Comment: Thanks to AC on the great job on providing us info on problems of uranium mining and milling!
Info on Uranium Mining in Virginia:
1) Technical Report on the Coles Hill Uranium Property: Pittsylvania County: Virginia, by Peter A Christopher, PhD, P.Eng., November 6, 2007.
http://www.mdcampbell.com/ColesHillUraniumVirginia.pdf
2) Virginia Uranium Proposal Summary, Feb. 2008 (See above attachment.), by Lilias Jones Jarding, Ph.D., February 2008.
3) Community Concerns Related To Uranium Mining in Virginia, Dec. 2008, Uranium Study Group.* Prepared by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, Virginia.
http://www.halifaxchamber.net/files/226.pdf
*This study group report is chocked-full of history, reports (Appendix 20: Excerpts of Va Uranium Ltd. Prospectus, Nov. 8, pg. 70-77), letters, maps, etc.
4) Virginia Energy Resources Corporate Presentation (17-page), January 20, 2010.*
http://www.santoy.ca/i/pdf/CorporatePresentation.pdf
This presentation includes: VER's major uranium assets, Coles Hill overview, deposit maps, connection to Va's "Nuclear Heritage," Va Uranium Studies, VER Executive Team, etc.
5) Virginia Energy Independence Alliance website
Please view the website's video: A pro-nuclear/-uranium mining video centered on Pittsylvania Co., Va. (The pro-side has great plans in store for Pittsylvania Co., Va.)
http://www.virginiaenergy.org/home/
Virginia Uranium Ltd, Sedar, Company reports:
http://www.sedar.com/DisplayCompanyDocuments.do?lang=EN&issuerNo=00026189
6) Pittsylvania Uranium: A Detailed Timeline, by Linda Goin on May 1, 2009.
http://www.appomattoxnews.com/2009/pittsylvania-uranium-a-detailed-timeline.html
Great videos of U Mining and Milling:
"Keep the Ban: Why Uranium Mining is a Bad Idea for Virginia's Environment and Communities," by Kay Slaughter, SELC, March 2, 2010. Great Video!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOGPIfPngSY
Left in the Dust - uranium mining in Niger, Greenpeace Video. Great Video!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioRtzOWm07A
You-tube Coles Hill: Is the uranium worth it? By K. Wyatt Scott, May 15, 2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XXyi8BrGTo
Info on Conflict of Interest on the NAS Uranium Mining Study:
Additional information which may be helpful:
Article: Make-up of uranium study panel scrutinized, SoVaNow.com / August 23, 2010
http://www.thenewsrecord.com/index.php?/news/article/make-up_of_uranium_study_panel_scrutinized/
National Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) letter to the National Academy of Sciences to add its commentary on improving the NAS' Uranium
Mining in Virginia Study.
http://docs.nrdc.org/nuclear/files/nuc_10082001a.pdf
Article: NAS President, NAE Members Named to Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, by William Kearney, August 11, 2010
http://www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/20100811-2.html
Ongoing Studies of Uranium Mining in VA:
National Academy of Science webpage: Project Scope on Uranium Mining in Virginia Study, DELS-BESR-09-06 http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/projectview.aspx?key=49253
National Academy of Science webpage: Committee Membership Information, Uranium Mining in Virginia Study, DELS-BESR-09-06
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/CommitteeView.aspx?key=49253
Report on the NAS: Ensuring Independence and Objectivity at The National Academies CENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, 2006.
Should we be concerned?
http://www.cspinet.org/new/pdf/nasreport.pdf
NAS: Study in Progress: Upcoming Report
A citizen liaison, who reports directly to the Executive Director and who is independent of project staff, can be reached at citizen@nas.edu or (800) 842-8813.
http://dels.nas.edu/Study-In-Progress/Uranium-Mining-Virginia/DELS-BESR-09-06
Danville Regional Foundation:
Danville Regional Foundation funded study: Proposal Summary: A Socioeconomic Study of Proposed Uranium Mining and Milling in South Central Virginia, June 2010.
http://www.danvilleregionalfoundation.org/documents/uranium/ResourcesfortheFutureAbstract.pdf
Danville Regional Foundation funded study: Proposal Summary: Socioeconomic Impacts of the Proposed Coles Hill Uranium Mine and Mill, June 15, 2010.
