Session 12

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Plagiarism Warning

http://ruby.fgcu.edu/courses/twimberley/EnviroHealthA/envirohlth.htm 

Radionuclides in Fracking Wastewater: Managing a Toxic Blend

Brown, Valerie J. (2014) "Radionuclides in Fracking Wastewater: Managing a Toxic Blend" Environmental Health Perspectives. Vol. 122, No. 2, p. A51-A55.

Discussion Questions

1. Describe radioactive drilling waste by telling me what it consists of.
2. Briefly describe where the Marcellus Shale deposit is located, how productive it has been and the extent of its urnaium content.
3. A professor from Pennsylvania observed that "if everything is done the way its supposed to be done, the impact of this radioactivity would be fairly minimal." So how is "everything supposed to be done when it comes to fracking" and what can go wrong. Describe the fracking process and how it can fail and lead to radionuclide pollution.