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Post by missfrill on Mar 12, 2014 9:22:59 GMT -5
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Post by Mass Sterilization on Mar 23, 2014 1:24:54 GMT -5
Just a bunch of socks!! North Dakota's local authorities have brought attention to what they are calling the potentially largest illegal oil waste dumping case in the state's history after a discovery in an abandoned building of hundreds of radioactive oil filter socks used in the production process. State waste management authorities are describing the incident as potentially more than twice as large as another illegal dumping incident uncovered in February in McKenzie County. State Waste Management Director Scott Radig told reporters that hundreds of radioactive oil filter socks were discovered earlier this month stuffed into trash bags in an abandoned auto repair shop in the small town of Noonan in northwestern North Dakota. "It appears, unfortunately, to be the biggest one we've found," Radig said. "And it appears to have been there for quite some time." Disposal of these radioactive oil socks is banned in North Dakota, and oil companies are required to transport them to approved waste facilities in other states, where landfills allow for a higher level of radioactivity. Officials said the illegally dumped oil socks were tested for low levels of radioactivity, and that they presented no danger to the public unless directly handled. The owner of the abandoned building is reportedly a felony fugitive-Ken Ward--who is suspected of doing "independent work" for the oil and gas industry. "I suspect that [Ward] was doing contract work for some oil company and he told them he would - I'm sure for a price - take these and properly dispose of them," Radig speculated. "He did it the cheap way, took the money and took off." According to local health officials, the oil production boom in the state has led to increasing incidents of illegal dumping, with cases of radioactive oil socks being found along roadsides, in abandoned buildings or in commercial trash bins. In the meantime, state officials are working on new rules to better enable them to track oil field waste, with a draft due to be released to the public in June.
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Post by missfrill on Mar 23, 2014 1:59:09 GMT -5
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Post by missfrill on Mar 23, 2014 2:07:38 GMT -5
Mass Ster --- when they say socks they mean big sacks about as big as a bag of charcoal briquets. Not workmen's socks. The sacks look like they full of tar in photos. They contain radioactive oil sludgy waste from drilling.
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Post by missfrill on Mar 23, 2014 2:13:32 GMT -5
Insight New Mexico - Don Hancock on WIPP Leak
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Post by grammagoldie on Mar 23, 2014 13:28:35 GMT -5
Can it be determined at WIPP if the containers received there actually hold what is said. I can imagine some idiot deliberately slipping a container of *yellow cake* amongst those labeled *contaminated clothing*, just to get rid of it. I've wondered since Feb 14th if this is what happened at WIPP.
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Post by missfrill on Apr 12, 2014 8:41:51 GMT -5
On HANFORD by BPEarthwatch
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Post by missfrill on Apr 18, 2014 8:59:48 GMT -5
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Post by ShawnCantSurf on Apr 22, 2014 7:56:14 GMT -5
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Post by missfrill on Apr 24, 2014 11:13:30 GMT -5
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Post by missfrill on Apr 27, 2014 9:27:55 GMT -5
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Post by missfrill on May 1, 2014 21:28:10 GMT -5
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Post by missfrill on May 7, 2014 19:31:56 GMT -5
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Post by missfrill on May 7, 2014 19:32:51 GMT -5
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Post by missfrill on May 15, 2014 22:29:51 GMT -5
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Post by missfrill on May 18, 2014 11:07:11 GMT -5
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Post by missfrill on May 18, 2014 16:13:28 GMT -5
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