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Ballooning $billions cost of Uranium Processing Facility

Uranium facility’s cost leaps: Y-12 officials ‘taken aback’ but defend design increases Knoxville News Sentinel, Frank Munger, 20 Jan 2011, OAK RIDGE —A lot of folks were shocked last November when the projected cost of the Uranium Processing Facility jumped from $1.4-$3.5 billion to the current cost range of $4.2 billion to $6.5 billion. Continue reading →

January 21, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, Uranium, USA | Leave a comment

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. Continue reading →

January 20, 2011 Posted by | Canada, safety, Uranium | Leave a comment

History of Congo’s atrocities tied to USA and atomic bombs

the US acquired a strategic stake in the enormous natural wealth of the Congo, following its use of the uranium from Congolese mines to manufacture the first atomic weapons, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs..

Patrice Lumumba: the most important assassination of the 20th century,  Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja |guardian.co.uk, 18 Jan 2011, The US-sponsored plot to kill Patrice Lumumba, the hero of Congolese independence, took place 50 years ago today. Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | AFRICA, history, Uranium | Leave a comment

Uranium mining lobby’s political influence in Virginia

Waiting for the NAS study? Right | GoDanRiver.com, Bill Winn, 18 Jan 2011, Just a spot check of political contributions to Del.Ward Armstrong’s “A Strong Majority” PAC reveals two donations from Virginia Uranium totaling $2,500. This suggests how widespread favors from uranium mining supporters are being distributed throughout the General Assembly. These supporters aren’t waiting for the results of the National Academy of Sciences study. Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | secrets,lies and civil liberties, Uranium, USA | Leave a comment

Assassination of Patrice Lumumba – the role of uranium

Congo’s production of weapons-grade uranium vastly raised the stakes for the United States, which had used Congolese uranium to build the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945…….

War-crimes charges to be filed 50 years after Lumumba’s assassinationm Google hostede news, The Canadian Press:, By Slobodan Lekic (CP) – 18 Jan 2011, BRUSSELS — Activists plan to file a civil suit alleging war crimes by a dozen former Belgian officials they say participated in the assassination of Congolese prime minister Patrice Lumumba 50 years ago, Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | AFRICA, history, Uranium | Leave a comment

France leaves radioactive legacy in uranium mine tailings

When the mines are shut down, the radioactive waste remains, and it seems that the costs for managing this radioactive legacy will have to be largely supported by the society, not the companies.

Radiological hazards from uranium mining: Problems posed by the disposal of tailings, League of Individuals for the Environment, Inc, Bruno Chareyron, 5 Jan 2011, The disposal of radioactive tailings and their control on the long term, has not receivedyet satisfying solutions, taking into consideration their activity, radiotoxicityand long half-lives. Some examples from France (where about 50 million tonsof tailings are stored) and Niger are given below. Continue reading →

January 12, 2011 Posted by | France, Uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Pittsylvania uranium mining study not really “independent”

Politics and uranium mining | GoDanRiver.com, RICHARD D. WOOD 6 Jan 2011, With all the study and attention to the mining of uranium in Pittsylvania County, I would like to comment. As for the independent study, the so-called independents, in the real world will be working for who hired them to do the so-called independent study. Continue reading →

January 7, 2011 Posted by | Uranium | Leave a comment

Rare Earths carry radioactive hazards for workers

REE deposits are usually found in the same vicinity as major lodes of uranium, radium and other radioactive ores.

Rare Earths: China’s not-so-secret secret weapon, Toronto Sun, By alan.parker  January 5, 2011“…………The environment concerns were very real. Mining and refining rare earth elements is a dirty, dangerous business Continue reading →

January 7, 2011 Posted by | health, technology, Uranium, USA | Leave a comment

Uranium market in doubt with China’s new nuclear fuel technology

BMO Capital Markets analyst Edward Sterck suggested the technology could reduce future uranium demand and potentially weigh on prices

Uranium Spot Market Quiet as China Hints at Revolutionary Advancements | Uranium Investing News, 4 Jan 2011, The first decade of the millennium ended with uranium spot market prices remaining unchanged for a third week after trading in the spot market slowed….. Continue reading →

January 6, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, China, Uranium | Leave a comment

Iraq cancers and birth defects from depleted uranium weapons

A July joint study by the Environmental Health and Science Ministry in Iraq also found that there are communities near the cities of Najaf, Basra and Fallujah with increased rates of cancer and birth defects since 2004………. The United States and Britain used up to 2,000 tons of this type of ammunition during the Iraq war.

