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Krugersdorp in South Africa
Mine tailings and radioactive waste are threatening lives and environment of the people living in the settlements on top. News & Activities on Krugersdorp
Read MoreDeeds by Uranium One at Dominion Reefs
The national Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has reported at least 18 workers have died of work related causes over the past four years, and four women employees reported miscarriages in the past year. These concerns were further verified in 2007 when government inspectors called on Uranium One “to halt all mining…
Read MoreMounana in Gabon
Mounana is a town in Gabon. It lies on the N3 road and from 1958 until the 1990s was a major uranium mining centre. The mine is now closed due to studies on the health conditions of the mine workers. Ironically, due to the closure, the company ceased to pay the medical bills for their…
Read MoreBakouma
Bakouma is situated at the Gboyo River. It is on the northern end of the Mbomou forest, which has an area of 10.000 km². There was to be uranium mining at the operation site here, but AREVA has shut down all operation for the time being. These are quotes from their 2012 Annual Report and…
Read MoreWhite Mesa Mill is being shut down for a year
The plans to shut down the White Mesa Mill in San Juan County, Utah, have received mixed responses by the locals. 200 people will lose their jobs over an idle phase of at least one year. But the Mill has been controversial since its beginning in 1980, due to violation of radon standards and contamination…
Read MoreNRC Ex-Chairman thinks nuclear power to be outdated technology
In an interview with IEEE Spectrum, former NRC-Chairman Gregory Jaczko said that he thinks nuclear power to be an old technology, and that the US will be moving away from it. Read the full article at IEEE Spectrum.
Read MorePantomimo press conference in Mongolia – the dangerous phantom of Uranium Mining
To the score from Once Upon a Time in the West, activists in Mongolia protested the dangers of the path their country is about to take in front of press members and political officials. Posing as phantoms with nuclear signs, they attained quite a public response for their protest.
Read MoreRosatom to mothball several facilities due to low uranium prices
According to a Reuters article, Rosatom (Russian owned) has ordered Uranium One to shut down the Honeymoon mine in Australia and is further considering putting several facilities into “care and maintenance” mode. The reason: Low uranium prices. This might also affect the Mkuju River Uranium Project. Read the full article on reuters.com
Read MoreThe Dangers in the Mines – Professor Doug Brugge
Not one month ago, on October 2, Doug Brugge found himself in an unusual place: a Tanzanian police station. Brugge, Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts Medical School, and a Member of the Tisch College faculty, had traveled to that country’s capital for a conference on the dangers of uranium mining. The…
Read MoreDeutsche Welle on Uranium exploitation in Tanzania
“Though many consider the risks incalculable, Tanzania is planning to mine its radioactive uranium. A history of gold mining shows that the country, its people and abundant wildlife stand to gain little from doing so.” Read the whole article at Deutsche Welle.
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