Opponents from southside and western Virginia attend hearing
Comments: No to uranium mining and milling all over the world, not needed, not wanted!
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Associated Press
1:19 PM EST, February 7, 2011
Opponents of uranium mining in Virginia took their concerns to Richmond Monday, as the panel conducting a uranium study prepared for a final town hall meeting.
Residents of at least five counties, and members of environmental and community groups traveled by bus to Richmond. They were hoping to share their concern with state lawmakers.
Naomi Hodge-Muse is President of the Martinsville Henry County NAACP, and the local chapter of the Sierra Club. "We want to make sure that the people of Richmond and the General Assembly understand the dangers of this ill thought out plan," Hodge-Muse told News 7.
Rev. Christine Ziglar travelled to Richmond from Roanoke. "And we want to make sure the ban stays on uranium that has been placed there," Ziglar said.
The panel from the National Academy of Sciences is in Richmond for a three day meeting on uranium mining. Members heard from a representative of Virginia Beach who detailed a study on the potential impact of uranium mining on the region’s water supply.
The group’s report is expected by the end of the year.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A Virginia Beach study that raises drinking-water concerns about a proposed uranium mine in Southside Virginia has been presented to a National Academy of Sciences panel meeting in Richmond.
The study submitted Monday concludes that an extraordinary weather event could flush radioactive contaminants into water used by Virginia Beach residents. Virginia's largest city voted in December 2008 to oppose uranium mining.
Virginia Uranium Inc. wants to tap into uranium deposit.
The panel is studying the statewide impact of ending a 1982 state ban on uranium mining.
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