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APCDF A-Cap Denies Connection to Nuclear Waste Project [interview]

A-Cap Denies Connection to Nuclear Waste Project  (Botswana) Dec 01, 2008 (Mmegi/The Reporter/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX)   — Developers of uranium mines in Serule and Letlhakane, A-Cap Resources of Australia have distanced themselves from the nuclear waste facility that will be built at Pilikwe in Tswapong soon.

The nuclear waste facility is being mooted by the Department of Radiation in the Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, and environmental impact assessment has already started with the various stakeholders including the villagers at Pilikwe and the surrounding areas.

A-Cap Resources CEO, Andrew Tunks based in Australia, says that although A-Cap plans to start mining in Serule and Letlhakane in 2011, they will not be using the Pilikwe facility but they will develop their own environmental plan.

“Of course we will have storage facilities for any dangerous waste, chemical or water.

The quantification of these hazards is an important part of the environmental study that A-Cap must undertake and submit to the government to get a license to develop the mine………………Botswana, unlike other countries who mine Uranium and produce radio active waste, does not have its own National Nuclear Agency to guide..in …. vital operations. .

APCDF A-Cap Denies Connection to Nuclear Waste Project [interview]

December 1, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized