Official: Fracking OK 500 feet from nuclear plants (VIDEO)

Published: October 22nd, 2012 at 12:59 pm ET
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Follow-up to: Fracking permit given just 1 mile from US nuclear plant -- "Whether that is cause for alarm, experts can’t say"

Title: Fracked well planned near FirstEnergy nuclear plant
Source: Ohio.com
Author: Bob Downing
Date: October 22, 2012

A natural gas well that will be hydraulically fractured or fracked is planned one mile from FirstEnergy Corp.’s Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station in western Pennsylvania [...]

“We’re not aware of any potential impacts and don’t expect any,” said FirstEnergy spokeswoman Jennifer Young today. “We see no reason to be particularly concerned.” [...]

DEP spokesperson John Poister told the Shale Reporter that there are no required setbacks specifically relating to a required distance between such shale wells and nuclear facilities, just a blanket regulation requiring a 500-foot setback from any building to a natural gas well.

Poister said he doesn’t believe there are geological concerns regarding fracking near the nuclear site. [...]

Watch a recent news broadcast discussing the link between fracking and earthquakes here

Published: October 22nd, 2012 at 12:59 pm ET
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Cataclysmic

October 22, 2012 at 1:30 pm

Someone please explain to the "expert" that Fukushima was a result of an earthquake.

..again, re-regulate media..our only hope! as the sheer ignorance of what these industries are doing, is hidden even from themselves.

Maybe if the MSM was adequately reporting on Fukushima, and thoroughly explained that a POWER OUTAGE!!!! caused this..maybe these other "experts" might exhibit some critical thinking.

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VicFromOregon

October 23, 2012 at 3:18 am Log in to Reply

Technically, there is no "acceptable" study that connects fracking to ground movement in the hydrocarbon extraction industry, therefore no worries. Yes, that is like saying it isn't stealing until you get caught. Oh, and the NRC, their jurisdiction stops at the fence line. Whatever happens outside that fence is nothing they are empowered to be concerned with. That's up to someone else. Think salt dome.

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lam335

October 22, 2012 at 1:35 pm

JUst happened to notice this article that says it is now believed a significant earthquake is Spain was caused by water extraction work being done in the vicinity. THis discovery may be relevant to the issue of fracking near nuclear plants.

"DEADLY SPANISH QUAKE LINKED TO WATER EXTRACTION"

"Massive extraction of groundwater helped unleash an earthquake in southeastern Spain last year that killed nine people, injured at least 100 and left thousands homeless, geologists said on Sunday….

..But the May event was unusual because it was so devastating and yet so mild, only 5.1 magnitude, in terms of energy release….

… the quake occurred at a very shallow depth, of just three kilometers (1.8 miles), so the shockwave swiftly reached the surface with little to dampen it on the way.

The quake also happened on a complex but dormant fault that ripped open after water had been extensively pumped out of a neighboring aquifer, causing a domino effect of subterranean stresses, they said…."

http://news.discovery.com/earth/deadly-spanish-quake-linked-to-groundwater-extraction-121022.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1

kalidances

October 22, 2012 at 2:19 pm

Heart of the Rose where are you?! You have been proven 1,000 percent right about the USGS. HOTR suggested many months ago that quakes were deliberately being suppressed by the USGS. If they are doing this with fracking it's probably code red at Fukushima.

http://www.ohio.com/blogs/drilling/ohio-utica-shale-1.291290/has-usgs-been-co-opted-in-radiation-debate-1.344068

"…Well, no, that would break the trust with the gas companies that allowed us access.
Okay, then how do you know you reached the Marcellus shale formation?
Because we were told so.
Who selected the wells?
The US Department of Energy in collaboration with the gas companies.
Did you feel comfortable publishing what are essentially screening results?
No, but pressure from higher-ups at USGS forced our hand.

To summarize: The oil and gas industry chose specific wells, in which USGS researchers unsurprisingly measured low radon concentrations and were then pressured by the oil and gas industry to publish these preliminary findings, under the USGS imprimatur. It appears the USGS has been corrupted by the oil and gas industry."

Chelsea

October 22, 2012 at 2:21 pm

Why does our species continue to try to cause our own extinction??

October 22, 2012 at 2:30 pm

@Chelsea humans have delusions of grandeur when dealing with Mother Earth. Humans lose to her every single time there is a "battle" but it never stops Humans from trying to do awful things to harm her.
We mess up, she torches us, drowns us, or puts us in an ice-age type sleep, we wake up, feel invincible, and begin acting out again. Humans are a bit mentally retarded and ego-obsessed
In this situation there well be a massive explosion, a breakdown in communication, legal civil war between the states and governments, and then when everyone gets sick enough they will try to rebuild what they have destroyed.

jec

October 22, 2012 at 3:20 pm

Since the "government rep" says no way its dangerous..guess HE will put insurance coverage in place for damages..right? If the DEP can not do that..then the "safety" is bogus. And WHAT insurance company would believe DEP? None…