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Cameco uranium company working out how to clean up ship’s uranium spill

Cameco, regulators finalize cleanup plan for uranium concentrate spill , The Vancouver Sun, By Cassandra Kyle January 18, 2011 A ship whose cargo of uranium concentrate spilled during bad weather at sea is docked in British Columbia while a Cameco Corp. team assesses damage to its product and devises a plan to clean up the spill.An 11-member Cameco team met the Altona when it docked at Ladysmith, B.C., on Sunday, company spokesman Rob Gereghty said on Tuesday.

“Once our assessment team went in, we took a look at the cargo hold and we saw a number of sea containers had been damaged, but we weren’t allowed to get beyond the hold,” Gereghty said. “There were 24 sea containers and we were only able to see a small number in comparison to the full load.”

The view was enough, however, for Cameco to determine that several drums had been damaged and uranium concentrate did spill inside of the ship. Gereghty said the spill is contained within the cargo hold,…..

January 20, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Canada, safety, Uranium