The mine boss also denies allegations that the public has access to the tailing pond.

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Regulations specify that the tailing pond has to be permanently covered with water.

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The principal danger for people living near Jaduguda, say environmentalists, is a 40-hectare "tailing" pond used to hold liquid and solid waste produced in the processing of the ore into yellow cake.

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