Rigorous risk assessment as a tool for prevention of accidents of tailings ponds

Abstract

The contribution informs briefly about the storage of waste from mining and processing minerals, particularly in a tailings pond. Tailings ponds may pose a hazard to the environment and human health and may even endanger human life, as presented by some extraordinary events (accidents) that have occurred recently in Europe. Legislative solutions to their safe operation are presented in terms of current legislation and also in terms of new European and Czech legislation. This contribution is supplemented by the information related to this issue, such as the information on BAT.