By: | Richmond Times-Dispatch
Published: June 05, 2012
RICHMOND, Va. --
A leading critic of uranium mining in Virginia says now that a National Academy of Sciences panel has completed its work on the issue, the General Assembly has all the information it needs to keep a 30-year ban in place.
Cale Jaffe is a senior attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center. He says he sent a letter to every member of the General Assembly expressing that sentiment.
Jaffe says the NAS ended its work on uranium mining in Virginia when members met with the public last week in Virginia Beach. He says now that the NAS contract has been completed, the legislature has "abundant information" to keep the ban in place.
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