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Environmental Hearing Board Denies Liberty Twp., Citizens Group Appeal Of DEP Tri-County Landfill Permit Over Threats Posed By Birds, Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste In Mercer County

PA Environment Daily

On January 8, 2024, the Environmental Hearing Board issued an adjudication denying the 2021 appeal of a DEP permit for the Tri-County Landfill in Mercer County brought by Liberty Township and the Citizens Environmental Association of Slippery Rock Area. Only two percent of the landfill’s total waste can be composed of TENORM waste.

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NRDC: Regulation Is Too Weak For Radioactive Oil And Gas Drilling Wastewater, Other Waste

PA Environment Daily

By Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council This article first appeared on the NRDC Blog July 21, 2021 -- The U.S. And this waste—along with drilling and fracking waste--can contain radioactive elements known as “technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material,” or TENORM.

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DEP To Require Radiological Testing Of Leachate At Landfills, Including Those Accepting Drilling Wastes; Does Not Include Additional Testing Of Drilling Wastewater

PA Environment Daily

In an effort to further protect Pennsylvania’s waterways and drinking water, the Department of Environmental Program announced it will soon require all Pennsylvania landfills – including those that accept unconventional oil and gas waste – to conduct quarterly testing of leachate for radiological contaminants.

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Major US and European labs join forces to tackle climate change

Physics World

Planned facilities, such as the European Spallation Source that is being constructed in Lund, Sweden, meanwhile, have integrated sustainability into their design such as diverting waste heat into local heating systems instead of it being vented into the atmosphere. Eager to learn. Leading by example: going green in the lab.

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RePlanet Nederland’s review of the draft Delegated Regulation on nuclear energy and gaseous fossil fuels in the sustainable finance taxonomy

Environmental Progress

At RePlanet Nederland, we are delighted that the European Commission has proposed, on December 31, 2021, to include nuclear energy in the sustainable finance taxonomy. We believe we must take a science-based approach and prioritize policies and technologies that enable us to liberate nature and elevate humanity.

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Five Things the “Nuclear Bros” Don’t Want You to Know About Small Modular Reactors

Union of Concerned Scientists

This is due in no small part to the “ nuclear bros ”: an active and seemingly tireless group of nuclear power advocates who dominate social media discussions on energy by promoting SMRs and other “advanced” nuclear technologies as the only real solution for the climate crisis. First, it’s necessary to define what “less” waste really means.

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PRISMAP consortium to fast-track nuclear medicine research

Physics World

Courtesy: SCIPROM 2021). The particular use of a medical radionuclide depends on its physical characteristics, such as its radioactive half-life and the type of radiation it emits. Courtesy: ©CERN 2018-2021). The first call for proposals will be launched before the end of 2021 for applications in the first quarter.

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