Athens, June 5, 2006NATO CCMS Pilot Study1 Current Research Topics Dr. Anthimos Xenidis Lab. of Metallurgy National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

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Athens, June 5, 2006NATO CCMS Pilot Study1 Current Research Topics Dr. Anthimos Xenidis Lab. of Metallurgy National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Current Research Topics Dr. Anthimos Xenidis Lab. of Metallurgy National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) NATO CCMS Pilot Study Meeting Prevention and Remediation In Selected Industrial Sectors: Small Sites in Urban Areas

Athens, June 5, 2006NATO CCMS Pilot Study2 Contents  Short presentation of NTUA  Short presentation of Lab. of Metallurgy  Current and completed research projects

Athens, June 5, 2006NATO CCMS Pilot Study3 National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)  NTUA is the oldest and most prestigious educational institution of Greece in the field of technology  It was founded in 1836  It contributed to the country's scientific, technical and economic development  It is closely linked with Greece's struggle for independence, democracy and social progress

Athens, June 5, 2006NATO CCMS Pilot Study4 National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)  8 Engineering schools, around students Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Architecture Engineering Chemical Engineering Rural and Surveying Engineering Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering  Research is carried out in about 100 laboratories  Patission street complex and Zografou Campus

Athens, June 5, 2006NATO CCMS Pilot Study5 National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) The Patission Complex

Athens, June 5, 2006NATO CCMS Pilot Study6 National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Zografou Campus

Athens, June 5, 2006NATO CCMS Pilot Study7 National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)  Laboratory of Metallurgy School of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy Participated in a number of national and EC funded projects  Extractive metallurgy  Environmental problems usually associated with mining, mineral processing and extractive metallurgy activities

Athens, June 5, 2006NATO CCMS Pilot Study8 Lab of Metallurgy - Research Activities Material Processing  Hydrothermal synthesis of materials  Industrial material processing  Waste processing  Hydrometallurgy  Pyrometallurgy Environment  Characterisation - Risk assessment  Waste treatment and disposal  Soil and groundwater pollution Modelling - Simulation  Production process modeling  Computer simulation of production processes Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Networks  EUROTHEN  OSNET

Athens, June 5, 2006NATO CCMS Pilot Study9 Selected research projects Soil and groundwater pollution  Soil remediation in the municipality of Lavrion (LIFE, completed)  Innovative industrial technologies for the rehabilitation of land contaminated from polymetallic sulphide mining and processing operations (ROLCOSMOS, completed)  Development of technologies using the activity of sulphate and metal reducing bacteria to remove heavy metals and metalloids form groundwater and soils (METALBIOREDUCTION, completed)  Rehabilitation of soil with bio-hydrometallurgical methods (PYTHAGORAS II, ongoing)  Long-term Performance of Permeable Reactive Barriers used for the Remediation of Contaminated Groundwater (PEREBAR, completed)  Integrated treatment of industrial wastes towards prevention of regional water resources contamination (INTREAT, on-going)

Athens, June 5, 2006NATO CCMS Pilot Study10 Selected related projects Waste treatment/management  Marine pollution in the Black Sea due to mining activities: risk assessment, development of preventive and remedial action (COPERNICUS, completed)  Life cycle assessment of mining projects for waste minimisation and long term control of rehabilitated sites (LICYMIN, completed)  Prediction, protective and remedial action against acid mine drainage (PRAMID)  Development and application of low cost engineered barriers for the environmental safe disposal of sulphidic mine wastes (GEOPEDA, comp.)  Development of a vegetation cover on alumina red mud depositions (AXERIL, compl.)

Athens, June 5, 2006NATO CCMS Pilot Study11 Selected related projects Waste treatment/management/reuse  Rehabilitation of abandoned bauxite surface mines using alumina red mud as filler (LIFE, ongoing)  Use of bauxite residues for carbon sequestration (DEDIA, on-going)  Hard pan formation in sulphidic wastes (PYTHAGORAS II, on-going)  Iron and steel production from bauxite residues (PAVET, on-going)  Sustainable Improvement in Safety of Tailings Facilities (TAILSAFE, compl.)  The Treatment of Mine Waste to Achieve Cost Effective Engineered Closure of Tailings Dams (CLOTADAM, compl.)

The Lavrion Case Study Presentation will be given by Dr. Alecos Demetriades