nuclear-news

Cameco Crow Butte ISL Nebraska

Canada’s Cameco and Russian State owned Rosatom (Uranium One) asked the US EPA for comment extensions-public hearings, because of apparent concerns re the economic impact of restoring groundwater on their US operations. Rosatom (essentially Russia) seems to fancy itself a small business, which might have to cease operations. (Public Submission Posted: 02/23/2015 ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0788-0026) (Let them hurry up then and go back to Russia and Cameco to Saskatchewan, after cleaning up their messes.) They got the extension they wanted, of course, which is apparently why the deadline is now 27 May.

This, in combination with the weak and toothless nature of the groundwater (aquifer) restoration required under the US EPA proposal, suggests that Cameco-Rosatom are currently mega-polluting the aquifers. How bad are they polluting that even a weak, toothless, standard raises alarm? It further raises the question of why Canada’s Cameco and Russia’s Rosatom are…