Summary of specialist studies (pdf - 2.8Mb)
Background Information Document (BID) - Rössing Mine Expansion (pdf - 250kb)

Social and environmental impact assessment report with Annexures (pdf - 3.4Mb)

Final Scoping Report (pdf - 3Mb)
Annexure 1 - Glossary (pdf - 29kb)
Annexure 2 - Letter to MET DEA (pdf - 37kb)
Annexure 3 - Example of newspaper advertisement (pdf - 440kb)
Annexure 4 - Example of public notice (pdf - 628kb)
Annexure 5 - Public Information Document (pdf - 1.2Mb)
Annexure 6 - List of Public Participation meetings (pdf - 60kb)
Annexure 7 - Minutes of consultation meetings (pdf - 392kb)
Annexure 8 - Stakeholder feedback forms (pdf - 200kb)
Annexure 9 - Register of stakeholders (pdf - 146kb)
Annexure 10 - Internal reviewer's report (pdf - 40kb)

Report Cover Volume 1 (pdf - 1.3Mb)
Volume 1 - Main SEIA Report (pdf - 4.5Mb)
Volume 2 - Annexures Cover (pdf - 1.3Mb)
Annexure A – Draft Social & Environmental Management Plan (SEMP) (pdf - 1.4Mb)
Annexure B - Minutes of meetings (pdf - 300kb)
Annexure C - Socio-economic impact assessment (pdf - 1.6Mb)
Annexure D1 – Air quality assessment (pdf - 1.3Mb)
Annexure D2 – Radiological public dose assessment (pdf - 2.4Mb)
Annexure E – Risk assessment of the sulphuric acid plant (pdf - 1Mb)
Annexure F - Memorandum on bacteria present in cooling towers (pdf - 50kb)
Annexure G – Visual impact assessment  (the size of this file is 40mb; to request this file please visit your contacts)
Annexure H – Water management assessment (pdf - 600kb)
Annexure I – Noise impact assessment (pdf - 7.6Mb)
Annexure J – Energy Balance study (pdf - 200kb)
Annexure K – Biodiversity assessment (pdf - 7.8Mb)
Annexure L – Stakeholder issues (pdf - 200kb)
Annexure M – Public notices & newspaper reports (pdf - 1Mb)
Annexure N – External reviews (pdf - 400kb)

Notice for Phase 1 SEIA review and Phase 2 scoping (16 January 2008) (pdf - 503kb)
Notice for Phase 1 Scoping report review (15 November 2007) (pdf - 812kb)
Invitation to public meetings (20 August 2007) (jpg - 168kb)

Report cover page (pdf - 370kb)
Scoping Report (pdf - 2.3Mb)
Annexure A - Glossary (pdf - 30kb)
Annexure B - Letter to MET - DEA - SEIA process (pdf - 200kb)
Annexure C - Advert public meeting invitation (pdf - 425kb)
Annexure D - Electronic public notice (pdf - 720kb)
Annexure E - Public Information Document - August 2007 (pdf - 250kb)
Annexure F - List of meetings (pdf - 50kb)
Annexure G - Meeting minutes (pdf - 270kb)
Annexure H - Stakeholder feedback forms (pdf - 380kb)
Annexure I - Register of IAPs (pdf - 140kb)

1. Title page & Executive Summary (p i-xviii) (pdf - 8.6mb)
2. Table of contents (xix-xxxvi) & 1. Introduction and background information (p 1-2) (pdf - 8.8mb)

1. Introduction and background information (p 3-14) (pdf - 7.1mb)
2. The environmental assessment (p 15-22) (pdf - 7.1mb)
3. Methods used to assess and evaluate the magnitude and importance of impacts (p 23-36) (pdf - 9.4mb)
4. Regional setting of the proposed Khan Aquifer recharge scheme (p 37- 42) (pdf - 9.4mb) Continues... (p 43-62) (pdf - 8.2mb) & (p 63-82) (pdf - 9.0mb) & (p 83-94) (pdf - 7.4mb)
5. Evaluation of issues associated with the KARS project (p 95-102) (pdf - 7.4mb) Continues... (p 103-122) (pdf - 8.0mb) & (p 123-134) (pdf - 9.8mb)
6. Summary of impacts, mitigatory actions and further recommendations (p 135-144) (pdf - 9.8mb)
7. Preliminary estimate of monitoring requirements (p-145-149) (pdf - 7.6mb)
8. Sources of information (p 151-162) (pdf - 7.6mb)
9. Responses of comments on the draft EIA report (p 163-173) (pdf - 3.9mb)

Appendix

1. Prediction of the effects of the proposed Khan Aquifer recharge scheme on downstream users
   • Part 1 (pdf - 6.4mb)
   • Part 2 (pdf - 6.8mb)
   • Part 3 (pdf - 6.2mb)
   • Part 4 (pdf - 4.7mb)
2. Irrigation agriculture in the lower Swakop River
   • Part 1 (pdf - 6.6mb)
   • Part 2 (pdf - 5.2mb)
3. Stable isotopes in water of the Rössing mining area and surrounds (pdf - 5.6mb)
4. Report on uranium activities in the Rössing ground water samples (pdf - 2.1mb)
5. The age of sediments in the Swakop River (pdf - 5.2mb)
6. Fluvial and Aeolian coastal sedimentation (pdf - 5.5mb)
7. Technical details of borrow areas (pdf - 1.5mb)

Appendix

1. List of information (pdf - 500kb)
2. Summary of available flood record data (pdf - 1.1mb)
3. Synthetic flood records (pdf - 1.0mb)
4. Probabilistic modelling data (pdf - 6.6mb)
5. Results of analyses (pdf - 3.7mb)

1. Title page & Table of contents (pdf - 5.7mb)
2. Preparation for an environmental impact statement (p 1-2) (pdf - 8.3mb)

1. A pre-mining baseline
   • (p 3-20) (pdf - 8.3mb)
   • (p 21-40) (pdf - 9.3mb)
2. The extent of current mining operations
   • (p 43-60) (pdf - 8.6mb)
   • (p 61-80) (pdf - 9.4mb)
   • (p 81-86) (pdf - 3.2mb)
3. Impacts due to current mining operations
   • (p 87-100) (pdf - 7.6mb)
   • (p 101-120) (pdf - 9.3mb)
   • (p 121-124) (pdf - 9.4mb)
4. Projected future mining operations (p 125-130) (pdf - 9.4mb)
5. Possible impacts likely to arise as a result of future mining operations (p 131 -140) (pdf - 9.4mb)
6. Proposed reclamation and decommissioning plans (p 141- 146) (pdf - 9.9mb)
7. Conclusions (p 147-151) (pdf - 9.9mb)
8. Recommendations (p 152-153) (pdf - 9.9mb)
9. List of references (p154-162) (pdf - 9.9mb)