Seems like there’s not much of an issue here regarding safety, but every time this happens there’s going to be a lot of money spent on assuring the public. Just another bit of evidence that storing waste in tailings dams is bad for all parties.
Green Meadows Estates, in Magna, probably wouldn’t be inundated by [...]
A draft of a report on the Kennecott tailings pile says the company’s efforts to stabilize it are working, but that the goal to have the pile earthquake-proof by 2018 is probably too optimistic.
While the south side of the pile could meet minimum safety standards within seven years, the east side could take as long [...]
This investigation highlights the dangers of long-term waste storage. Companies and communities stress about the hazards, and decide how much money they are prepared to spend on preventing disaster. One can surmise that, without a clean, cheap efficient solution to these problems, communities and companies are unlikely to align their views on these issues.
It may [...]
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