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Aftermath of the fly ash spill at TVAs Kingston Plant in Tennessee
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EPA Releases Fly Ash Impoundment Assessment ReportsWastes

June 2, 2011 rockman Comments Off on EPA Releases Fly Ash Impoundment Assessment ReportsWastes

The EPA has released a ton of assessment reports on fly ash impoundments at coal burning power companies around the country. They have assessed a total of 228 fly ash disposal sites in 5 rounds […]

Loading contaminated soil into a truck near the Hanford Nuclear site. A former plutonium production reactor is in the background.
Geophysics

Hanford nuclear waste retrieval resumes with better technology (GPR)

July 1, 2010 rockman Comments Off on Hanford nuclear waste retrieval resumes with better technology (GPR)

Ground penetrating radar (GPR) imaging of the subsurface tied to GPS mapping will allow the CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company to have a better idea of what is buried at the site before excavating for […]

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Miscellaneous

EPA National Priority List or NPL (Superfund) Costs Exceeding Funding

June 29, 2010 rockman Comments Off on EPA National Priority List or NPL (Superfund) Costs Exceeding Funding

And more superfund projects are expected to be added to the NPL soon. This info is based on a Government Accountability Office report from May of this year reviewing data from Fiscal Year 2010 and […]

EPA Google Earth file on BP Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill
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EPA releases KMZ with tons of info about the Deep Water Horizon oil spill

June 23, 2010 rockman Comments Off on EPA releases KMZ with tons of info about the Deep Water Horizon oil spill

You can download the EPA’s KMZ file for use in Google Earth and view locations of water, air, sediment, and waste samples, view aerial imagery taken by the EPA and satellite imagery from NOAA, NASA […]

TVA Coal Ash Dam Failure
Geologic Hazards

Dam Safety News for June – 44 Most Hazardous Coal Ash Dams

July 1, 2009 rockman Comments Off on Dam Safety News for June – 44 Most Hazardous Coal Ash Dams

The Association of State Dam Safety Officials publishes a great collection of news links every month. In this batch, there are a number of articles related to the TVA coal ash dam failure, including links […]

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