Downstream study of uranium’s risks The Virginian-Pilot
January 17, 2010 “..…….Federal regulations are geared toward mining in arid climates, and even so, they have sometimes failed to address contamination of groundwater systems surrounding uranium deposits in western states. (more…)
Archive for January, 2010
Thorough investigation of uranium contamination is needed
January 20, 2010Legal challenge moves along against uranium mining
January 20, 2010Uranium Mining Lawsuit Gets a Boost as Judge Unlocks Feds’ Records Center for Native Ecosystems 15 Jan DURANGO, Colo.— A ruling handed down in federal court Thursday has significantly bolstered a legal challenge to the revival and expansion of uranium mining on public lands in the American West. (more…)
Anti uranium movement in Quebec
January 20, 2010Oppose Uranium Exploration and Mining in West Quebe, WQ-CAMU / COQCEU, 14 Jan 2010
We are a community group that works to protect our human, environmental, and economic health from the risks associated with uranium. Our goal is to obtain a permanent moratorium on uranium exploration, mining, and processing in MRC du Pontiac and MRC des Collines de l’Outaouais. To meet this goal our group advocates, educates, and builds coalitions.
Nous sommes un groupe communautaire travaillant à la protection de la santé humaine, environnementale et économique des risques associés à l’uranium. Notre objectif principal est d’obtenir un moratoire à long terme sur l’exploration et l’exploitation d’uranium dans la MRC du Pontiac et dans la MRC des Collines de l’Outaouais. Afin d’y parvenir, notre groupe défend, éduque et bâtit des coalitions.
More information: wq-camu@know-uranium.org http://no-uranium.blogspot.com/2010/01/more-details-on-stelmine-claims-near.html
Is it OK to get workers to drink uranium?
January 20, 2010a recommendation that new and clear procedures stipulating when and how it is permissible to carry out medical experiments on workers be established. You read that right. The scientists at Dimona need to be told when and how it’s ok to make workers drink uranium.
More Atomic Tales: Uranium with juice. Nuclear Reaction – 16 Jan 2010 (more…)
U.S. Army secretive over depleted uranium dump in Hawaii
January 20, 2010“The burden should be on the Army to prove no harm. The Army says there is no harm because they haven’t looked and don’t want to look,” said Albertini. “A license to possess depleted uranium is a nuclear waste dump.”
Residents accuse Army of covering up contamination. DEPLETED URANIUM By NANCY COOK LAUER
WES T HAWAII TODAY 15 Jan 2010
ncook-lauer@westhawaiitoday.comHILO — Four Hawaii residents charged the U.S. Army with trying to cover up its discovery of depleted uranium and then taking a cavalier attitude about cleaning it up during a five-hour hearing Wednesday before a panel of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (more…)
Uranium mining threatens Grand Canyon water
January 20, 2010Uranium mining resumes near Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon Trust News January 14, 2010 by gctrust
Denison Mines, a Canadian company, recently revived operations at the Arizona 1 uranium mine on the Arizona Strip adjacent to Grand Canyon. This industrial activity threatens not only the visitor experience at Grand Canyon National Park, but the water supply for twenty-five million people in Nevada, southern California, and Arizona, as well as seeps and springs in the park. Worse yet is the fact that much of the uranium will be shipped to Korea.
Workers given uranium to drink
January 20, 2010.the special committee decided only to reprimand verbally the two researchers who initiated the study…
Inside Intel / Uranium, down the hatch Haaretz.com By Yossi Melman 14 Jan 2010 Last August, Haaretz revealed that workers at the Dimona nuclear reactor had been required to participate in an experiment in which they drank a certain quantity of uranium mixed with juice. (more…)
Radioactivity testing for Utah’s depleted uranium
January 20, 2010environmental group says it reviewed shipping manifests for some of the waste and found the barrels contain waste in concentrations higher than state law allows EnergySolutions to accept.
Utah governor orders depleted uranium testing The Associated Press
TheSunNews.com Jan. 13, 2010 SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has ordered the testing of barrels of depleted uranium from South Carolina to see how radioactive it is. (more…)
First Uranium – company in financial strife
January 20, 2010World`s least wanted uranium stock – Moneyweb Barry Sergeant|13 January 2010 “………….To date, First Uranium……. uranium production is yet to see the light of day. Stock exchange regulators in a number of jurisdictions have been on the retreat for the past few years, in the wake of some of the biggest, babbling, investment scandals yet to besiege mankind. So far, First Uranium has apparently managed to say off the radar screen, but promises in its Toronto prospectus have turned out to be a shoddy disgrace…………… (more…)
Local opposition to uranium mining, Virginia Beach
January 20, 2010Virginia Against Uranium Mining By Deirdre Fernandes The Virginian-PilotJ anuary 12, 2010VIRGINIA BEACH The state is considering lifting its 28-year ban on uranium mining, a move that has so alarmed Virginia Beach officials that they are spending $437,000 to study the worst-case scenario for the city’s water supply .Virginia Beach has hired engineering firm Michael Baker Corp. to look into what could happen to Lake Gaston if there were a catastrophic accident at a possible uranium mining site upstream in south-central Virginia………….
