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Opposition to uranium mining in Virginia

Virginia Against Uranium Mining By Deirdre Fernandes The Virginian-PilotJ anuary 12, 2010VIRGINIA BEACH The state is considering lifting its 28-year ban on uranium mining, a move that has so alarmed Virginia Beach officials that they are spending $437,000 to study the worst-case scenario for the city’s water supply .Virginia Beach has hired engineering firm Michael Baker Corp. to look into what could happen to Lake Gaston if there were a catastrophic accident at a possible uranium mining site upstream in south-central Virginia………….

Virginia Against Uranium Mining: In uranium mining issue, it’s Virgina Beach vs. the state (Virginia)

January 13, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radioactive, uranium