Friday, November 20, 2009

Doctors threaten to leave over uranium mine

By Eric Tlozek
Posted Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:00pm AEDT

A group of Alice Springs doctors say they will leave the town if a uranium mine goes ahead in the area.

Uranium company Cameco (Canadian Mining Corp) is exploring a uranium deposit 25 kilometres south of Alice Springs.

"The prompt for writing the letter was borne out of concern, out of deep concern, for the implications of having a uranium mine here, especially in terms of the loss of workforce which could be one of the consequences of having a mine here in town," said one of the signatories, Dr Koen de Decker.

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