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Fracking Near a Nuclear Plant
October 23, 2012 | Ohio.com

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection approved a natural gas well to be completed with horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing that will be sited about one mile from the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station.


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