277
nuclear security, 240
Nuclear Waste Policy Act, 234–236
nuclear waste repository, 232
power plant fuel, 230
premature deaths, 228
pressurized water reactors, 229
239 Pu, 230
radiation exposures, 228
radioactive waste disposal, 238
reactors, 232
repository, 233, 234
risk, 227
SAGE, 241
small molten salt reactors, 229
society, 229
solar-geothermal hybrid, 242
solar heat, 242
solar-heated water, 241
transportation, 240
transport canisters, 240
transuranics, 231, 240
tsunami, 228
United States, 232, 238
uranium, 229, 230
WIPP, 232
Yucca Mountain (see Yucca Mountain)
Technologically-Enhanced NORM
(TE-NORM), 111
Technology, 205, 226, 249
Tension leg platforms, 75, 123
Terrestrial ecosystems
chemical additives, 145
drill pads, 147
ecological succession, 147
frack additives, 145
fracking, 144, 147
fragmentation, 145
habitat fragmentation, 146
Haynesville Shale fracking operation, 146
hydraulic fracturing process, 145
impoundments, 144
invasive species, 146, 147
local wildlife, 144
ponds, 144
re-colonization process, 147
re-fracking, 145, 148
shale development, 144
species, 145, 146
succession, 147
techniques, 148
Texas Department of State Health
Services, 139
Texas Rail Road Commission (TRRC), 101
Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast, 50
Theory of electrolytic dissociation, 164
Thermogenic gas, 83, 84
Thermolysis process, 248
Tiger guzzled fuel, 71
Time-limited activities, 84
Tobacco industry, 191
Toe, 25
Tongue-twisting chemicals, 195
Topographically-driven flow, 95
Total dissolved solids (TDS), 31, 32
Touchstones, 1
Town gas, 48
Toxicology, 138
Transitional impacts, climate change, 174
Transport pathways, 142
Transportation infrastructure, 68, 213, 240
Transuranics, 231, 247
Tremor, 134
Trenton Field, 49
Tridymite, 81
Triggered events, 133
Triple rigs, 123
Truck-mounted drill rigs, 121
Trust busting campaign, 54
U
UIC wells, 114
Uncle Billy Smith, 43
Unconventional hydrocarbon resources, 72
Unconventional O&G resources, 72
Unconventional reservoirs, 20
Unconventional wells, 122
Upland areas, 125
Uranium, 229, 230
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
cabinet-level entity, 70
cooperative agreements, 73
EGSP, 73
energy supply research, 70
experimental horizontal test, 74
goal, 70
government bureaus and agencies, 70
government restructuring effort, 70
magnetic survey, 99
natural gas, 71
oil and gas resources, 71
oil shale, 73
research and engineering projects, 70
reservoir stimulation, 74
synfuel pilot project, 71
technological and engineering-oriented, 73
two-pronged approach, 70
Index
nuclear security, 240
Nuclear Waste Policy Act, 234–236
nuclear waste repository, 232
power plant fuel, 230
premature deaths, 228
pressurized water reactors, 229
239 Pu, 230
radiation exposures, 228
radioactive waste disposal, 238
reactors, 232
repository, 233, 234
risk, 227
SAGE, 241
small molten salt reactors, 229
society, 229
solar-geothermal hybrid, 242
solar heat, 242
solar-heated water, 241
transportation, 240
transport canisters, 240
transuranics, 231, 240
tsunami, 228
United States, 232, 238
uranium, 229, 230
WIPP, 232
Yucca Mountain (see Yucca Mountain)
Technologically-Enhanced NORM
(TE-NORM), 111
Technology, 205, 226, 249
Tension leg platforms, 75, 123
Terrestrial ecosystems
chemical additives, 145
drill pads, 147
ecological succession, 147
frack additives, 145
fracking, 144, 147
fragmentation, 145
habitat fragmentation, 146
Haynesville Shale fracking operation, 146
hydraulic fracturing process, 145
impoundments, 144
invasive species, 146, 147
local wildlife, 144
ponds, 144
re-colonization process, 147
re-fracking, 145, 148
shale development, 144
species, 145, 146
succession, 147
techniques, 148
Texas Department of State Health
Services, 139
Texas Rail Road Commission (TRRC), 101
Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast, 50
Theory of electrolytic dissociation, 164
Thermogenic gas, 83, 84
Thermolysis process, 248
Tiger guzzled fuel, 71
Time-limited activities, 84
Tobacco industry, 191
Toe, 25
Tongue-twisting chemicals, 195
Topographically-driven flow, 95
Total dissolved solids (TDS), 31, 32
Touchstones, 1
Town gas, 48
Toxicology, 138
Transitional impacts, climate change, 174
Transport pathways, 142
Transportation infrastructure, 68, 213, 240
Transuranics, 231, 247
Tremor, 134
Trenton Field, 49
Tridymite, 81
Triggered events, 133
Triple rigs, 123
Truck-mounted drill rigs, 121
Trust busting campaign, 54
U
UIC wells, 114
Uncle Billy Smith, 43
Unconventional hydrocarbon resources, 72
Unconventional O&G resources, 72
Unconventional reservoirs, 20
Unconventional wells, 122
Upland areas, 125
Uranium, 229, 230
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
cabinet-level entity, 70
cooperative agreements, 73
EGSP, 73
energy supply research, 70
experimental horizontal test, 74
goal, 70
government bureaus and agencies, 70
government restructuring effort, 70
magnetic survey, 99
natural gas, 71
oil and gas resources, 71
oil shale, 73
research and engineering projects, 70
reservoir stimulation, 74
synfuel pilot project, 71
technological and engineering-oriented, 73
two-pronged approach, 70
Index