Hope won’t protect us from Powertech’s in situ uranium mining near Nunn
coloradean.com Sue Ramsay, September 22, 2009 “………. the documented facts of the history of contamination from in situ leach uranium mining such as that proposed by Powertech Uranium Corp. in Weld County. (more…)
Archive for September, 2009
In-situ uranium mining hazards for Colorado
September 26, 2009Background on France’s uranium mining contamination
September 26, 2009The Alliance 23 Sept 09 Why we are publishing such an old article? Well, there will be a series of articles about the past uranium mining in France and Canada. (more…)
Texas’ toxic legacy from uranium mining
September 26, 2009Nukes mean mines
Are we digging a new toxic legacy before the last one’s filled in?
CURRENT By <!– –>Greg Harman 16 Sept 09
“……………..an official of the Railroad Commission’s Surface Mining & Reclamation Division wrote that uranium mill tailings at the edge of his lake emit “up to” 850 micro-Rem of radioactivity per hour. (more…)
Navajos’ cancer rates up, due to uranium mining
September 26, 2009Cancer rates among Navajo from uranium mining, New Mexico
Nukes mean mines
Are we digging a new toxic legacy before the last one’s filled in?
CURRENT By <!– –>Greg Harman16 Sept 09
“………….When it comes to open-pit carnage, some of the worst damage has been done to indigenous lands, like the Navajo territory in New Mexico, where workers dug uranium ore in underground mines without the benefit of safety equipment. (more…)
Australia’s groundwater in danger because of uranium mining
September 26, 2009‘Corporate abuse’ hits Great Artesian Basin
The Australian. Michael Owen, SA political reporter | September 21, 2009
THE Great Artesian Basin — one of the largest underground water reservoirs in the world — is in danger of going the same way as the ailing Murray-Darling Basin because of reckless corporate abuse, aided by political ignorance, says South Australian senator Nick Xenophon. (more…)
Paladin uranium company slack on safety in Africa
September 26, 2009Miner accused on slack safety
The Age TOM HYLAND S eptember 20, 2009 AN AUSTRALIAN company has begun production at its uranium mine in Malawi amid renewed controversy over the operation in one of Africa’s poorest nations. (more…)
Australia’s new uranium laws weaken environment safeguards
September 26, 2009New uranium royalties a savage blow to environment
Trading Room (AAP) By Tara Ravens, Darwin, September 10 2009
A new royalty regime for the Northern Territory’s expanding uranium sector is a “king hit to the environment,” says the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF). (more…)
Surplus of uranium will result in falling prices
September 26, 2009Uranium Will Have 2010 Surplus on Increased Output, Group Says
By Anna Stablum and Lars Paulsson Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) – The uranium market will have a surplus next year for the first time in at least three years as Kazatomprom and other producers increase output faster than demand rises for the nuclear fuel, the World Nuclear Association said. (more…)
New Australian uranium royalties bill will disadvantage aborigines
September 26, 2009Rudd Uranium Bill will increase Aboriginal disadvantage
The Greens Scott LudlamTuesday 8th September 2009
A Federal Bill that will apply a uniform royalty regime to all uranium mining projects in the Northern Territory will increase Aboriginal disadvantage, the Australian Greens say. (more…)
Chinese move for strategic control of Australia’s uranium
September 26, 2009China makes power play for uranium
The Age BARRY FITZGERALD AND MATHEW MURP 9 Sept 09
A BEIJING directive to its mushrooming nuclear power industry to step up the acquisition of strategic uranium supplies has led to an agreed $85 million takeover bid for Energy Metals, the main partner in the Northern Territory Bigrlyi uranium deposit. (more…)
