Chemikalien, Abfall | Ressourcen
Behaviour of mercury and mercury compounds at the underground disposal in salt formations and their potential mobilisation by saline solutions
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…weiterlesen