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DEP: PA Fracking Operations Sent Nearly 236,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2021 - 811,070 since 2016

PA Environment Daily

Rich Janati, DEP Bureau of Radiation Protection, explained, “TENORM is mainly from fracking operations, a lot of it in Pennsylvania. More radioactivity is expected from the other sources because they include nuclear power plants. The Appalachian LLRW Compact includes Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia.

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DEP Reports Shale Gas Operations Sent Over 138,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2022 - Over 911,000 Cubic Feet Since 2017

PA Environment Daily

In 2022, DEP reported Pennsylvania generators of low-level radioactive waste-- primarily nuclear power plants-- sent 48,241 cubic feet of LLRW waste to out-of-state waste facilities for disposal. Read more here. Read more here.

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Electric Vehicles Combat Climate Change

Global Green

That’s why gas-powered cars need complex and expensive radiator systems with their associated belts, pipes, and heat exchangers. As of 2016, wind provided 8 percent of US electric generation. Nuclear is by no means ideal, but it is serving to bridge the gap to a zero-carbon future. You’ll feel the loss of energy.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

[PaEN] -- Bill Reported Out Of Senate Committee Would Allow Pipelines Like Mariner East To Apply For Waivers Of Any PUC Regulation, Law Or Policy [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Committee Advances Bill To Allow Utility Companies To Request A Waiver For Any Law Or Regulation Enforced By The PUC [ Senate Bill 1174 ] -- PennLive: PA Senate Republicans (..)

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166 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

[PaEN] -- PennLive: PA Senate Republicans Pass Bill Allowing Large-Scale Energy Projects To Bypass State Agencies -- Bill Reported Out Of Senate Committee Would Allow Pipelines Like Mariner East To Apply For Waivers Of Any PUC Regulation, Law Or Policy [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Committee Advances Bill To Allow Utility Companies To Request (..)

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Michael Shellenberger talks with Nick O’Malley, National Editor of Climate and the Environment, Sydney Morning Herald

Environmental Progress

Wasn't nuclear was your decision some years ago that you've written about elsewhere, that you'd been misled about nuclear and you the way I understand it, that nuclear power was the fastest and best way for us to decarbonize the economy while providing enough power and sustaining economies. Michael: No.