среда, 7 марта 2012 г.

Legacy of nuke drilling site in Colorado lingers

A 1969 underground nuclear blast twice the strength of the Hiroshima, Japan, bomb was meant to free natural gas from tight sandstone formations in western Colorado.

But gas unlocked by Project Rulison was deemed too radioactive for commercial use, and today the Energy Department prohibits drilling immediately around the site.

In the wake of the …

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