Industrial site decommissioning and reclamation

Industrial landfill site selection using Analytical Hierarchy Process (Case study: Razi industrial town of Isfahan-Iran)

Suitable landfill site selection is a significant step in the integrated management of solid waste. Because of some dangerous industrial waste, landfill site selection is more important. The selection process should be considered different criteria. The purpose of this study was to determine the appropriate location of industrial waste landfill Razi complex by using Analytical Hierarchy Process...

Effects During Construction and Decommissioning

The United States faces the major dilemma of meeting energy demands while simultaneously reducing the environmental consequences of energy production. How we resolve this dilemma has implications for the nation’s economy, environment and energy security. One of the many methods proposed for addressing this challenge is using the wind resource available off the coast of the United States to gene...

Amelioration of Degraded Mine Soil for Reclamation Purposes Using an Industrial Byproduct and an Organic Waste

The South African mining industry has been the backbone of the country’s economy for much of the past century. Mining has, however, often caused the degradation of productive soils. The amendment of these soils is often very expensive and often not sustainable. The University of Pretoria in cooperation with Eskom TSI, has over the past seven years conducted a series of trials. These trials have...

Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities

Re-enchantment and Reclamation

Re-enchantment and Reclamation is a two-year research project, begun in 2006, involving four artists based at Lancaster University UK, who are collaborating with four artists from the UK and abroad. Through a programme of workshops and lectures the project aims to discover and develop methods in dance, film, and the sonic arts for re-enchanting and reclaiming the landscape of Morecambe Bay in t...