Comment: People of Virginia, notice the following comment: "proposed statewide scientific study on uranium mining", uranium mining will take place all over Virginia!!! Demand our leaders to ban uranium mining now! Also, NAS, do not take monies from the funneled money through Virginia Tech which comes from a for profit uranium corporation: Virginia Uranium Inc!
By TIM DAVIS/Star-Tribune Editor
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:24 AM EST
The National Research Council's governing board wants more time to set up a proposed statewide scientific study on uranium mining.
The council's executive committee met Tuesday afternoon in Washington, D.C., but delayed approving a contract for the study.
"Given the complexity with several institutions involved, our staff is continuing to work on how we will go about doing the study," said Jennifer Walsh, a spokesman for the National Research Council. "So, our standard statement of task and approval process is not yet complete."
The National Research Council, which includes the National Academy of Sciences, presented its recommendations for a study in May to the Virginia Commission on Coal and Energy's Uranium Mining Subcommittee.
Commission Chairman Del. Terry Kilgore of Scott County still expects a contract with the National Academy of Sciences to be signed soon.
The study, which is expected to take about 18 months and cost an estimated $1.2 million, will be funded through Virginia Tech, with Virginia Uranium Inc. picking up the tab.
Kilgore said the state also plans to conduct a study of the socioeconomic impact of uranium mining.
Virginia has had a moratorium on uranium mining since 1982.
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