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.