A truck traveling from a hydraulic fracturing site set off a radiation alarm at a Pennsylvania landfill Friday, with the alarm indicating that the truck was emitting radiation 10 times higher than what is permitted on the landfill. The truck was found to be emitting 96 microrem of radiation. The landfill is required to reject materials that emit
Radioactive Traces Discovered In Truck Involved In Fracking Operation
In this July 27, 2011 file photo, the sun shines over a Range Resources well site in Washington, Pa. The company is one of many drilling into the Marcellus Shale layer deep underground and «fracking» the area to release natural gas. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File) A truck traveling from a hydraulic fracturing site set off […]