A plan to drill down to the oldest rock on the planet has been blocked by Pierce County Commissioners. The plan was billed as scientific research, but local officials believe it was a thinly veiled effort to test for the viability of nuclear waste disposal.
Pierce County Blocks Nuclear Drilling Test
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