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(The battle over uranium mining continues across Canada, site of the world's largest known uranium reserves. this time in the Province of Ontario. --Annie)

05/30/2008

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(Note: G.E. subsidiary U.S. Nuclear's uranium mining accident on the eastern edge of the Navajo Nation was the greatest expulsion of radioactive material in U.S.history.  On July 16, 1979, at 5:00 A.M., U.S. Nuclear's earthen dam burst, dumping 1100 tons of uranium mining tailings and roughly 94 million gallons of radioactive water into the Rio Puerco.  Three hours and fifty miles later in Gallup, New Mexico, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission tested the water and declared it 8,000 times more radioactive than deemed tolerable at the time.  --Annie)

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 05/30/2008, Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety

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04/15/2008, An all-party committee of the Nova Scotia legislature has reaffirmed its support for the province's moratorium on uranium mining.

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 01/02/2008, MAC: Mines and Communiities

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(Note: most of Canada's uranium reserves, thought to be the richest and largest in the world, are in Northern Saskatchwan.--Annie)

Depleted Uranium Shells Used by U.S. Military Worse Than Nuclear Weapons

05/202008, Natural News

http://www.naturalnews.com/023274.html

Uranium Enrichment Plant Predicted to Have $5 Billion Impact on E. Idaho Economy

Posted on: Monday, 19 May 2008, 03:00 CDT, to "Red Orbit"

By Shifrin, Simon

"The decision by French-owned energy firm Areva Inc. last week to build a $2 billion uranium enrichment plant near Idaho Falls will provide a huge boost to the eastern Idaho economy with an estimated $5 billion worth of direct and indirect effects over a 30-year period, local economic development officials say.

The Regional Development Alliance of Idaho Falls conducted an economic impact study that estimates $3 billion in indirect and induced benefits to the regional economy through 575 indirect jobs created to service the plant and its employees; additional sales of raw materials, equipment, maintenance and transportation; and additional housing, banking and other consumer resources.

The effects will be felt not only through the 1,000 construction jobs created to build the plant over a seven-year period and the 250 permanent employees who will earn salaries starting at $68,000 per year, but also by additional jobs and sales in a wide range of industries. The sectors expected to gain the most include wholesale trade, truck transportation, industrial process supply and the food and beverage industry, according to the study."

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