ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF TAILINGS DISPERSAL FROM A URANIUM MINE USING TOXICITY TESTING PROTOCOLS1

ABSTRACT: Toxicity testing is a means of establishing the environmental risk of a uranium tailings release. It is valuable in designing tailings containment structures because it assists in setting acceptable levels of risk for the design. This paper presents details of toxicity tests of the tailings from Ranger Uranium Mine, Northern Territory, Australia. The results suggest that the non-radiological toxicity of the tailings is low. The environmental risk of a tailings release is more likely to be related to the physical impacts of the tailings, including infilling of billabongs and changes in the sedimentology of riparian ecosystems rather than their biogeochemical impact. Two major results were: (1) water from treatment with washed tailing fines were not toxic to Hydra viridissima, and (2) mixtures of washed tailings fines and natural floodplain sediment (overlying water or elutriates) were not toxic to Hydra viridissima or Moinodaphnia macleayi.     

基于重构相空间充填体变形规律的灰色预测研究

尾砂胶结充填体是非线性力学介质,其变形是能量耗散的复杂过程,必须研究其内在变形规律,才能正确预测采矿过程中充填体的稳定性.对不同配比的尾砂胶结充填体进行力学试验,得出了其应力-应变规律,对安庆铜矿高阶段充填体变形进行了监测.采用自适应滤波原理,研究基于重构相空间的测量数据去噪处理方法.用灰色理论研究充填体变形在相空间中相点距离的演变规律,建立了重构相空间的灰色预测模型.为减小预测误差,对预测结果采用残差模型修正.应用建立的模型,对安庆铜矿高阶段充填体变形进行分析,确定了采场合理回采周期.结果表明,充填体变形具有非线性混沌特性,不同配比的充填体表现出不同的非线性动力学行为,重构相空间能充分展示充填体变形的内在规律.     

降雨对尾矿库渗流场的动态影响

尾矿库能否安全运行的影响因素之一就是渗流问题。而降雨又是影响尾矿库渗流场的一个重要因素。运用ANSYS有限元软件的热力学模块建模,计算了3种干滩长度、3种降雨量及7种雨型,共计63种组合工况。分析计算发现,降雨时干滩长度越长,尾矿库出口节点渗透压上升越高。由此可知降雨时,如果尾矿库干滩面未做防渗排水防护措施,那么干滩长度越长对坝体的稳定越不利。建议尾矿库工程设计过程中考虑在干滩面设置防渗排水设施。     

基于三角模糊理论的尾矿库风险评价研究

根据尾矿库的特点和我国现行的尾矿库安全生产监督管理法律法规及标准规范的要求,构建了尾矿库风险评价指标体系。综合考虑评价指标对风险发生可能性及后果严重程度的不同影响来确定指标权重,同时考虑到权重确定和指标赋值中的模糊性和不确定性等问题,选用三角模糊理论建立了尾矿库风险评价模型,并以本溪某尾矿库为例进行说明。理论分析和实例计算表明,该方法对尾矿库风险评价有很好的适用性。     

降雨条件下尾矿坝饱和-半饱和渗流模拟分析

降雨条件下,由于渗透压力的存在,降低了尾矿坝坝坡的整体稳定性,可能产生坝体自身的变形和破坏,甚至导致尾矿库溃坝发生.针对某尾矿库,分析了降雨条件下对尾矿坝渗流及稳定的影响,运用饱和-非饱和渗流理论及降雨入渗理论,分析了尾矿坝渗流场的变化过程,根据计算出来的瞬态渗流场,利用非饱和尾砂抗剪强度理论,对尾矿坝的瞬态稳定性进行了分析.研究成果对于提高尾矿坝降雨条件下安全运行,降低尾矿库溃坝事故发生率具有重要意义.     

