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Signs opposing raising the amount of radioactive waste allowed in North Dakota sit on chairs as members of the public circulate with questions for experts at a health department hearing Tuesday in Williston. (Press Photo by Katherine Lymn)

Legislation Would End Local Government’s Ability to Block High-Level Radioactive Waste Projects

- January 18, 2019 - ,

Legislation Would End Local Government’s Ability to Block High-Level Radioactive Waste Projects

- January 18, 2019 - ,

The issue of disposing of radioactive waste in North Dakota has been a hot button issue at the local level. In particular, there was a fight back in 2016 over a bore hole experiment the University of North Dakota wanted to conduct in Pierce County (Rugby). “The Deep Borehole Project stems from a U.S. Department…

NIMBY Attitude About Rugby Borehole Project Is Unfortunate

- February 17, 2016 - ,

According to the Bismarck Tribune a proposal for a deep borehole project near Rugby got stomped by people attending a public meeting about it. “Based on mostly negative comments, applause and a show of hands against it, any formal land use application is probably dead on arrival in the county,” the Tribune reports. That’s really too bad.…

Ed Schafer: Deep Borehole Project Is Safe And Has My Suppprt

- February 12, 2016 - ,

As president of UND, I support the Deep Borehole Project that has been proposed for Pierce County, N.D., by the UND Energy and Environmental Research Center, Batelle Memorial Institute and Schlumberger. I have met with EERC leadership and discussed this project, as well as reviewed the proposal prepared by the EERC, and I am convinced…

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