The impacts of uranium mining on indigenous communities
Uranium mining speculation lacks comprehensive health and safety regulations while the ethics of Canadian exported uranium, which can lead to depleted uranium used in zones of war, needs greater scrutiny. Abandoned uranium mines and the subsequent hazards experienced in forgotten communities have also been virtually ignored in Canada leading to tragic, unmitigated circumstances.
See http://www.pej.org/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=8041&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0.
Uranium contamination from Kakadu mine 5400 times background
Environmental regulators for the office of the Supervising Scientist admitted to an Australian Senate Estimates committee that water with uranium concentrations 5400 times the background level and a cocktail of other radionuclides are seeping from beneath the tailings dam at the Ranger Uranium Mine in Kakadu National Park, Australia. The Ranger Mine is operated by [...]
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 Yankee, along with similar incidents at more than 20 other US nuclear plants in recent years, has kindled doubts about [...]
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 European studies.
See http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20100214021312961.
No Major Nuclear Revival by 2030, Says CIGI Report, Ottawa
A significant expansion of nuclear energy worldwide is unlikely [...]
UK new nuclear build will not get government subsidies
The British government will not use taxpayers’ money to subsidize the construction of new nuclear power plants, Philip Hunt, minister of state at the Department of Energy and Climate Change said January 21.
See http://theenergycollective.com/TheEnergyCollective/57202.
