This technical briefing by Inge Lindemann summarises the impacts of uranium mining on human health and the environment and makes a compelling case for leaving uranium in the ground.
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Briefing on the health and environmental hazards of uranium mining
African Uranium Alliance Statement
Uranium Mining at the UN Committee on Sustainable Development (CSD), New York, 6 May 2010
(Among companies mining uranium in Africa are Rio Tinto at the Rossing mine in Namibia)
In the area of mining, …
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Leaks imperil nuclear industry
The nuclear industry, once an environmental pariah, is recasting itself as green as it attempts to extend the life of many power plants and build new ones. But a leak of radioactive water at Vermont …
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Nuclear Does Not Make Economic Sense Say Studies
The enormous technical and financial risks involved in the construction and operation of new nuclear power plants make them prohibitive for private investors, rebutting the thesis of a renaissance in nuclear energy, say several independent …
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Down the Yellowcake Road
From Exploration to fuel production, this documentary relates the contamination, water consumption, waste generation, costs to the American taxpayer through government subsidies, health impacts,and the CO2 emissions that are caused by the front end of …
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The risks of nuclear energy are not exaggerated
Most scientists in this field agree that there is danger even in small doses of radiation.
See http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/20/evidence-nuclear-risks-not-overrated.…
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‘Nuclear Energy Is Not a Solution to Climate Change’
As the threat of nuclear weapons looms large over the very existence of life on earth, Dr Sue Wareham, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons’ (ICAN) Australian board member, is calling for a speedy abolition …
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Church under pressure over revelations that Vedanta supplies nuclear programme
• Sacred mountain bauxite will be used for missiles
• Campaigners press for ethical rethink on share stake
See http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/aug/02/vedanta-mining-environment-development.
This information was in fact published no less than eight years ago by the …
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