Open AccessProbability of failure of waste disposals sites in Žirovski vrh uranium mine
Author(s) -
Tomaž Beguš
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
geologija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1854-620X
pISSN - 0016-7789
DOI - 10.5474/geologija.2002.023
Subject(s) - closure (psychology) , tailings , nuclear decommissioning , mining engineering , geology , uranium mine , uranium , mill , environmental science , geotechnical engineering , waste management , engineering , archaeology , geography , metallurgy , materials science , economics , market economy
The only Uranium mine in Slovenia Žirovski vrh was closed in 1990 due to economic reasons. After the closure extensive decommissioning works in the mine and in the surrounding began. In the very beginning after the closure great landslide has been occurred in the mill tailings site and recalculation of stability of existent and alternate sites were performed. In this calculations I used statistical scatter of input variables and calculated probability of failure of sites.