Fallujah cancer spike linked to U.S. raid, Tehran Times, 2 Jan 2011, A new study concludes that the high rate of birth defects and cancer diagnoses in the Iraqi city of Fallujah is caused by weapons used by U.S. and UK forces six years ago. Continue reading →

January 2, 2011 Posted by | depleted uranium, Iraq, Uranium | 3 Comments

The nuclear fuel bank – an attempt to secure plutonium and weapons grade uranium

“there is a large universe of nuclear material sites around the world and there are many unknowns and uncertainties…”

The nuclear clean-out,  FP, David Hoffman, 30 Dec 10, “………On Dec. 3, the IAEA’s 35-nation board approved plans for a new nuclear fuel repository. The idea is to encourage nations which want low-enriched fuel for civilian reactors to acquire it from the international fuel bank rather than build a domestic capability which can raise concerns about proliferation and making nuclear weapons. Continue reading →

December 30, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, safety, Uranium | Leave a comment

1,000 of Iran’s uranium plant centrifuges knocked out by Stuxnet worm?

Stuxnet might have damaged 1,000 centrifuges in Natanz, 30 Dec 10, “………The Stuxnet virus which has contaminated Iran’s nuclear setting up might have been at the back of the decommissioning of the 1,000 centrifuges in the Natanz uranium fortification facility earlier the year, according to the new study of the malevolent software. Continue reading →

December 30, 2010 Posted by | Iraq, technology, Uranium | Leave a comment

Depleted uranium weapons: cancer and birth defects toll on American soldiers

They too [U.S. troops] have fathered children with stunted arms, and rare abnormalities classically associated with radiation damage. They too seem prone to cancer and leukemia. Tellingly, so are EU soldiers who served as peacekeepers in the Balkans, where DU was also used. Indeed their leukemia rate has been so high that several EU governments have protested at the use of DU.

Depleted Uranium linked to birth defects and cancers among U.S. troops The Canadian , 27 Dec 10, Doctors in Iraq have estimated that birth defects have increased by 2-6 times, and 3-12 times as many children have developed cancer and leukaemia since 1991. Continue reading →

December 27, 2010 Posted by | depleted uranium, Uranium, USA | 2 Comments

Uranium mill in Colorado will not help local unemployment

A new report estimates that the employment impact of the mill near Paradox, Colo., will be small and its socioeconomic impacts more bad than good.

Weeks out from uranium decision, new negative report, Telluride Daily Planet   ’By Matthew Beaudin , December 26, 2010 “…….A uranium mill is planned smack in the middle of the Paradox Valley, about 60 miles west of Telluride. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will decide by mid-January if the mill is permitted. Continue reading →

December 27, 2010 Posted by | business and costs, Uranium, USA | Leave a comment

US Energy Department’s dilemma over depleted uranium disposal

This type of low-level radioactive waste, though it meets state standards now, presents a special problem for regulators because it gets increasingly hazardous for around 1 million years and large quantities could potentially exceed state hazard allowances. Separate from the Savannah River waste, the company already has buried 49,000 tons of DU from past disposal contracts…..

Energy Department cancels search for interim depleted uranium storage | The Salt Lake TribuneBy Judy fahys  Dec 21, 2010 The U.S. Energy Department has scrapped its search for temporary storage for two shipments of depleted uranium and is now looking for another place to bury the low-level radioactive waste permanently. Continue reading →

December 22, 2010 Posted by | depleted uranium, Uranium, USA, wastes | Leave a comment

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