Contact Your
Virginia Elected Officials
Are you interested in letting your
elected officials know you want them to Keep the Ban? Here is a link to the
Sierra Club with a helpful way to contact your Virginia elected
officials.
Virginia Beach
Links
Virginia Beach
commissioned a scientific study to evaluate the risks posed by uranium mining to
their drinking water supply drawn from Lake Gaston on the Roanoke River. This
study has been frequently cited as to reasons various governments oppose the
lifting of the ban on uranium mining in Virginia.
-- This first Link
is to the Virginia Beach web page on Uranium Mining which includes access to the
various reports, presentations, and simulations as well as other valuable
information related to the Uranium Mining issue:
-- Here are direct links to the Phase 1 Report, released February 2011 and the Phase II Report, released February 2012:
Phase I Report: A Preliminary
Assessment of Potential Impacts of Uranium Mining in Virginia on Drinking Water
Sources
The National Academy of Science Report
The Virginia
Coalition
The National Academy of Science Report
The National Academy of Science was commissioned
to conduct an investigation into the safety of uranium mining in
Virginia.
-- Here is a link to the National Academy of Science
report on the safety of uranium mining in Virginia:
The Virginia
Coalition maintains an informative website that provides information and links
intended to inform legislators and the public about the proposed uranium mining
in Virginia.
-- This link is to the Read the Reports website
RRBA
Here is a link to the
Roanoke River Basin Association
- Click here for great info from this site:
