E.V. Eremenko, The Holding Company “Composite”, Moscow, Russia

V.S. Mahotin, Kashirskaya GRES – a branch of the JSC «WGK-1», Kashira town, Russia

A.E. Chumakov JSC “INTER RAO EES”, Moscow, Russia

The main problem of the coal-fired power stations is the great volume of ash and slag. Currently stockpiling of slag becomes disadvantageous both from economic and ecological point of view. The problem of the ash and slag treatment is especially complicated in densely populated areas, for example, in the Moscow Region.