Reducing risk of exposure from hazardous waste repositories

Kaliampakos, D; Mavropoulos, A; Damigos, D

dc.contributor.author	Kaliampakos, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Mavropoulos, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Damigos, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:49:54Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:49:54Z
dc.date.issued	2004	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/34772
dc.relation.uri	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-12344262997&partnerID=40&md5=8d264c6401e9962d747b6aa236f134dc	en
dc.subject.other	Ecosystems	en
dc.subject.other	Hazardous materials	en
dc.subject.other	Mines	en
dc.subject.other	Public policy	en
dc.subject.other	Risk assessment	en
dc.subject.other	Societies and institutions	en
dc.subject.other	Surveys	en
dc.subject.other	Toxicity	en
dc.subject.other	Underground mine transportation	en
dc.subject.other	Backfills	en
dc.subject.other	Rock-supporting ability	en
dc.subject.other	Sandwiched layers	en
dc.subject.other	Underground mine surveys	en
dc.subject.other	Waste treatment	en
dc.title	Reducing risk of exposure from hazardous waste repositories	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.publicationDate	2004	en
heal.abstract	Europe is one of the largest chemical-producing regions in the world, supplying 38% of the global turnover. The EU member countries generate about 36 million tones of hazardous waste per year and, if current trends and policies continue, there could be a growth of 30% to 50% in chemicals output for most of the EU countries by 2010. The result is a respective increase in the demand for hazardous waste management and/or disposal sites. An interesting solution is the utilization of abandoned underground mines as hazardous waste repositories. This solution is currently under study by the ""Low Risk Disposal Technology"" research project, funded by the EU Commission. The project aims to investigate the current use of abandoned mines for hazardous waste disposal and the prerequisites for using this alternative, in order to protect human health and the environment by reducing the mobility of the hazardous pollutants.	en
heal.journalName	Waste Management and the Environment II	en
dc.identifier.spage	137	en
dc.identifier.epage	146	en