Behind this is a litany of events that Ranger couldn’t hide, clearly showing the mines lack of compliance to protect Kakadu and the people who still live there. Of course this would be expected of a commercial enterprise, which is why the OSS was set up. However, since it’s establishment, the OSS (and ERISS) has suffered decreasing staff and resources whilst trying to cope with an ever expanding charter.

The notion that radioactive elements can be safely stored in a “containment dam” is ludicrous to say the least. I can say this because no mine in the world has ever done it without incident. So why push the barrow? Because proper containment would instantly plummet the company into debt, and the paltry fines and loss of public confidence don’t cost anywhere near as much.

The ironic thing is that the radioactive waste products produced by mining uranium have been shown to have a most insidious range of biological uptake mechanisms. This is conveniently hidden by both a time lapse between exposure and symptoms, and the inability to link an abnormality or a cancer etc. with an exposure event. Remember, one in two men, and one in three women be diagnosed with cancer sometime in their life – and the incidence is rising.

Of course none of these things can be attributed to Ranger Uranium Mine…but then, who says??? The mine? The OSS? press them enough and they will tell you, as they told me, “we can’t look at everything”, which leaves a disturbing amount of questions about the whole thing. Read the OSS Annual Reports – Environmental Monitoring sections, and you will see what I mean.

Cheers to all.

We’re talking here about a vast mountain of uranium tailings, from what will be the world’s biggest man-made hole.

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