Published: October 21st, 2012 at 4:12 pm ET
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Title: Permit given for fracking near nuclear plant
Source: Herald Standard
Author: Rachel Morgan
Date: October 21, 2012
h/t Anonymous tips
Chesapeake Energy has a permit to frack just one mile from the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station in Shippingport. Whether that is cause for alarm, experts can’t say.
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As the fracking continues, does anyone, driller or geologist, know what really lies beneath the surface? Does the improbability of seismic activity as a result of fracking become more likely as more wells are drilled?
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“Our regulations do not speak to off-site wells,” [Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesperson Neil Sheehan] said. “Our focus is on on-site activities.”
In the past, seismic issues have been linked to injection wells, the accepted disposal system for wastewater generated from fracking. In 2011, a 4.0-magnitude earthquake was linked to activity at a Class II injection well in Youngstown, Ohio, operated by D&L Energy.
[...] because fracking is a relatively new technique, there may be aftereffects or dangers that have not yet surfaced.
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Richard Hammack, a Department of Energy scientist
“Hydraulic fracturing near a nuclear plant is probably not a concern under normal circumstance. If there is a pre-stress fault that you happen to lubricate there (with fracking solution), that is the only thing that might result in something that is (seismically) measurable.”
Published: October 21st, 2012 at 4:12 pm ET
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Going to have a earthquake right under the Nuclear facility another fukushima in the making
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"If there is a pre-stress fault that you happen to lubricate there (with fracking solution), that is the only thing that might result in something that is (seismically) measurable."
So that means that the analysis of earthquake potential that was part of the basis for the NRC to license the plant, is now invalid, as the earthquake risk will increase.
How can these people be so oblivious?
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money clouds their view of the obvious
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Hey, with today's technology, we no longer have to build them on faults, we can create the faults afterwords. Genius!
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utter genius
when two mindless technologies meet … reaching a new nadir in this ever more pathetic world.
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This is very similar to maji's current blog about the NRC.
"This letter demonstrates what a corrupt and broken agency the NRC is…" – majia
http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/nrc-is-broken-and-corrupted-agency.html
""Dave Lochbaum, the Union of Concerned Scientists engineer who reviewed a copy of the un-redacted report, says these revelations directly contradict the NRC’s assertions…"
– from article
http://www.globalresearch.ca/coverup-risk-of-nuclear-melt-down-in-u-s-higher-than-it-was-at-fukushima/5309002
“Our regulations do not speak to off-site wells,” [Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesperson Neil Sheehan] said. “Our focus is on on-site activities.” – from above
original comment: October 21, 2012 at 12:37 pm
http://enenews.com/forum-general-discussion-thread-nuclear-issues-july-2012/comment-page-24#comment-297093
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Yep, NRC is as broken as any captured agency.
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"because fracking is a relatively new technique, there may be aftereffects or dangers that have not yet surfaced."
But let us go ahead and endanger the aquifers and the whole water supply and then we shall see if it's a problem. (Extreme sarcasm).
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And you STILL THINK THEY'RE OBVILIOUS? Pulleeze. This would not make them money hungry. Even greed has its limits, when the money has already mostly all been scarfed up… 23 Trillion by last count, since Bush. This makes them killers. There is no shortage of resources in the U.S., one of the most resourse rich places on the planet. So, why choose next door to a nuclear plant when fracking has clearly shown causality to EQ? So … one must truly begin to look to motive, and we're going to have to loose out innocense…stop saying…no, they could NEVER have MEANT this to happen!!! Really? Well, HOW DO YOU FIGURE?
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"It can't happen here!
It can't happen here!
Oh baby, it's important that you believe me, bah bah bah bah,
That it can't happen here."
Frank Zappa, Freak Out
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Totally insane…..Fracking = shattering the subsurface structures over a wide area…latest tech allows branches to be drilled horizontaly up to 4.5km, and at multiple levels.
1+1=…?
Have a attended a lecture in which a (pro-fracking) geologist put the increased chance of subsurface seismic activity as increased by a factor of 10 (Not known if that's direct or exponential), by fracking in shale and tight formations… So I assume he was DOWNPLAYING the risk too..
It's proven that earthquake NOT tsunami knocked out cooling to FukuSteamer, which means ALL nuke plants have potential to have been under-rated (to withstand seismic activity) for the size of earthquakes that the earth can produce, and is producing on an increasing scale and frequency.
Also posted today: Scientists link deep wells to deadly Spain quake
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-scientists-link-deep-wells-deadly.html
Hard not to say: 'what does it matter, we're Fukud anyway..'
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Ahumhum… Why all the panic? There is no "immediate" cause for concern for the wellbeing… Just keep on watching crap on the telly, smile (take a one of these happy pills if necessary) and let the big boys do their job.
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"Spain Earthquake, Drilling Wells Linked In New Study Of Lorca Tragedy"
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MADRID (AP) — Farmers drilling ever deeper wells over decades to water their crops likely contributed to a deadly earthquake in southern Spain last year, a new study suggests. The findings may add to concerns about the effects of new energy extraction and waste disposal technologies.
Nine people died and nearly 300 were injured when an unusually shallow magnitude-5.1 quake hit the town of Lorca on May 11, 2011. It was the country's worst quake in more than 50 years, causing millions of euros in damage to a region with an already fragile economy.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/21/scientists-link-deep-well_n_1997629.html
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Issuing that permit is completely insane. Completely.
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I think you are right.
Spain Earthquake, Drilling Wells Linked In New Study Of Lorca Tragedy
AP | By JORGE SAINZ
Posted: 10/21/2012 1:03 pm EDT Updated: 10/22/2012 2:17 am EDT
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/21/scientists-link-deep-well_n_1997629.html?utm_hp_ref=green
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