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But several people are speaking out against the idea……….There is 1000’s if not 100’s of thousands of tons of radioactive waste that’s been scattered all over North Dakota.  Nobody seems to know where it is at.” says Darrell Dorgan
Freelance journalist Darrell Dorgan has seen three oil booms in North Dakota–he says a problem in all three has been the radioactive byproducts of oil production.

“The bottom line is that the state health department doesn’t know how much radioactive waste is generated in North Dakota either.” he says
Recently the Health Department held hearings about a proposal that would change the law, allow North Dakota landfills to accept waste ten-times more radioactive than the current standard………People like Dorgan would prefer to avoid the change all together..and make people’s health a priority over profits.

“It’s time just to halt this, take a deep breath, enforce the laws that are on the books to keep it at 5 Picocuries.  Don’t ask me to increase it to 50 if you can’t keep track of 5.” he says

The State Health Department is accepting written comments on the proposal up until February 6th. http://www.kxnet.com/story/27919618/controversy-surrounds-proposed-increase-in-radioactive-waste-limits