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4. WV will eventually ban this material

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Fri May 30, 2014, 08:51 AM

May 2014

On Jan 1st this type of waste will not be acceptable. First heard of radioactive drillings from NY's EI. PA landfills have rad meters on their weight scales and generally reject loads that set them off. In most instances the meters are set off by "hot" waste from hospitals and chemo patients. When this stuff comes in to a landfill it can be set aside for several days until the material decays and is no longer "hot". Problem with the radioactive drilling waste is that it has much longer half lives than most material used in medical treatment. My guess is that WV landfills have been taking "hot" materials for some time now.

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Now What? WV Landfill Won't Take More Shipments Of Mildly Radioactive Fracking Sludge From PA [View all] hatrack May 2014 OP

Now what? Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #1

Or just find a ditch at 2:00 AM . . . hatrack May 2014 #3

What about the radioactive drill cuttings from West Virginia sites? Champion Jack May 2014 #2

WV will eventually ban this material modrepub May 2014 #4