New 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…)
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Australia’s new uranium laws weaken environment safeguards
September 26, 2009Liberal MP joins fight against wilderness uranium mine
September 26, 2009Greens, Libs fight wilderness mining
ABC News 2 Sept 09
The Greens and Liberals are joining forces to urge the South Australian Government to keep mining out of Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary in the Flinders Ranges. (more…)
Problems of Yeelirrie uranium mine
September 26, 2009Faragher urged to review uranium mine
ABC News Aug 28, 2009
Several appeals have been lodged against the planned environmental review of the Yeelirrie uranium mine in Western Australia’s Goldfields… (more…)
Arms salesman heads Australia’s uranium mine for “peaceful use”
September 26, 2009The weapons manufacturer who converted Labor’s staunchest opponents to nuclear development has a controversial past, write Nick O’Malley and Ben Cubby………… (more…)
Colorado uranium mining could be stopped by town board vote
September 4, 2009Uranium mining may get buried in Nunn
Powertech says its process is safe but a vote by Nunn’s town board could make permitting difficult.
Denver Post, by Monte Whaley, 3 Sept 09
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NUNN — Opponents of a huge uranium- mining operation northwest of Greeley say they are ready for a showdown tonight before the Nunn town board. Coloradoans Against Resource Destruction — a citizens group formed in 2007 — wants the Nunn board to back a resolution against a plan by Powertech Uranium Corp. to extract uranium from the windy plains that surround Nunn and two other small towns, Wellington and Carr………… CARD claims the mining will damage air and water and bring other health problems. A negative vote by the Nunn board will make state and local officials more reluctant to approve any permits for Powertech’s Centennial Project, said the group’s spokeswoman, Jackie Adolph……….. “The time is now for the town board to speak for the overwhelming majority of residents who think uranium mining this close to the town represents unacceptable risks,” resident Dan Rapelje said.
The project, opponents say, may reap more jobs but would be a detriment to long-term economic growth in the area.
South Australian Liberals join Greens in opposing uranium mine
September 2, 2009Greens, Libs fight wilderness mining
ABC News 2 Sept 09
The Greens and Liberals are joining forces to urge the South Australian Government to keep mining out of Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary in the Flinders Ranges. (more…)
Yeelirrie uranium mine: Environmental Review is inadequate
August 29, 2009Faragher urged to review uranium mine
ABC News Aug 28, 2009
Several appeals have been lodged against the planned environmental review of the Yeelirrie uranium mine in Western Australia’s Goldfields…………..The Greens joined the Conservation Council and seven others in seeking to change the way the environmental impact of the mine is assessed.Greens MP Robin Chapple says the Environment Minister, Donna Faragher, should conduct a ministerial review of the project.”………………
Mr Chapple says the Government needs to consider the overall environmental impact of uranium mining in WA.“Given that there’s a large number of uranium mines potentially going to be in that area that we actually need to be looking at a cumulative assessment as opposed to this one uranium mine in isolation,” he said.
Faragher urged to review uranium mine – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Doubts that South Australian govt will really protect environment from uranium mining
August 27, 2009Carbon + Environment
25 August 2009
The South Australian Government has called on BHP Billiton to fix inadequacies in its draft EIS for the proposed expansion of its Olympic Dam mine.
……………The submission calls on BHP Billiton to further examine the risks posed to local wildlife by the proposed tailing storage facility and to more thoroughly investigate the effects of long-term groundwater and leachate flows on underground aquifers.
Additional modelling is also required on air pollution and radiation risks to the nearby community of Roxby Downs, the submission says.
Premier Mike Rann underlined the Government’s commitment to the mine expansion, saying that he believed all of the issues raised in its submission “could and would” be addressed by BHP Billiton.
But Greens MLC Mark Parnell, who has also made a submission on the project, said the fact that the Government is locked into the project going ahead, “makes it very difficult” for them to attach stronger environmental conditions that might impose additional costs.
“Environmental protection and rehabilitation costs money. BHP Billiton will only do the right thing if the Rann Government is prepared to insist on strict and enforceable environmental standards,” he said.
Protest against BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam uranium mine expansion
August 8, 2009Protesters decry BHP Billiton’s proposed expansion
LIVENEWS.com.au 7 August 09
Australian Associated Press
It is destined to be a greenhouse disaster.
Australia may supply uranium to India
August 8, 2009Australia may supply uranium to India for JV power plants
indian express.con. Aug 07, 2009 Cairns:
India expressed its interest in having civil nuclear cooperation with Australia amid indications that the two countries are likely to sign an energy agreement in November under which Australia may supply uranium for joint venture power plants.
Australia’s policy of not supplying uranium to countries that have not signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) was noted by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna who had discussions on a wide variety of bilateral subjects with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his counterpart Stephen Smith.
…………………Rudd is expected to visit India in November when the two countries are likely to sign an “Energy Declaration” for generation of nuclear power for which his country may supply uranium.
