Fracking's radioactive legacy - we lack the technology

The Ecologist
Mar 5, 2014, 7:27 am68 pts
Fracking operations produce radioactive waste derived from naturally occurring uranium and thorium - until now, safely buried deep underground. And right now the industry has neither a plan, nor the technology, to deal with it.

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