Natural Gas and the Bomb

The NYT is reporting on steps being taken by the Department of Energy and the Colorado State Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to address concerns over drilling in the Piceance Basin near  Project Rulison.  That project involved the detonation of a nuclear device 8,400 feet underground to develop natural gas reserves, but produced gas too radioactive to sell.  And of course - hydraulic fracturing is mentioned in the article as a cause for concern.

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