Half of the people employed by
the uranium mining industry work on cleaning up the mines after use.
The chairman of Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) has called on Australian governments to embrace the potential to expand the country's
uranium mining industry and be prepared for an expansion in nuclear power generation worldwide.
Not exact matches
Although the
mining industry steadfastly claims
uranium mining presents no significant risks of radioactive contamination, the fact that all of the Canyon's
uranium mines are upstream of the Canyon floor makes contamination by
mining waste inevitable.
«When
uranium mining and processing became big business during the Cold War, the federal government subsidized the
industry.
A resurgence of the
uranium mining and milling
industry, a potential consequence of the Bush administration energy policy favoring nuclear power, may be imminent.
The Capitans founded ENDAUM (Eastern Navajo Dinéh Against
Uranium Mining) to rally their poor and underrepresented community to stand up to the nuclear power
industry, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and even the U.S. government.
«The NRC gives every indication it is tilted toward the
uranium and nuclear
industry,» Capitan said, handing Rep. Udall a picture from the NRC's website of agency officials smiling and shaking hands with a
uranium company that is proposing a new ISL
mine in Wyoming.
He also quoted from an unnamed «
industry report» that repeated the claim that the aquifers in northwestern New Mexico are suitable only for
uranium mining because they are already naturally contaminated.
In a series of separate public hearings this fall, members of Congress and New Mexico state legislators heard testimonies from the full range of people who have something to say about
uranium mining — community members aggrieved by six decades of
mining impacts,
industry officials trumpeting new jobs from renewed
uranium activity, and government regulators trying to figure out how to address both the past
uranium legacy and future
uranium developments.
It draws on the WNA's global network of contacts in
industry, academia, research institutes and intergovernmental agencies that includes key personnel in enterprises that account for virtually all of the world's
uranium mining, nuclear fuel manufacture, equipment production and nuclear power generation.
China's fast - growing nuclear
industry has complained that vital
uranium deposits might be contaminated by coal
mining: others fear that
uranium - contaminated coal could be being burned in power stations, showering radioactive dust on the surrounding countryside and its inhabitants.
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Meanwhile, numerous
industry efforts are underway to further exploit stressed public lands and perpetuate fossil - fuel dependence through the extraction of coal, oil and gas, oil shale and tar sands, and liquefied natural gas development — as well as
uranium mining and milling and the construction of energy corridors and long - distance electric transmission lines.
It draws on the WNA's global network of contacts in
industry, academia, research institutes and intergovernmental agencies that includes key personnel in enterprises that account for virtually all of the world's
uranium mining, nuclear fuel manufacture, equipment production and nuclear power generation.
In March 2017, the DOE asked for public comment on the effects of transfers of its excess
uranium inventory on the country's
uranium mining, conversion and enrichment
industries.
«Last month, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar responded to broad support from the public, scientific community, tourism
industry, and downstream water users by announcing a 20 - year plan to protect the Grand Canyon from growing
uranium mining pressures.