Coal waste impoundments: risks, responses, and alternatives
Auteur :
National Research Council / Division on Earth and Life Studies / Board on Earth Sciences and Resources / Committee on Earth Resources / Committee on Coal Waste Impoundments
Éditeur :
National Academies Press
ISBN :
9780309082518
Date de publication :
7 janv. 2002
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
On October 11, 2000, a breakthrough of Martin County Coal Corporation's coal waste impoundment released 250 million gallons of slurry in near Inez, Kentucky. The 72-acre surface impoundment for coal processing waste materials broke through into a nearby underground coal mine.