Managing Coal Combustion Residues in Mines

Burning coal in electric utility plants produces, in addition to power, residues that contain constituents which may be harmful to the environment. The management of large volumes of coal combustion residues (CCRs) is a challenge for utilities, because they must either place the CCRs in landfills, surface impoundments, or mines, or find alternative uses for the material. This study focuses on the placement of CCRs in active and abandoned coal mines. Read the report online.

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Managing Coal Combustion Residues in Mines is an episode from The Sounds of Science from the National Academies.

This episode is 6:47 long.

This episode was published on Apr 15, 2010.

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