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Uranium forum: a black hole – Telluride, CO – The Daily Planet

Uranium forum: a black hole
Tellirude Daily Planet by Ben Williams  08 For anyone unfamiliar with the regulation of uranium in the State of Colorado, the Uranium Regulation Forum in Montrose Sept. 24 was a real eye-opener. Indeed, it was like staring into a black hole……..The meeting was called to update county government on the application of radioactive materials licenses………the tone and tenor of this introduction seemed to anticipate some grave civil uproar. Sitting in the audience, one felt like a naughty child waiting for some punishment the grownups were busy deliberating. The watchful eye of a Law Enforcement Officer from the rear of the room surveyed those in attendance, just in case, one supposes……………..“All of the mills we’ve looked at,” Steve Tarlton, the unit leader, reassured us, nodding like a salesman, “all of the problems we’ve looked at, we’ve learned from.”

That’s good news, one expects: Except “all the mills we’ve looked at” actually means one. There have only been two mills operative in the entire United States in the last 25 years. Both are now in decay, experiencing massive environmental problems. One is in Blanding, Utah. And the other one is the Cotter Mill near Canon City. This obsolete structure, with outdated technology, has apparently taught them a lot. A sort of negative definition. ……Nowhere in this head-nodding, effusive reassurance of our newfound mastery over the “historical problems” that have plagued this industry for years was anything concrete presented, scientific, or specific. The slides used in the presentation were hilarious. You couldn’t find more circular reasoning in a toothpaste commercial. It amounted to a dizzying array of… nothing.

Uranium forum: a black hole – Telluride, CO – The Daily Planet

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October 1, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties