Comment: I do not believe this report about the uranium being shallow, if so, they would not have open pit mining!!! Maybe like the little puff when they are blowing up the hill!!!by Della Batts, Daily Herald Staff Writer
Published/Last Modified on Friday, May 8, 2009 1:32 PM CDT
LAKE GASTON — A flurry of activities involving the safety of the community and continued value of Lake Gaston was on the minds of folks attending the May meeting of the Lake Gaston Association.
Executive Director Moira Underwood reported sending a letter to CH2M Hill, consulting firm for the Kerr Lake Regional Water System, declaring the LGA’s opposition to their proposed interbasin water transfer.
Director Vernon Wilson attended meetings to discuss possible uranium mining in the Dan River (upper Roanoke River) in Pittsylvania County, Va., by Virginia Uranium, Inc.
There were major concerns that mining efforts might (will) contaminate the aquifer and the river downstream.
Wilson said he was pleased to discover the bedrock in that area is so close to the surface there would be relatively no effect on groundwater. (wonder, who told him that? My well is 75 ft deep, no hard rock was there!!!)
However, he wasn’t so pleased with the “radiological effects of the runoff” report. (like hurricanes, our little storms that dumps 5 inches in a few hours!!)
Wilson said the report focused more on the laws and what they allow, and not on the possible effects. No uranium mining can occur until Virginia allows the creation of a regulatory framework and an associated permitting process is complete. It is anticipated this could take several years.
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