Hazardous uranium tailings landfill on Urgeiriça’s mine Old Dam site
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN / SERVICES CARRIED OUT
Environmental recovery of the hazardous ore tailings of the Urgeiriça Mine, by reconditioning, slope stabilization, sealing with liners, drainage and monitoring of the backfills of the tailing dam, involving mining ore tailings with high concentration of heavy metals and radioactive elements.
LOCATION
Nelas, Portugal
SERVICE DATE
2008
GENERAL FEATURES
280000m3 of hazardous uranium tailings.
8 ha of rehabilitated landscape.