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Date: August 17, 2012 at 11:40:12
From: The KS Farmer's Wife, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Louisianna sinkhole |
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Well, the hole lost another 50 feet yesterday and another 20 went this morning (Friday). My husband raised a good question this morning. Does anyone know how close the stored radioactive west is to the 1.5 M gal. of liquid butane? His question would if the butane went would it it get radioactive particles in the smoke and if so how bad would it be for all the farm ground in contamination? I have no clue. But we have noticed the smoke from the fires in the mountains and we are in NE KS depending on the wind. With a S or SE wind this time of year a bad outcome could be a real problem for the middle of the country. All we need on top of this drought. Just a few thoughts from the lunch table today.
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Date: August 17, 2012 at 13:50:53
From: BSE, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Louisianna sinkhole |
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It has been determined that Oxy Geismar Well No. 3 (serial number: 180708) is the cause of the sink hole. The well was first permitted in April 15, 1982 for the mining of salt water brine from the Napoleonville Salt Dome. In 1995 Texas Brine received permission from the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources to pump soil contaminated with Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) into the well.
In early September 2010, Texas Brine began reworking the cavern well, milling a section of salt higher than the existing cavern roof, at 3,400 feet deep, to see if the upper strata could be mined. A DNR permit for that work was issued in May 2010. In 2011 the well failed a pressure test showing that the integrity of the well had been lost. Texas Brine Company sent a letter to Louisiana Department of Natural Resources reporting the failed test and expressing concern over the possibility that "a breach out of the salt dome appears possible."
On June 6, 2011, the well bore above the cavern was plugged with cement.
If I recall correctly, the above mentioned mine with radio activity is immediately adjacent to the SE of slurry hole. The butane I believe is in a Chevron well hole about 1800 feet east of that.
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