AREVA confirms Greenpeace’s alarming radiation findings in Niger - All Africa.com 5 January 2010 Following Greenpeace’s report of radioactive hotspots in the uranium mining city Akokan in Niger, AREVA has confirmed that the radioactivity in the streets of Akokan was unacceptably high. Under pressure from civil society the French nuclear company has taken action to clean up the spots indicated by Greenpeace. (more…)
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AREVA admits to radiation pollution of Niger city
January 6, 2010Regulatory changes needed for Utah’s depleted uranium storage
December 29, 2009depleted uranium, a by-product of nuclear fuel enrichment and bomb-making that has the unusual quality of becoming more hazardous over time.
Depleted uranium train arrives at Utah site/ OPEN YOUR EYES NEWS Salt Lake Tribune 29 Dec 09 – EnergySolutions Inc. opened its gates Sunday night to the latest shipment of depleted uranium from the Savannah River cleanup site in South Carolina. But the waste won’t be buried just yet, (more…)
Weather problems halt depleted uranium unloading
December 29, 2009At issue is the unique composition of depleted uraniumm — a byproduct of the process that enriches uranium, in this case from weapons production — that results in the material becoming more radioactive over time.
Weather slows unloading of depleted uranium at EnergySolution By Arthur RaymondDeseret News , Dec. 22, 2009
CLIVE, Tooele County — Blustery weather in Utah’s west desert Tuesday slowed the initial unloading of more than 5,400 barrels of depleted uranium slated for at least temporary storage at EnergySolution’s disposal facility. (more…)
Online film spills the beans on depleted uranium
December 22, 2009The Doctor, the Depleted Uranium, and the Dying Children Top Documentary Films 15 Dec 09 An award winning documentary film produced for German television by Freider Wagner and Valentin Thurn.The film exposes the use and impact of radioactive weapons during the current war against Iraq. The story is told by citizens of many nations. (more…)
USA community opposes import of nuclear waste
December 22, 2009Group rallies against nuclear waste headed to Utah 19 December ksl.com By John Hollenhorst SALT LAKE CITY -- A group rallied Saturday against a trainload of nuclear waste on its way to Utah, demanding Gov. Gary Herbert send the trains back immediately……… (more…)
Uranium mines at risk from cyclones
December 22, 2009Australia Issues Red Alert as Tropical Cyclone Approaches Coast By Jason ScottDec. 16 (Bloomberg) – Australia issued its highest storm alert as Tropical Cyclone Laurence’s winds strengthened to as high as 285 kilometers (177 miles) per hour as it approached the northwestern coast, where offshore oil and gas rigs were evacuated earlier………..
Cyclone George in March 2007 caused flooding at Energy Resources of Australia Ltd.’s Ranger uranium mine in the Northern Territory.
Australia Issues Red Alert as Tropical Cyclone Approaches Coast – Bloomberg.com
International indigenous stand against nuclear, and uranium mining
December 22, 2009Indigenous Peoples in Copenhagen: Ruling out the Nuclear Option — Neither Clean nor Green Nuclear Reaction 15 Dec 09 COPENHAGEN – Remembering the words of Chief Seattle, Indigenous Peoples and people of color at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen sent a message to the world to rule out nuclear energy, which is neither clean nor green. (more…)
Native Americans concern over uranium
December 14, 2009U.S.: “We All Breathe the Same Air and Drink the Same Water”By Kyra Ryan SANTA ANA, New Mexico, Dec 5 (IPS) – Some 8,000 kilometres from the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Native American environmental experts from 66 tribes came together at a summit here this week to address the most pressing needs in their communities – problems, all emphasised, that know no geographic boundaries. (more…)
Call for proper investigation of depleted uranium’s effects
November 14, 2009Huge rise in birth defects in FallujaIraqi former battle zone sees abnormal clusters of infant tumours and deformities guardian.co.uk,13 November 2009 Doctors in Iraq’s war-ravaged enclave of Falluja are dealing with up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants and a spike in early life cancers that may be linked to toxic materials left over from the fighting. (more…)
Big revenue loss for uranium miner Paladin
November 14, 2009oilweek Nov 12, 2009 Paladin Energy suffers big loss; revenue down almost US$14M (Paladin) Ca PERTH, Australia _ Uranium producer Paladin Energy Ltd (TSX:PDN) blamed a decline in sales and prices for as fourfold increase in its net loss in the quarter ended Sept. 30.
Paladin, which reports in U.S. dollars, said it lost US$20 million or three cents a share in the quarter. That compares with a loss of $5.1 million or one cent in the 2008 quarter.Revenue was US$38.6 million, down from $52.4 million last year.
