Selection of Climate Change-Informed Design Storm Events for a Tailings Storage Facility at Red Dog Operations, Alaska, USA ...
The Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM; Global Tailings Review, 2020) requires that climate change knowledge be incorporated to increase the climate resiliency of tailings facilities. At this time, guidance for incorporating climate change knowledge into the design and operation...
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The University of British Columbia
2023
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0438166 https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0438166 |
| Summary: | The Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM; Global Tailings Review, 2020) requires that climate change knowledge be incorporated to increase the climate resiliency of tailings facilities. At this time, guidance for incorporating climate change knowledge into the design and operation of tailings facilities and their appurtenant structures is limited. Due to the high degree of uncertainty in climate change modelling, additional guidance is needed to effectively and consistently incorporate climate changeinformed design criteria for tailings facilities. Red Dog Operations (RDO), located in the Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA, has observed an increasing trend in the magnitude of precipitation in the region, as well as an increase in the frequency of extreme storm events, hypothesized to be a result of climate change. To achieve GISTM conformance, RDO has undertaken steps to evaluate the design, operation, and closure criteria of its tailings storage facility (TSF) and assess how operations ... |
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