Season 1 · Episode 20
20: Stava Dam
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?
February 24, 201821m 45s
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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.
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Episode Gold Producer: 'r'.
Episode Silver Producers: Chris Stone, Eivind Hjertnes and Carsten Hansen.
With John Chidgey.
Links of potential interest:
- Stava tailings dam failure
- Water Management Considerations for Conventional Storage
- Conventional Impoundment Storage - The current techniques
- The Stava Mudflow of 19 July 1985 PDF
- Liquefaction
- The Val di Stava Dam Collapse
- Mine Tailings Safety Stava Report PDF
- Val di Stava Dam Collapse
- Tailings Dam
- The Stava Tailings Dam Failure
- Fondazione Stava 1985 [Italian]
Support Causality on Patreon
Episode Gold Producer: 'r'.
Episode Silver Producers: Chris Stone, Eivind Hjertnes and Carsten Hansen.
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