Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 17, 2023
The contamination in the region is from World War II-era processing of uranium by Mallinckrodt Chemical Company upstream, and later by the improper storage of nuclear waste at the airport (a decision made by the Department of Energy). Louis County and about 17 miles from Jana Elementary in Florissant. Louis area?
PA Environment Daily
JULY 27, 2021
And this waste—along with drilling and fracking waste--can contain radioactive elements known as “technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material,” or TENORM. State regulations are also filled with gaps that allow unsafe practices for radioactive oil and gas waste.
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PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 2, 2024
On April 7, 2023 , DEP posted an inspection report to document that it had requested Greylock to provide the pre-drill survey it had conducted prior to drilling the wells in 2011, along with all the water sample results associated with the site. [ Background There were six shale gas wells on Mohr A drilled in May, June and July of 2011.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 7, 2024
Two major wildfires threatened Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico in 2000 and 2011. The biggest fear was that fires would reach radioactive waste stored in above-ground holding areas that could have presented a contamination risk to the surrounding region. Are there risks to national security?
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 30, 2024
And if the SMR were located closer to populated areas with no offsite emergency planning, more people could be exposed to dangerously high levels of radiation. SMRs will not reduce the problem of what to do with radioactive waste. First, it’s necessary to define what “less” waste really means.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 10, 2023
The shale gas wells were drilled and fracked between September 2011 and August 2012. Johnson said DEP’s letter of determination does not say whether DEP directly asked if Chevron used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ at the drilling site in 2011-2012, but the Department instead stated it relied on a “review of documents related to the well site.”
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Sara Innamorato (D-Allegheny) co-chaired a hearing by the Senate Democratic Policy Committee on the environmental and health dangers associated with oil and gas drilling waste in Pennsylvania. We are concerned because radium-226 and radium-228, both present in oil and gas waste, can cause bone and connective tissue cancer.
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