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Uranium Mining Pollutes Drinking WaterArt Dohman, Chairman of the Goliad County Uranium Research Advisory Committee, describes pollution in local drinking water aquifers caused by uranium mining in Texas.ALTURA asks for a moratorium now on uranium exploration and mining in Teas drinking water aquifers.

Hearings on Uranium Mining in Virginia, USAThe 14:22min video features experts such as Dr. Paul Robinson from Siuthwest REsearch and Information Center, Albuquerque, as well as Prof Manuel Pino, speaking out about the experiences of people tin the Southwest US re: Uranium mining.

All that glitters is not goldAn excellent 7:49 minute video about Olympic Dam Mine in Australia including a good short eplanation of uranium mining and its impacts on environment, people and health.

YELLOW DIRT …An American story of a Poisoned Land and a People BetrayedOctober 5, 2010 (2:49 clip)Award-winning reporter Judy Pasternak tells the haunting story of uranium mining on the Navajo desert and its terrible, long-ignored legacy.

Left in the Dust – Areva’s Uranium Mining in Niger (english)Verlassen im Staub (deutsch)Uranium mines in Niger operated by the state-owned French nuclear giant AREVA continue to create a radioactive hazard for the people living nearby. A new report released today by Greenpeace reveals contamination levels in the air, water and soil above internationally accepted…

Schmutziges Uran – Die Kehrseite der “sauberen” Kernenergie” ARD – Kontraste, 16. September 2010In Afrika wird seit Jahrzehnten Uran abgebaut – auch für deutsche Atomkraftwerke. Die Bedingungen sind of katastrophal. Ganze Landstriche werden verstrahlt, Arbeiter sterben qualvoll. Doch der Bedarf an Natururan steigt weiter, auch wegen der geplanten Laufzeitverlängerung in Deutschland.

Uranstory (deutsch)10-minütige, sehr informative Einführung in die Brennstoffkette – vom Uranabbau über Anreicherung, Funktion von AKWs bis hin zur Endlagerproblematik, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Schweiz.