Posts Tagged ‘water’
October 7, 2010
The group Eastern Navajo Dine against Uranium Mining presented convincing evidence that mining would contaminate groundwater, including the communities’ primary drinking water source, the NMELC said.
NM uranium mining case appealed to US Supreme Court « New Mexico Independent, By Marjorie Childress 9/16/10 The New Mexico Environmental Law Center filed an appeal Wednesday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s decision to allow (ISL) uranium mining in the Four Corners region of New Mexico. (more…)
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October 7, 2010
BHP, Rio Tinto, Pilbara Manganese, Fortescue Metals and Hamersley HMS were the thirstiest, collectively taking more than 345 billion litres of water last year….Bore users are not charged for the water…the drawing of water by bore users had dried up lake systems in Yanchep National Park.
- Bore users escape fines | Perth Now, By Narelle Towie, September 18, 2010 “………….the mining sector has been exposed as the biggest water guzzler in the state, according to the department’s annual report, which will be released at the end of the month. (more…)
Tags:antinuclear, Australia, BHP Billiton, BHPB, nuclear issues, Olympic Dam, uranium, water
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March 27, 2010
Virginia Beach city officials have said they oppose the mining proposal because it could threaten the city’s water supply which includes Lake Gaston…..
Experts at Va. symposium see risks in uranium mining | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com. March 12, 2010By Rex Springston, Richmond Times-Dispatch | MCT Regional News Virginian-Pilot writer Cindy Clayton contributed to this report.Mining uranium can create health and economic problems, experts said yesterday.A company called Virginia Uranium Inc. wants to mine uranium in Pittsylvania County in south-central Virginia.
The radioactive material fuels nuclear power plants.Uranium and related substances such as radon have been linked to problems such as cancer, birth defects and kidney disease, said Doug Brugge, a professor of public health at the Tufts University School of Medicine.”There is a pretty solid scientific basis to be concerned about the health impacts,” Brugge said. (more…)
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March 27, 2010
the report had “glazed over” a lot of the research into the mine’s potential environmental impact…”There’s potential for leakages and spills … there is a great concern for contamination of water.”
BHP uranium report unveils risks, MICHAEL BENNETT, The West Australian February 27, 2010,
BHP Billiton documents have revealed the company’s proposed $17 billion Yeelirrie uranium mine could threaten vulnerable animal species previously found in the area. (more…)
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March 26, 2010
Is Flinders University doing a “Yes Minister” style water study about the Great Artesian Basin? Flinders University rosettamoon 
ecember 8th, 2008
When one of the globe’s biggest polluters and wasters of water, BHP Billiton, has been strangely exempted from legislative and environmental responsibility (Indenture Act 1982), – one must question the scope of this enquiry, and whether it’s a ‘Yes Minister” style knee-jerk reaction to the ever increasing adverse publicity surrounding the wholesale wasteage of water at Roxby Downs and other mine locations in South Australia. (more…)
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February 17, 2010
Uranium mine’s future depends on water supply ABC Rural News , 09/02/2010 The project manager for uranium exploration at the Angela Pamela deposit, 25 kilometres south of Alice Springs, says mining will only go ahead if the company can prove that it won’t harm the town’s water supply.
The Angela Pamela exploration site lies close to the aquifer that supplies the town with water. (more…)
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February 17, 2010
Uranium mine leak ‘5400 times normal level’ - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) By Emma Masters Feb 9, 2010 Contaminated water seeping from a mine in Kakadu National Park has a uranium concentration more than 5,000 times the normal level, a Senate estimates committee has heard. (more…)
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February 12, 2010
(USA) League of Individuals for the Environment Feb. 5--Concerns over proposed uranium mining in Pittsylvania County led the Southern Environmental Law Center to include the Roanoke River basin in its 2010 list of top 10 endangered places in its coverage area.
This is the first year the environmental advocacy group included the Roanoke River on its list, said senior attorney Kay Slaughter.The river, she said, provides drinking water to millions in southern Virginia and parts of northern North Carolina, includ-ing Virginia Beach and Henderson, N.C.
“The reason for the whole basin is its potential endangerment, not just from uranium, but the other chemicals used in the mining and milling process,” Slaughter said.The list, released this week, also includes the Chesapeake Bay and the mountainous coal region of southwestern Vir-ginia. The Southern Environmental Law Center does work in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama.
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January 29, 2010
France dicovers legacy of its uranium mining League of Individuals for the Environment, 24 Jan 2010 Recently, uranium wastes in France have been receiving more and more attention in the media. Among some of the headlines: “Many uranium mill tailings deposits found to be illegal”; “200,000 nuclear waste casks found in mined-out uranium mines”; “severe contamination of the environment with transport of uranium ores and uranium mill tailings”……...a significant long-term hazard to ground water......published by WISE News Communique on January 31, 1992 Amsterdam -
France produces about one half of its reactor-related uranium needs from domestic mines, in addition to the uranium needed for nuclear weapons…………. (more…)
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