uranium
Virginia Uranium Inc. to Fund Statewide Uranium Safety, Environment Study
Two days ago, the chairman of Virginia Coal and Energy Commission stated that Virginia Uranium, Inc. will pay for the study to determine whether uranium can be mined and milled safely throughout the State of Virginia. The study, which will cost between $1.2 and $1.4 million, will focus on a first phase introduction by the end of this year.
Uranium Mining and Virginia Weather: Need for Failure Analysis
Thomas Leahy, Director of Public Utilities for the City of Virginia Beach, has two degrees in chemical engineering, and has worked in water for years. His mission is to provide potable public water – including fire protection and public sanitary sewer service – to the citizens of Virginia Beach. Mr. Leahy’s main concern these days is the issue of toxic waste issued from a proposed open pit uranium mine upstream from the drinking supply for Virginia Beach. This mine would be located at Coles Hill in Pittsylvania County.
Pew’s Virtual Road Trip Shows Mining Impacts on U.S. Vacation Sites
A new Google Earth interactive project created by the Pew Environment Group shows that national parks and other vacation destinations — including the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone — are under threat due to the antiquated 1872 Mining Law. Pew’s “Check out the View from Route 1872″ provides a window on how the 19th century law that governs gold, uranium and other hardrock mining on western public lands has given a global industry the right-of-way at the expense of taxpayers and the environment.
Editor’s Note to Tom Perriello: Nuclear Power is Not Carbon Neutral nor “Carbon-Constrained”
In Tom Perriello’s report to the Fifth District this week, he states, “Southside Virginia will be one of the winners under this bill, accelerating its ascendance to being the future energy capital of Virginia. In a carbon-constrained economy, we will see a resurgence of nuclear power.” While this statement appears to tout a promising future for Southside, the reality is that nuclear power is not “carbon-constrained.”
Political Corruption
The recent Republican Attorney General’s opinion declaring that Pittsylvania County does not have the right to enact an ordinance banning uranium mining within its borders speaks volumes about how corrupt our political system has become.
Uranium Study Confirmed as Statewide
On 21 May 2009, The Virginia Coal and Energy Commission’s Uranium Mining Subcommittee met to adopt a Statement of Task that was designed to set formal terms for a review of uranium mining. Although it has been reported that this Statement of Task was to focus on the Coles Hill uranium vein located near Chatham, it appears that the study now is statewide.
Uranium Mine Study’s Statement of Task Issues
A Virginia coal and energy panel approved the framework of a scientific study on a proposed uranium mine in Pittsylvania County in May. The mine, which will be located on Walter Coles’ property about six miles from Chatham, is a contentious issue as no uranium mine has been developed east of the Mississippi River.
Uranium Sub-Committee Meeting
No matter if you don’t live in Pittsylvania County or the Fifth District in Virginia, as this meeting is important and it affects many individuals outside this area. This is a public comment meeting on the proposed uranium mine at Coles Hill in Pittsylvania County. Virginia Uranium plans an open pit mining operation that could affect local water, air and quality of life.
Pittsylvania Uranium: A Detailed Timeline
I promised some information on the history of drilling in the Coles Hill area in Pittsylvania County in my previous article on uranium mining. The following history may help readers to understand what they face in the future.
Reasons Why the Uranium Mine Moratorium Must Stand
Are you interested in the uranium mine project proposed for Pittsylvania County? I am, because I lived just miles from Uravan, Colorado for almost a decade. Therefore, I know what an abandoned uranium/vanadium-mining project looks like before Superfund clean-up begins. And, I know a fair amount of information about drilling and radiation, because I am related to a hydrogeologist in Colorado and I have learned much about this subject over the decades.
