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Re: News Article: A new place to store toxic waste?
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- Subject: Re: News Article: A new place to store toxic waste?
- From: Susan L Gawarecki <loc@icx.net>
- Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 11:41:21 -0400
- Organization: ORR Local Oversight Committee
- Reply-To: Susan L Gawarecki <loc@icx.net>
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Aquitards are rocks with poor porosity and permeability, like
unfractured shale and gypsum (they are basically the opposite of
aquifers). The salt that WIPP is excavated into is an aquitard. The
shale in Oak Ridge that radioactive wastes were injected into is an
aquitard. Maybe this is "news" to some, but not to geologists or those
working in the rad/hazwaste field.
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Susan L. Gawarecki, Ph.D., Executive Director
Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee
102 Robertsville Road, Suite B, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Toll free 888-770-3073 ~ www.local-oversight.org
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