Electro-remediation of tailings from a multi-metal sulphide mine: comparing removal efficiencies of Pb,Zn, Cu and Cd

Sulphidic mine tailings characterised by high concentrations of heavy metals (Pb 3532?±?97?mg/kg, Zn 8450?±?154?mg/kg, Cu 239?±?18?mg/kg and Cd 14.1?±?0.3?mg/kg) and abundant carbonate (17%) were subjected to eight lab-scale electrodialytic remediation (EDR) experiments to investigate the influence of current density, treatment time and particle size on removal efficiency. Pb and Cu removal improved when increasing current density, while Zn and Cd removal did not. In contrast Zn and Cd removal improved by grinding the tailings, while Pb and Cu removal did not. At the highest current density (1.2?mA/cm²), 94%, 75%, 71% and 67% removal of Pb, Zn, Cu and Cd could be achieved, respectively, on grinded tailings in 28 days. Sequential chemical extraction made before and after EDR revealed larger oxidisable fractions of Zn, Cu and Cd, representing large fractions of sulphides, which was likely to be the main barrier to be removed as efficiently as Pb. This was in accordance with acid/base extraction tests in which Pb showed high solubility at both high and low pH (up to 65% and 86% of extraction, respectively), while considerable extraction of Zn (55%) happened only at low pH; and very limited extraction (<20%) of Cu and Cd occurred at any pH.     

丘陵地区农牧渔生态系统的研究

经四年研究，本文提出了适宜丘陵地区的作物－猪－鱼复合生态系统模型。在该系统中，淡水鱼的养殖以半精养方式最佳。本文还讨论了半精养方式的混养结构、水质管理和饵料组合等配套技术。     

单甲脒农药对模型池塘生态系统藻类群落结构的影响

在１．５－５０．０ｍｇ／Ｌ的浓度范围内，单甲脒农药对模型池塘生态系统中的浮游植物群落结构有明显影响。尤其在加药的头４ｄ内，藻类种类、数量、多样性指数、种类数比及增长率明显下降，优势比显著上升，敏感种及清洁种减少甚至消失，高浓度（５０．０ｍｇ／Ｌ）的单甲脒在２ｄ内可把藻类全部杀灭。随试验时间的延长，药物不断降解，６ｄ后藻类种类、数量、多样性指数又不断回升。随加药次数的增多，药物对藻类抑制作用明显减弱，藻类的种类、数量、多样性指数等指标不断上升，尤其是藻类数量增加明显，试验后期，藻类数量高低主要受Ｎ、Ｐ浓度大小的影响。     

悬浮颗粒物在河道滞留塘系统中的沉降与沉积特性

河道滞留塘系统是以颗粒物沉降为污染物主要净化机理的污染河流净化技术.通过1年的现场试验研究,考察了悬浮颗粒物SS在滞留塘中的沉降和沉积特性.在本试验条件下,随水力停留时间(HRT)延长(HRT为1.5～7 h),SS平均去除率逐渐增加,介于20%～40%之间,而SS去除速率则快速降低,SS去除速率与进水SS浓度成正比关系;不同季节河水中SS的沉降性能有较大差异,冬季河水中有机物含量较低的易沉降颗粒物比例较春秋季河水的为高,滞留塘HRT的选择应以去除易沉降颗粒物为标准,本研究条件下5 h以内是适宜的HRT选择范围.在滞留塘动态运行中,SS的沿程沉积量呈指数规律下降.     

氰化尾渣制备微电解填料及降解甲基橙研究

以氰化尾渣为原料,采用煤基直接还原工艺制备铁碳微电解填料,并将填料用于处理甲基橙等模拟废水.研究了焙烧温度、焙烧时间、煤用量等制备条件对填料降解甲基橙的影响.结果表明,在焙烧温度为1250℃,焙烧时间为60min,煤用量为30%的条件下制备的微电解填料对甲基橙废水的脱色效果最好.提高填料用量和降低溶液初始pH值有利于去除甲基橙.用于处理400mL浓度为100mg/L的甲基橙溶液,在填料用量为2g,溶液初始pH值在3~6的范围内,当降解时间为30min时,甲基橙脱色率均接近100%.XRD分析表明,最佳条件下制备的填料中主要结晶物相为零价铁.SEM显示填料中的零价铁颗粒粒度均在50μm以下,零价铁与残碳构成微电解填料.