http://www.danvilleregionalfoundation.org/documents/uranium/RTI-Proposal-Summary-Coles-Hill.pdf
Virginia Beach Study Information:
Issues Surrounding Uranium Mining In Pittsylvania Co., Virginia: Virginia Conservation Network Environmental Assembly 2010 (Sept. 18, 2010), by Tom Leahy, P.E., Director of Virginia Beach Public Utilities (PP Presentation)
http://vcnva.org/anx/ass/library/55/uranium-mining.pdf
History of Proposed Uranium Mining in VA:
Marline Leases 1980s:
Part 5 - VUI's True Goals as per Their Prospectus
According to the p.p. presentation (From Part 5 of SSC's p.p. presentation by Gregg Vickrey):
Page 5 of VUI's prospectus states Holdco's (VUI's) Intentions and Goals: According to the February 1982 Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Conservation and Economic Development Report, titled Virginia Minerals, "Marline Uranium leased approximately 40,000 acres in Pittsylvania County, and 600 acres in the Ridgeway are of Henry County, in Southern Va. Also leased were 15,000 acres in Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, and Orange Counties."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2QorqLNHr8&feature=related
Mining in Barboursville: Uranium
Before the Virginia moratorium on uranium mining, 2,000 acres of land in Orange County was under lease to uranium mining companies.
http://www.b-ville.net/nomine/uranium/
Virginia and Federal Government Pro Uranium Involvement:
1985 Virginia Coal &; Energy Commission Report
http://www.vbgov.com/file_source/dept/putility/Document/Business_Division/Uranium_Mining/1985_Report_of_the_Coal&Energy_Commission.pdf
Virginia Uranium Inc.'s Exploration application/permit with the DMME, Nov. 9, 2007
http://dmme.virginia.gov/dmm/UraniumApplication.pdf
Conflict of Interest:
The State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act requires that approximately 25,000 Virginia governmental officers and employees disclose their financial interests.
http://www.commonwealth.virginia.gov/StateGovernment/Conflict/conflict.cfm
Virginia Agreement State Status Info:
Virginia Department of Health and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Finalize "Agreement State" Status:
Under the agreement, the NRC will transfer to Virginia the responsibility for licensing, rulemaking, inspection and enforcement activities for: (1) radioactive materials produced as a result of processes related to the production or utilization of special nuclear material (SNM); (2) naturally occurring or accelerator-produced radioactive material (NARM); (3) source material (uranium and thorium); and (4) SNM in quantities not sufficient to form a critical mass.
http://seltzergreene.com/news/2010/virginia-becomes-an-agreement-state
U.S. NRC Licensee Newsletter, Spring 2009. (Virginia now becomes the 36th "Agreement State" approved by the NRC, March 24, 2009, page 4.)
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/brochures/br0117/09-01.pdf
NRC: Federal & State Materials & Environmental Management, Agreement & Non-Agreement States
http://nrc-stp.ornl.gov/
Active Agreement State & NRC Radioactive Material Licenses by NRC Region and by State (as of Oct. 02, 2000)
http://nrc-stp.ornl.gov/special/licensesbyregion091002.pdf
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE U.S. NRC AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF VA FOR THE DISCONTINUANCE OF CERTAIN COMMISSION REGULATORY AUTHORITY, effective March 31, 2009 (between then-governor Tim Kaine & U.S. NRC Chairman, Dale E. Klein.
http://nrc-stp.ornl.gov/special/regs/vaagreements.pdf
Southeast Low -Level Radioactive Waste Regional Compact Info:
Virginia Dept. of Health: Radioactive Waste (Updated: 10-08-2008):
Virginia is a member of the Southeast Low -Level Radioactive Waste Regional Compact, former Commissioner, Charles Hawkins (formerly Senator).
http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epidemiology/radiologicalhealth/radioactive.htm
Evaluation of Fracture Flow at the Coles Hill Uranium Deposit in Pittsylvania County, VA using Electrical Resistivity, Bore Hole Logging, Pumping Tests, and Age Dating Methods, by John P. Gannon II (Thesis submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Geosciences), October 7, 2009, Blacksburg, VA.
