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Title: MAJOR ACCIDENTS AND WASTES

MAJOR ACCIDENTS AND WASTES
P. Danihelka
1314-2704
English
21
5.1
• Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE
• Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA
The prevention of major accidents involving hazardous substances is relatively well-controlled issue, nevertheless wastes, especially industrial ones, may exhibit similar hazardous properties as classified chemical substances and mixtures, but they are frequently not directly involved in the priorities area of major accident risk management. Among exceptions, mining wastes from processing, located in tailing facilities, are directly involved in the Seveso III Directive (2012/18/EU) and implemented in national legislations, e.g. Decree No. 224/2015 Coll. in the Czech Republic. This type of waste accidents has the potential to cause transboundary environmental impacts as well as direct hazard for surrounding population and/or employees. The article is focused on analysis of the phenomenon of accidents involving hazardous wastes and their taxonomy, and indicates certain general problems in the area of relations between wastes and accidents. General analysis is supplemented by case studies of typical chemical accidents with wastes showing the spectrum of impacts from explosion throw fire to environment contamination.
conference
21st International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2021
21st International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2021, 16 - 22 August, 2021
Proceedings Paper
STEF92 Technology
SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference
SWS Scholarly Society; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci & Arts; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; European Acad Sci, Arts & Letters; Acad Fine Arts Zagreb Croatia; Croatian Acad Sci
35-42
16 - 22 August, 2021
website
cdrom
8111
Major accidents; wastes; environment pollution; explosion