Proposed site selection criteria for hazardous waste disposal facilities in Iraq

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 163, Issue , 2012, Pages 309-319

  Al Taie, L ^a   Al Ansari, N ^a   Pusch, R ^a   Knutsson, S ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Al Jezira desert; Depleted uranium; Hazardous waste; Iraq; Landfill; Repository; Site selection

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LANDFILL; REPOSITORY; SITE SELECTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

IRAQ;

EID: 84867904049     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/WM120281     Document Type: Article

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