North Dakota Finds Itself Unprepared To Handle The Radioactive Burden Of Its Fracking Boom

From ThinkProgress Wed Apr 16 2014, 20:39:31

North Dakota recently discovered piles of garbage bags containing radioactive waste dumped by oil drillers in abandoned buildings. Now, the state is trying to catch up to an oil industry that produces an estimated 27 tons of radioactive debris from wells daily.

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