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AREVA keeping quiet on new French guidelines on its uranium industry

April 9, 2011

Areva: No Comment On France’s Nuclear-Energy Policy Decisions – WSJ.com, By Geraldine Amiel and Angeline Benoit, Dow Jones Newswires;22 Feb 2011, PARIS –French state-controlled nuclear engineering firm Areva SA (CEI.FR, ARVCY) Monday denied to make any comment after the French government issued guidelines for the French nuclear-energy industry, which include the company’s confining its uranium-mining operations into a separate legal unit.

The guidelines issued Monday in a statement released by the office of French President Nicolas Sarkozy also say that state-controlled power group Electricite de France SA (EDF.FR) should lead French consortiums to bid contracts abroad…- Areva: No Comment On France’s Nuclear-Energy Policy Decisions – WSJ.com

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National Academy of Sciences has AREVA employee on its uranium study panel!

November 11, 2010

Areva employee on NAS uranium mining panel, Beyond Nuclear Nov10 2010, The National Academy of Sciences has now chosen panelists for a study which will be used by the Virginia General Assembly to determine whether uranium mining should be permitted in the state. Concerned citizens asked for the removal of an Areva employee, but their request was denied. Areva runs uranium mines in Niger and, therefore, has a vested interest in uranium mining expansion…..
Future meetings are planned for Saskatchewan and Colorado, specific places to be determined. While this study claims to be assessing just uranium mining in Virginia, citizens fear the results of this study could be used for other potential uranium mining sites…. Beyond Nuclear – Uranium Mining – Areva employee on NAS uranium mining panel

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AREVA’s poor environmental record in Niger uranium mines

November 11, 2010

shortcomings in the protection of workers against radiation, and increasing numbers of people living at Arlit or Akokan, a nearby town, cited this as the cause of their ill health…..uranium mining continues despite kidnappings

Safety concerns dog French uranium mines in Niger Still no sign of medical provisions Areva promised in 2009 Hervé Kempf * Guardian Weekly, 15 October 2010 For years uranium mining in Niger proceeded without giving rise to any major problems for companies, but things changed at the turn of the century. Since then the population of the mining town Arlit has become increasingly concerned that radioactivity may be exceeding regulatory limits. (more…)

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AREVA seeking legal advice against Australian govt’s blocking of uranium mining

September 4, 2010

AREVA wants the Government to explain its decision and says it is now seeking legal advice…Meanwhile, Tourism Top End says it is hopeful Labor’s pledge to expand Kakadu will mean more areas will be opened to tourists.

Kakadu expansion plan bewilders uranium miner – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), By Emma Masters, Aug 11, 2010 “….A French mining company seeking to exploit uranium-rich land surrounded by Kakadu National Park is calling for the Federal Government to explain why it has promised to stop future mining. (more…)

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Labor govt will block AREVA’s plans for uranium mining in Koongarra

September 4, 2010

if re-elected, Labor would accept Mr Lee’s offer to incorporate the 1228 hectares of environmentally sensitive land he owns into world heritage-listed Kakadu.The move would block plans by French nuclear energy giant Areva to extract 14,000 tonnes of uranium from its mineral leases in the area

Aboriginal custodian turns back on riches, The Age, LINDSAY MURDOCH, DARWIN, August 11, 2010 AN ABORIGINAL traditional owner who could have become one of Australia’s richest people if he had allowed uranium mining on his land near Kakadu National Park says he is not interested in money. (more…)

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Internationally significant wetlands closed to uranium mining

August 15, 2010

“Woolwonga is so valuable ecologically that we oppose in principle any mining development upstream of it,” the inquiry report said.

Rich uranium mine stays locked up, Northern Territory News, NIGEL ADLAM, August 11th, 2010 “….. The Fox Inquiry said in 1977 that Koongarra should not be mined as it is close to the internationally important Woolwonga wetlands. (more…)

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AREVA will not be permitted to mine uranium in Koongarra

August 15, 2010

Aboriginal custodian turns back on riches, The Age, LINDSAY MURDOCH, DARWIN, August 11, 2010 AN ABORIGINAL traditional owner who could have become one of Australia’s richest people if he had allowed uranium mining on his land near Kakadu National Park says he is not interested in money. (more…)

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Groundwater threatened by AREVA’s uranium enrichment plant

June 12, 2010

Areva uranium enrichment plant in Idaho would threaten aquifer, Beyond Nuclear, 28 May 2010, The $2 billion in federal loan guarantees just awarded to Areva by the U.S. Department of Energy for a new uranium enrichment plant in Idaho, will produce depleted uranium (half-life of 4.5 billion years) and will threaten the Snake River Aquifer, say leaders of the Snake River Alliance. (more…)

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Aboriginal man preventing Areva’s Australian uranium mining

June 12, 2010

Owner wants uranium-rich land to be added to Kakadu, Sydney Morning Herald, LINDSAY MURDOCH IN KAKADU, May 29, 2010 “……….Areva executives in Australia did not return calls from the Herald. The blocking of the mine comes five years after a federal takeover of uranium mining from the Northern Territory Labor government that was supposed to boost uranium mining. But the move is in tatters, with mining companies struggling to extract tens of billions of dollars worth of northern Australia’s known uranium deposits because of the concerns of indigenous traditional owners about the impact. (more…)

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Niger’s water and soil contaminated by uranium mining’s radioactive wastes

May 13, 2010

VIDEO Left in the Dust – Areva’s uranium mining in Niger | Greenpeace International

Left in the Dust – Areva’s uranium mining in Niger | Greenpeace International 6 May 2010, Operations of Nuclear giant AREVA put lives at risk in Niger. Uranium mines in Niger operated by the state-owned French nuclear giant AREVA continue to create a radioactive hazard for the people living nearby. (more…)