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Keep Virginia’s ban on uranium mining, say students

 

Uranium and UMWFredericksburg.com  Rusty Dennen, 26 Oct 11, About 75 students, some hoisting “Keep the Ban” signs gathered in front of a podium at the university’s Ball Circle to voice their displeasure about the possibility of the Virginia General Assembly lifting a 1982 moratorium on uranium mining. Graham Givens, student organizer with the Sierra Club-Virginia Chapter exhorted the assorted students, dogs and older activists to make their objections known, calling the mining a “destructive and wasteful process” that will leave a legacy of radioactive waste if allowed by Virginia Uranium Inc. at a site in Pittsylvania County…..

October 27, 2011 - Posted by | general

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