Open pit lake in Ranstad


Randstad, a uranium mine. The extraction left behind an open pit. When dewatering was canceled so converted quarry into a lake, Tranebarssjon. At Ranstad Industry were recovered between 1965 and 1969 uranium from alum shale which was designed for the Swedish nuclear program.


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Location: Tranebarssjon, Ranstad, Sweden, Scandinavia
Photo credit: © Lars Johansson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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