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<str<strong>on</strong>g>Workshop</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Dam</strong> <strong>Break</strong> <strong>Analysis</strong> Applied to Tailings<br />
Doubletree Hotel (Quebec Street)<br />
Denver, Colorado<br />
August 24-26, 2011<br />
Wednesday, August 24, 2011<br />
1. Welcome/Opening Statement – José Clemente (Bechtel) 8:00-8:05 am<br />
State-of-the-practice – Tatyana Alexieva (MWH) 8:05-8:50 am<br />
2. Regulatory aspects of dam break analysis applied to tailings dams – José 8:50am-10:00 am<br />
Clemente (Moderator, Bechtel)<br />
ASDSO Survey – Robert K. Martinez (Nevada Divisi<strong>on</strong> of Water Resources)<br />
South American Practice – Tatyana Alexieva (MWH)<br />
<strong>Break</strong> 10:00-10:30 am<br />
2. Regulatory aspects of dam break analysis applied to tailings dams – José 10:30am-12:00 pm<br />
Clemente (Moderator, Bechtel)<br />
Regulatory Envir<strong>on</strong>ment in Nevada, Regulator’s Perspective –Michael Anders<strong>on</strong> (NV DNR)<br />
Regulatory Envir<strong>on</strong>ment in Nevada, Practiti<strong>on</strong>er’s Perspective – Russ Browne (Golder)<br />
Lunch 12:00-1:00 pm<br />
3. Predictive models and available software, Carmen Bernedo (MWH)<br />
Bob Snow (Moderator, D’Appol<strong>on</strong>ia)<br />
Updated 02 October 2011<br />
1:00-1:45 pm<br />
4. Failure modes – Bob Snow (Moderator, D’Appol<strong>on</strong>ia) 1:45-2:45 pm<br />
Review of the literature, Richard Kulesza (Bechtel)<br />
Debris flow as a failure triggering mechanism, Jeff Keat<strong>on</strong> (AMEC)<br />
<strong>Break</strong> 2:45-3:15 pm<br />
4. Failure modes – Bob Snow (Moderator, D’Appol<strong>on</strong>ia) 3:15-5:00 pm<br />
Failure modes, Clint Strachan (MWH)<br />
Geomechanics of dam breach analysis, A. Carraro (Colorado State University)<br />
Risk assessments of slopes, D. V. Griffiths (Colorado School of Mines)<br />
EVENING RECEPTION WITH EXHIBTS<br />
5:30-7:30 pm
Thursday, August 25, 2011<br />
Welcome/Opening Statement – José Clemente (Bechtel) 8:00-8:05 am<br />
5. Modeling tailings flow after dam breaks – D<strong>on</strong> Poulter (Moderator, Golder) 8:05-9:00 am<br />
Overview of USACE <strong>Dam</strong> <strong>Break</strong> Modeling, Mapping and C<strong>on</strong>sequence <strong>Analysis</strong> – Will Breitkreutz<br />
(USACE)<br />
FEMA’s Development of Standard Approaches to Inundati<strong>on</strong> Mapping, Ed Beadenkopf (URS)<br />
Downstream Modeling of Tailings Flow from Failure of a 380-ft High Tailing <strong>Dam</strong> – James Kunkel<br />
(Knight Piésold)<br />
<strong>Dam</strong>break modelling of Tailings <strong>Dam</strong>s using combined 1D- and 2D-models, Anders Söderström<br />
and Nils Isakss<strong>on</strong> (SWECO)<br />
<strong>Break</strong> 9:30-10:00 am<br />
5. Modeling tailings flow after dam breaks – D<strong>on</strong> Poulter (Moderator, Golder)<br />
Rheology of hyper-c<strong>on</strong>centrated flows, Pierre Julien (Colorado State Univeristy)<br />
Tailings properties and their effect <strong>on</strong> flow, John Lupo (Newm<strong>on</strong>t)<br />
Estimati<strong>on</strong> of dam break discharges, Arvind Dalpatram (KCBL)<br />
6. Case Histories, D<strong>on</strong> Poulter (Moderator, Golder)<br />
Instituti<strong>on</strong>al issues related to engineering management, Bill Almes (GAI)<br />
Updated 02 October 2011<br />
9:30 am-11:15 am<br />
11:15 am-12:00 pm<br />
Lunch 12:00-1:00 pm<br />
6. Case Histories, Carmen Bernedo (Moderator,MWH) 1:00-2:15 pm<br />
Kingst<strong>on</strong>, TN Coal Ash P<strong>on</strong>d Failure, Bill Walt<strong>on</strong> (GEI)<br />
Bafokeng, the c<strong>on</strong>troversial slimes dam break (South Africa), Jack Caldwell (Roberts<strong>on</strong><br />
C<strong>on</strong>sultants)<br />
When Things Go Wr<strong>on</strong>g, A Mine Tailings Impoundment Failure, Larry Hansen (AMEC)<br />
<strong>Break</strong> 2:15-2:45 pm<br />
6. Case Histories, Carmen Bernedo (Moderator,MWH) 2:45-4:30 pm<br />
Enhanced Predicti<strong>on</strong>s for Peak Outflow from Breached Embankment <strong>Dam</strong>s, Chris Thornt<strong>on</strong><br />
(Colorado State University)<br />
Providing realistic data for calibrati<strong>on</strong> of models: results from South Africa (Merriespruit), Chile<br />
(Maule), and Australia (submarine landslides), Andries Fourie (University of Western Australia)<br />
October 2010, Red sludge tailings dam failure in Kol<strong>on</strong>tar Hungary, Pal Hegedus (RBF C<strong>on</strong>sulting)<br />
Modeled Combined Tailing/Water Outflows Compared to Experience Data, James Kunkel (Knight-<br />
Piésold)<br />
7. Closure, José Clemente (Moderator, Bechtel)<br />
4:30-5:00 pm<br />
<strong>Dam</strong> failures can’t happen here – and other myths, Stan Michalek (MSHA)
Friday August 26, 2011<br />
Field Tour – Site visit to the Henders<strong>on</strong> Mine Tailings Disposal Facility (2.5-hr drive)<br />
Updated 02 October 2011