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uranium mine could adversely affect groundwater

Nunn uranium mine could adversely affect groundwater

The Colorado Independent By David O. Williams 8/19/09

Colorado has uranium on the brain these days.

An environmental engineer and lecturer brought in by conservationists told an audience in Fort Collins Tuesday they should be concerned about the deterioration of their water quality if a proposed uranium mine near Nunn goes forward, according to the Greeley Tribune.

“If I was living in this area, I would certainly have concerns about groundwater,” said Dr. Gavin Mudd, an assistant lecturer at Monash University in Clayton, Australia. “Knowing the extent of problems they’ve had at mines in Wyoming and Texas, for example, I would certainly be concerned about protecting my groundwater quality.”

………Mountain communities in Southwest Colorado, meanwhile, are heatedly debating the benefits and risks of a mill that would process uranium in Montrose County………..

http://coloradoindependent.com/35963/nunn-uranium-mine-could-adversely-impact-groundwater-expert-says

August 21, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, radioactive, uranium