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Documents obtained by <strong>the</strong> Baton Rouge newspaper, The<br />

Advocate, revealed that in 2011, Texas Brine sent a letter to <strong>the</strong> Louisiana<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Natural Resources (DNR) to alert its director, Joseph Ball,<br />

that <strong>the</strong> cavern had failed a "mechanical integrity test" and would be<br />

capped and shut down. The DNR received <strong>the</strong> letter but did not require<br />

any additional monitoring <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> well's integrity.<br />

Despite this letter, regulators apparently did not suspect <strong>the</strong> brine<br />

cavern to be <strong>the</strong> source <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bubbles until a few days before <strong>the</strong> sinkhole<br />

appeared, The Advocate reported. The letter raised ire among local<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficials, who did not hear about <strong>the</strong> failed integrity test until after Bayou<br />

Corne became a slurry pit. Read More<br />

Nuclear Fallout: Ongoing Tragedy/Disaster In Japan:<br />

EnergyNews:<br />

11:42 AM EST on December 11th, 2012 | 4 comments<br />

“It’s Complicated”: Japan aftershock upgraded to M7.4 — Gov’t now<br />

says it was 2 quakes at same time<br />

10:44 AM EST on December 11th, 2012 | 8 comments<br />

Official Updates: Giant sinkhole started bubbling up around edges,<br />

now it’s coming from center<br />

09:42 AM EST on December 11th, 2012 | 2 comments<br />

Gundersen: M7 quake likely caused damage to spent fuel racks at<br />

Fukushima Daiichi (VIDEO)<br />

12:07 AM EST on December 11th, 2012 | 12 comments<br />

Plant Chief: Fukushima 10 times worse than Chernobyl if<br />

containment vessel exploded<br />

10:47 PM EST on December 10th, 2012 | 7 comments

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