Uranium hunt could have sour fallout
The Age BARRY FITZGERALD AND MATHEW MURPHYSeptember 30, 2009“…..the market for uranium could normally be taken to suggest that the uranium price should be taking off.
But it is not. (more…)
Archive for September, 2009
Uranium hunt could have sour fallout
September 30, 2009Australians And Uranium Dust
September 30, 2009Lifeinthemixtalk.com By Lynn Stanfield 30 Sept 09 It would not be out of the question to consider this dusty little equation :If a violent dust-storm were to arise in the Woomera – Roxby Downs – Olympic Dam region, (more…)
Mega
September 29, 2009Mega takes lead in uranium race: Barnett government *Amanda O’Brien | September 29, 2009Article from: The Australian CANADIAN miner Mega Uranium has been granted the first uranium-specific mining lease to be approved by the Barnett government as the race to build the state’s first uranium mine heats up (more…)
BHP failing on greenhouse gases, energy, water overuse
September 28, 2009BHP green efforts behind schedule
The Age MATHEW MURPHYSeptember 24, 2009 AUSTRALIA’S largest company, BHP Billiton, is failing on its greenhouse and energy management, (more…)
Increasing dust storms raise danger of radioactivity from Australia’s uranium mines
September 26, 2009FILMMAKER DAVID BRADBURY: RED DUST DUMP ORIGINATING AT WOOMERA IS GRAVE CONCERN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH September 25, 2009 by Coober Pedy Regional Times“…….70 million tonnes of radioactive tailings to be dumped at the Roxby mine site each year without evidence of dust control is cause for concern”, says David Bradbury.. (more…)
Malawi water supply threatened by Paladin’s uranium mine
September 26, 2009Catholic Commission wary of uranium contaminated water in Karonga
By Nyasa Times September 25, 2009 Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) have expressed concern that people around Kayelekera mine and processing plant in Karonga, northern Malawi are drinking uranium contaminated water which is life threatening. (more…)
Battle to prevent recurrence of uranium milling’s “yellow death”
September 26, 2009Canon City Uranium Contamination Looms over Montrose mill battle
The Colorado Independent By David O. Williams 9/25/09 “…..for residents of Cañon City area, some of whom made the long trip to a special-use permit hearing in Montrose earlier this month, declaring “not in my back yard” could have spared them decades of health problems associated with the metal the Navajo Indians call “yellow death.” (more…)
Workers dropped highly enriched uranium bundles
September 26, 20092 SRS workers fired over dropping uranium AugustaChronicle.com By Rob Pavey | Staff Writer Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 Savannah River Site officials have taken corrective actions — and fired two workers — after two incidents in H Canyon in which bundles of highly enriched uranium were dropped by a crane. (more…)
Uranium price keeps falling
September 26, 2009FNArena News -By Andrew Nelson September 22 2009
Week by week the uranium spot price ticks a little lower, this week it’s down a noteworthy US$2.00 to $42.50 reports uranium market consultant TradeTech (more…)
radioactive pollution in former uranium boom town
September 26, 2009KYRGYZSTAN: SOVIET-ERA BOOM TOWN LITERALLY BEING SOLD FOR SCRAP
EURASIANET David Trilling 9/22/09“…………The town Min Kush bore another, more troubled, legacy: it was one of the Soviet Union’s leading sources of uranium. (more…)
