On the 19th of July, 1985 in Tesero, Northern Italy, a tailings dam gave way and killed 268 people. With the most common tailings dam design in the world, what went wrong and how widespread are the risks?
With John Chidgey.
Links of potential interest:
Stava tailings dam failureWater Management Considerations for Conventional StorageConventional Impoundment Storage - The current techniquesThe Stava Mudflow of 19 July 1985 PDFLiquefactionThe Val di Stava Dam CollapseMine Tailings Safety Stava Report PDFVal di Stava Dam CollapseTailings DamThe Stava Tailings Dam FailureFondazione Stava 1985 [Italian]
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Episode Silver Producers:
Chris Stone, Eivind Hjertnes and Carsten Hansen.