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For members: Company ordered to pay $500,000 fine after improperly shipping radioactive materials

Posted at 11:15 pm May 31, 2019
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Federal Agents at Berthold Technologies
An Oak Ridge company has been ordered to pay a $500,000 federal fine about two years after pleading guilty to criminal charges related to the improper shipping of radioactive materials in devices used in the oil and gas “fracking” industry. Federal agents search the business, Berthold Technologies USA LLC on Midway Road, on Thursday, Jan. 22. 2015. (File photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

KNOXVILLE—An Oak Ridge company has been ordered to pay a $500,000 federal fine about two years after pleading guilty to criminal charges related to the improper shipping of radioactive materials in devices used in the oil and gas “fracking” industry.

The devices, used to measure the density of fluids in natural gas fracking operations, were shipped from Oak Ridge to Texas and Oklahoma in March and October 2014, according to the United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Tennessee in Knoxville.

Federal Agents at Berthold Technologies

KNOXVILLE—An Oak Ridge company has been ordered to pay a $500,000 federal fine about two years after pleading guilty to criminal charges related to the improper shipping of radioactive materials in devices used in the oil and gas “fracking” industry.

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Filed Under: Business, Courts, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Premium Content, Top Stories, United States Tagged With: Berthold Technologies, Berthold Technologies USA LLC, Berthold USA, cesium-137, Eastern District of Tennessee, fracking, hazardous materials, LB8010, Matthew T. Morris, radioactive materials, Tena Campbell, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. District Court, United States Attorney's Office, Wade Davies

‘Fracking,’ the environment to be discussed Monday

Posted at 10:41 pm January 24, 2015
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Joanna McFarlane

Joanna McFarlane

A manager in the Fossil Energy Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will discuss the environment and hydraulic fracturing, often referred to as “fracking,” during a Monday meeting.

Joanna McFarlane, who has a doctorate, is a manager for the RPSEA (Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America) and Environmentally Friendly Drilling in the Fossil Energy Program at ORNL.

She will give a presentation on “Hydraulic Fracturing and the Environment” during a meeting at 11:30 a.m. Monday, January 26. It’s a luncheon meeting of the AAUW Oak Ridge Branch. The group will meet in the Activities Building of First Presbyterian Church at the corner of Oak Ridge Turnpike and Lafayette Drive. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: AAUW Oak Ridge, airborne emissions, American Association of University of Women, environment, Environmentally Friendly Drilling, First Presbyterian Church, Fossil Energy Program, fracking, gas, groundwater contamination, hydraulic fracturing, Hydraulic Fracturing and the Environment, Joanna McFarlane, land use, Marge Congdon, Mary Uziel, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, oil, ORNL, Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America, RPSEA, shales, water use

Environmental lawyer to discuss fracking, mountaintop removal

Posted at 9:55 pm March 30, 2014
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Anne Davis

Anne Davis

The managing attorney for the Southern Environmental Law Center will discuss fracking in the Cumberland Forest, mountaintop removal, and other issues during a Tuesday lunch meeting.

Anne Davis of SELC will be the guest speaker at Lunch with the League at noon Tuesday. Her talk is titled “Southern Environmental Law Center: Tennessee Projects.” The meeting is in the Social Hall of the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church at 1500 Oak Ridge Turnpike.

The Southern Environmental Law Center has been the leading champion of the South’s air, water, and special places for almost three decades, a press release said.

SELC’s Nashville office brings the expertise, power, and resources of this regional organization to the service of Tennessee, the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News Tagged With: Anne Davis, Corridor K, fracking, League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge, Lunch with the League, mountaintop removal, Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, SELC, Southern Environmental Law Center

UT Arboretum Society presents lecture on geology, petroleum, fracking

Posted at 12:49 pm February 27, 2013
By John Huotari 1 Comment

Robert Hatcher

Robert Hatcher

A University of Tennessee scientist and professor on Thursday will discuss geology, petroleum resources in Tennessee, and the use of “fracking”—hydraulic fracturing—as a drilling tool.

The lecture by Robert Hatcher, a professor in the UT Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, will start at 7 p.m. Thursday at Roane State Community College. Presented by the UT Arboretum Society, the program is free and open to the public.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Community, Education, Top Stories Tagged With: fracking, geology, petroleum, Roane State Community College, Robert Hatcher, University of Tennessee, University of Tennessee Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UT Arboretum Society

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