Comment: Blog mentions our Blog! Yes, we are against uranium mining and milling!!Posted on June 22, 2009 by Nancy
A proposal to mine uranium in south-central Virginia advanced this week when a key state body approved a study of the matter. The targeted site is in Virginia’s Pittsylvania County just north of the city of Danville and close to the border with North Carolina’s Rockingham,
You can read the perspective of the company that intends to do the mining.
The Alliance opposes the mining.
The Southern Environmental Law Center says: Uranium occurs naturally in the ground, but when exposed to air and water, radiation is released into the environment. Virtually all uranium mining in the U.S. has occurred in the arid, sparsely populated regions of the West. In these areas and other parts of the world, uranium extraction and processing have caused serious problems, such as the contamination of groundwater and surface water and increased cancer risk for workers and the public.
There is no precedent for large-scale uranium mining in eastern states such as Virginia, where the population density puts more people at risk and where a wetter climate increases the chance of radiation contaminating streams and groundwater.
Virginia has no regulations for uranium mining, and the federal government has virtually no experience regulating the activity in a wet climate.
http://obxcommonground.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/virginia-opens-door-to-uranium-mining-oks-study/
The Southern Environmental Law Center says: Uranium occurs naturally in the ground, but when exposed to air and water, radiation is released into the environment. Virtually all uranium mining in the U.S. has occurred in the arid, sparsely populated regions of the West. In these areas and other parts of the world, uranium extraction and processing have caused serious problems, such as the contamination of groundwater and surface water and increased cancer risk for workers and the public.
There is no precedent for large-scale uranium mining in eastern states such as Virginia, where the population density puts more people at risk and where a wetter climate increases the chance of radiation contaminating streams and groundwater.
Virginia has no regulations for uranium mining, and the federal government has virtually no experience regulating the activity in a wet climate.
http://obxcommonground.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/virginia-opens-door-to-uranium-mining-oks-study/
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