Ajka alumina plant accident
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ajka-alumina-plant-accident-165-13732607
title:
Ajka alumina plant accident
text:
The Ajka alumina plant accident in October 2010 was a caustic waste reservoir chain collapse at the Ajkai Timföldgyár alumina plant in Ajka, Veszprém County, in western Hungary. On 4 October 2010, at 12:25 CEST (10:25 UTC), the northwestern corner of the dam of reservoir number 10 collapsed, releasing approximately one million cubic metres of liquid waste from red mud lakes. The mud was released as a 1–2 m (3–7 ft) wave, flooding several nearby localities, including the village of Kolontár and t
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2010 industrial accident in Hungary
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajka_alumina_plant_accident
date created:
2010-10-05T11:00:34Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T15:47:19Z
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