It is clear from this study that a more detailed hydrogeologic investigation surrounding the deposit is warranted in order to make any conclusions about the effects a potential mine would have on the groundwater of the area surrounding Coles Hill. It is essential that age dating and chemistry be performed on wells intersecting productive fracture zones located further into the Danville Triassic basin and the Leatherwood Granite. The age and chemistry of water from such wells, as well as their natural hydraulic head, would provide evidence of the origin of the water in highly transmissive zones at Coles Hill:
http://www.scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09242009-102707/unrestricted/Gannon_JP_T_20 09.pdf
Beneath the Surface, Virginia Tech conducts research at Coles Hill, by TIM DAVIS, September 10, 2008:
http://www.virginiauranium.com/pdf/Beneath_the_Surface.pdf
Info about uranium mining: Articles, reports:
Chronology of uranium tailings dam failures
http://www.wise-uranium.org/mdafu.html
Article: Nuclear is Not Clean, May 6, 2008 (Rise in number of uranium mining claims out West).
http://www.myninjaplease.com/green/?p=1515
Radiological Information for Farmers, Growers and Food Producers, Va Dept. of Emergency Management, March 2004.
http://www.vaemergency.com/threats/radiological/Radiological_Information_for_Farmers_and_G rowers.pdf
Uranium U238 Decay Chain
http://www.nyhealth.gov/environmental/radiological/radon/chain.htm
Video:World Report: Uranium Mining: Vital for the Future, But Not in My Backyard!, (Mineral Rights-VS-Surface Rights), January 27, 2009.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJU115a9Stc
Article: Energy report raises prospect of uranium mining, by TIM DAVIS/Star-Tribune Editor (Good history) Wednesday, February 6, 2008 4:49 PM EST
http://www.wpcva.com/articles/2010/09/23/chatham/uranium/uranium62.txt
Article: Local company hopes to mine uranium, by TIM DAVIS/Star-Tribune Editor, (Good history)
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 4:49 PM EST
http://www.wpcva.com/articles/2010/09/23/chatham/uranium/uranium60.txt
Article: Uranium study faces premature doubts, The Virginian-Pilot
September 30, 2009 (NAS should make VUI divulge who its investors are before the Uranium Mining in Virginia Study is undertaken. The socio-economic study should not start before the NAS study is complete.)
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/09/uranium-study-faces-premature-doubts
VC& EC articles on uranium mining: Commission OKS Study of Uranium, by Steve Szkotak, Nov. 7, 2008
Published: November 07, 2008
http://www.godanriver.com/news/2008/nov/07/commission_oks_study_of_uranium_mining-ar-2860 12/
Virginia waterways ranks second-dirtiest in country, by Julian Walker, The Virginian-Pilot November 11, 2009
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/virginia-waterways-ranks-seconddirtiest-country
No comment on Halifax budget draws...
SoVaNow.com / May 13, 2010
In other business Tuesday night Council authorized Town Manager Carl Espy to send a resolution to the Roanoke River Advisory Basin Association calling for the resignation of Walter Coles from the group, pointing out that Coles has a conflict of interest in serving on the association.
http://www.thenewsrecord.com/index.php/news/article/no_comment_on_halifax_budget_draws_n/
Tobacco commission agrees to fund socio-economic study on uranium mining, Thursday, April 22, 2010.
"Mayhew is an investor in Virginia Uranium Inc."
http://www.virginiaagainsturanium.blogspot.com/2010/04/tobacco-commission-agrees-to-fund-socio22.html
Article: What Now for Nuclear Waste? by Matthew L. Wald, August 3, 2009
http://www.yuccamountain.org/pdf-news/scientific_am09.pdf
Online book: Brothers in Mining: Malcolm J. McPherson, pgs 125 -131. Dr. Michael Karmis. THE VIRGINIA CONNECTION, 1991. Mining and political support of it in Virginia as compared to California.
http://www.archive.org/stream/brothersinmining00mcphrich#page/n7/mode/2up
Keeping Agriculture Alive in the Shadow of a Uranium Mine: Potential Effects and Regulatory Solutions for Virginia, 34 Wm. & Mary Env. L. & Pol’y Rev. 615 (2010), Maggy J. Lewis.
http://uraniumfreeva.org/app/download/1887601704/Impact+on+Agriculture.pdf
Uranium Mining: A Global Poison, Vol. 1, Issue 3, Summer 2010, http://www.beyondnuclear.org/
http://www.beyondnuclear.org/storage/documents/Thunderbird_Summer2010.pdf
Informational Websites:
UraniumFree Virginia
Socio-Economic Impact Study,
http://uraniumfreeva.org/uranium-mining-studies/socio-economic-study/
Virginia Against Uranium Mining
http://virginiaagainsturanium.blogspot.com/
Nuclear Free Virginia
http://nuclearfreeva.blogspot.com/
NukeFree.org
http://www.nukefree.org/
Solartopia
http://www.solartopia.org/
WISE Uranium Project
http://www.wise-uranium.org/
Beyond Nuclear
http://www.beyondnuclear.org/
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
http://www.nirs.org/
