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

Union of Concerned Scientists

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.

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DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County

PA Environment Daily

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.”

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DEP: Shale Gas Operator Found Responsible For Water Supply Contamination After Investigation Documents Chemical Contamination Spread Across 3 Townships In Greene County

PA Environment Daily

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.

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Scott Perry No Longer DEP Deputy For Oil & Gas Management

PA Environment Daily

Perry was named Deputy for Oil and Gas Management in September 2011 by Gov. He promoted policies like recycling hydrofracking water that reduced the need for fresh water in drilling by hundreds of millions of gallons. No other comments on personnel actions were made. No replacement has yet been named. Read more here.] Read more here.

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The legacy of Liverpool’s forgotten synchrocyclotron

Physics World

Construction time The synchrocyclotron’s single magnet being slowly moved into place partially underground to help with radiation shielding. Being partially buried would help with radiation shielding, as well as the 30 tonne door, and walls comprised of nearly 1.8 m of concrete, behind which was approximately 3.7 m thick ceiling.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

By Council To Modernize Governance -- The Allegheny Front: New Book Takes On Radiation Dangers In Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN] -- ABC27: Environmental Advocacy Groups Rally At Capitol For Action On Gas, Oil Industry -- Sen.

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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

An expiration date creates a disincentive for both technology developers and utilities to invest in commercializing “4th generation” technologies intended to more efficiently recycle used fuel. Such technologies are expected to become mainstream and mass-produced only sometime in the late 2030s or early 2040s.