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Navajo in Washington to fight uranium mining

Navajo group bringing attention to uranium mining,  Forbes.com, By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN , 05.17.11,  TALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Members of a Navajo group opposed to uranium mining on New Mexico land surrounded by the sprawling Navajo reservation traveled to Washington, D.C., on Monday to bring attention to their fight.Eastern Navajo Dine Against Uranium Mining filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Friday. The petition alleges human rights violations and seeks to overturn the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s decision to grant a mining license to Hydro Resources Inc…..The company has plans to develop claims near the Navajo communities of Church Rock and Crownpoint…..”We know the current governor isn’t particularly interested in listening to Native communities or protecting natural resources. We don’t see ourselves as having any recourse with the state,” said Eric Jantz, an attorney with the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, which filed the petition on behalf of the group.……Navajo group bringing attention to uranium mining – Forbes.com

May 19, 2011 Posted by | indigenous issues, Uranium, USA | Leave a comment

“Blue Ribbon” Panel wants a powerful new govt agency to set up a nuclear waste dump

the commission also urged creation of a new government agency with the sole purpose of selecting the locations of the proposed interim storage and repository facilities. The proposed agency should be given the necessary financial and institutional resources, as well as sufficient authority, to make its policies stick……

Panel urges centralized storage facility and permanent repository for nuclear waste , David KramerBy Physics Today on May 17, 2011, A recommendation has been made by the commission formed to advise the Obama administration on what to do with the spent nuclear fuel from the nation’s commercial reactors: The material should be consolidated at an above-ground storage facility while a new search is carried out to find a permanent geological repository. Continue reading →

May 19, 2011 Posted by | USA, wastes | Leave a comment

Uranium mining could poison Roanoke River for generations

“This uranium operation would generate millions of tons of toxic, cancer-causing waste,” said Peter Raabe of American Rivers. “We’re talking about a radioactive legacy that would last for generations.”

The General Assembly banned uranium mining soon after the uranium was discovered more than 25 years ago.

Possible uranium mining puts Roanoke River on nation’s ‘most endangered’ list, The Washington Post, By Anita Kuma, 18 May, The mere threat of possible uranium mining in Southside Virginia has landed the Roanoke River on a list of the nation’s most endangered waterways.The conservation organization American Rivers said the possibility of lifting a statewide ban on uranium mining would threaten the river and other rivers as well as drinking water supplies in the region. Continue reading →

May 19, 2011 Posted by | environment, USA | Leave a comment

USA ratepayers have already paid $billions for nuclear waste discussions

Controversy Surrounds Plans For Spent Nuclear Fuel, KTVU San Francisco, May 17, 2011 SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — A political, legal and environmental fight is brewing over what to do with spent nuclear fuel. The final decision made by the federal government it may change the direction of the nation’s energy policy.Last week a Presidential commission recommended in a preliminary draft report that the United States should build one or more above ground storage sites for high level nuclear waste. Lawmakers and environmentalists are already sparring over what to do next. But KTVU has learned the controversy has already cost ratepayers billions of dollars. Continue reading →

May 19, 2011 Posted by | politics, USA | Leave a comment

Germany to set harsh nuclear safety rules

Germany tightens nuclear rules, FT.com By Gerrit Wiesmann in Berlin  May 18 2011  The German government on Tuesday signalled it will set harsh safety requirements for the country’s 17 nuclear power stations as it searches for ways to bring forward the final phase-out of the power source from 2036……FT.com / Europe – Germany tightens nuclear rules

May 19, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

For Hanford -a football field, 7 feet deep, of highly radioactive waste?

The projected amount of waste is relatively low, enough to cover a football field 7 feet deep. But the radioactivity is high: 160 million curies, more than three-quarters of the radiation contained in 177 leak-prone underground tanks at Hanford. Those tanks are the focus of the nation’s largest nuclear cleanup project. …

Opponents, including Heart of America Northwest and the state of Oregon, say Hanford is the wrong place to bring the waste given the ongoing cleanup and the potential for radioactive contamination of the Columbia.

Permanent storage of highly radioactive nuclear waste at Hanford to be debated , May 17, 2011,  By Scott Learn, The Oregonian  A Department of Energy proposal that could bring more radioactive waste to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, including contaminated metal from decommissioned U.S. nuclear power plants, gets a public airing in Portland Thursday night. Continue reading →

May 19, 2011 Posted by | USA, wastes | Leave a comment

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