Erosion, the process of removal of rock waste, will be discussed in later chapters.

侵蚀作用，也就是岩屑的迁移作用，将在后面几章中讨论。

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Dr Scott argues that underwater mining will be far less disruptive to the environment than terrestrial mining: there will be no piles of waste rock, since the deposits are directly on the sea floor.

斯科特辩解说水下开采将比陆地开采带来的环境破坏少得多：由于是直接在海底作业，因此将不会有大量的岩石废料。

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The open pit areas are surrounded by an array of sculpted tailings ponds and mine dump areas; these receive mine waste rock for storage and later leaching for further recovery of metals.

露天矿坑周围是一些开挖尾料的堆弃池和废矿垃圾场。储存在这些地方的废弃矿石，稍后经过过滤可以深入提取其中的金属。

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Areva has implemented a plan to stop radioactive waste rock and scrap metal from getting into the local community, but the problem is clear.

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Some geologists falsely believed heat from the waste could melt surrounding rock and form a radioactive volcano.

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Already Finnish nuclear utility Posiva is test-drilling the rock beneath Olkiluoto island with the idea of interring waste one-third of a mile down.

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