Description: Within the next 40 years, in the European Union approximately 11,000 t of metallic mercury has to be disposed that is no longer used in the chlor-alkali industry or is gained from non-ferrous metal production or the cleaning of natural gas. One disposal option is permanent storage in underground storage sites in salt rock. As a liquid, metallic mercury has been ex-cluded from this disposal option so far. Prior to a permit, it is necessary to investigate the par¬ticular challenges for the disposal practice that originate from the specific properties of me¬tallic mercury (liquid state, formation of toxic gases, laborious clean-up of contaminated areas). On the base of present knowledge a safe permanent storage of metallic mercury in under-ground storage sites is principally feasible. Veröffentlicht in Texte | 07/2014.
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Tags: Erdgas ? Chloralkaliindustrie ? Nichteisenmetall ? Quecksilber ? Quecksilberverbindung ? Salz ? Staatseigentum ? Gasförmiger Stoff ? Europäische Union ? Salzgestein ? Standortwahl ? Untergrundspeicher ?
License: other-closed
Language: Englisch/English
Issued: 2014-01-01
Time ranges: 2014-01-01 - 2014-01-01
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