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North Dakota: oil producers aim to cut radioactive waste bills

2015-01-28 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: North Dakota's oil industry is pushing to change the state's radioactive waste disposal laws as part of a broad effort to conserve cash as oil prices tumble. The waste, which becomes slightly radioactive as part of the hydraulic fracturing process that churns up isotopes locked underground, must be trucked out of state. That's because rules prohibit North Dakota landfills from accepting anything but miniscule amounts of radiation. The most common form of radioactive waste is a filter sock,...

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