Danville may join uranium mining debate http://www.newsadvance.com/go_dan_river/news/pittsylvania_county/article_031455bc-3f40-11e2-8366-001a4bcf6878.html Va. study group releases uranium mining report - WTOP.com A multi-agency group studying the possibility of uranium mining in Virginia issued a dense report Friday to guide the General Assembly if it decides to end the ... www.wtop.com/.../Va-study- |
| APNewsBreak: Va. Farm Bureau backs uranium ban - Yahoo! News From Yahoo! News: The Virginia Farm Bureau Federation is backing the continuation of the state's 30-year ban on uranium mining, concluding that the mining ... news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-va- |
| Army seeks to skirt depleted uranium rules | West Hawaii Today ... The U.S. Army maintains that it does not need a license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to possess depleted uranium at its training ranges in ... westhawaiitoday.com/.../army- |
| Uranium Working Group Delivers Report to Governor on Schedule Governor Bob McDonnell has received and transmitted to the General Assembly the final report of the Uranium Working Group regarding a conceptual ... www.governor.virginia.gov/ Uranium mining focus of panel discussion Thursday at annual AP Day at the ...
Washington Post - 2 hours ago
RICHMOND, Va. — Some of the leading voices on uranium mining in Virginia are heading to the Capitol to discuss one of the biggest issues in the 2013 session of the General Assembly. They'll by part of a panel discussion on uranium mining at AP Day at ...
Washington Post - Dec 4, 2012
BELOW A PLOT of land in south-central Virginia lies billions of dollars worth of uranium ore, the critical radioactive fuel for America's nuclear reactors. Virginia Uranium Inc. wants to extract it, bringing economic activity to the region. But three decades ago, the ...
Washington Post (blog) - Dec 3, 2012
Veteran Virginia Sen. John Watkins (R-Midlothian) says he will sponsor legislation during the upcoming session that would end the state's 30-year ban on uranium mining. FILE: Patrick Wales, Project Manager for Virginia Uranium Inc stands on an outcrop of ...
Chatham Star Tribune - Dec 5, 2012
The Virginia Coal and Energy Commission's Uranium Mining Subcommittee will meet in Chatham Tuesday, Dec. 11. The meeting, which is open to the public, will begin at 5 p.m. at the Olde Dominion Agricultural Complex on U.S. 29. According to the ...
Chatham Star Tribune - Dec 5, 2012
State Sen. John C. Watkins (R-Midlothian) said Monday he will introduce legislation in 2013 to lift Virginia's 30-year ban on uranium mining. “Uranium mining presents a unique opportunity to create jobs and economic development while contributing to our ...
Chatham Star Tribune - Dec 5, 2012
Virginia's Uranium Working Group presented its report to Gov. Bob McDonnell Friday outlining a regulatory framework for uranium mining if the General Assembly lifts the state's 30-year moratorium. McDonnell sent the 125-page report to lawmakers and ...
Chatham Star Tribune - Dec 5, 2012
The Uranium Working Group's 125-page report provides a comprehensive checklist for drafting new laws and regulations if the General Assembly lifts Virginia's 30-year moratorium on uranium mining. The long-awaited report was presented to Gov.
The Virginian-Pilot - Dec 4, 2012
In a direct appeal to General Assembly members, Norfolk Mayor Paul Fraim is asking policy makers not to undo a state ban on uranium mining out of fear waste from that process could contaminate local drinking water and cause public panic. "For the citizens ...
WDBJ7 - Dec 4, 2012
A Virginia Senator wants to end the state's 30-year ban on uranium mining. Veteran Virginia Senator John Watkins is a Republican from Midlothian. He plans to propose a law that would start the process of ending the ban. It would open up mining of Coles ...
Virginia Business Magazine - Dec 3, 2012
State Sen. John Watkins (R-Midlothian) plans to sponsor a bill in the next General Assembly session that would establish regulations for uranium mining and milling in Virginia. Virginia Uranium Inc. is lobbying the legislature to lift the commonwealth's ...
YourGV.com - Dec 3, 2012
State Sen. John Watkins of Midlothian announced Monday he plans to patron a bill to lift the 30-year ban on uranium mining in the upcoming General Assembly session. Watkins, who represents the 10th Senatorial District that includes all of Powhatan County, ...
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Martinsville supports keeping uranium mining ban - WTOP.com
Virginia Uranium wants to tap a 119 million-pound uranium deposit in Pittsylvania County. The company has said mining the deposit would produce hundreds of ... www.wtop.com/.../Martinsville-
Virginia uranium-mining guidelines proposed
Nathan Lott, executive director of the Virginia Conservation Network, said the report doesn’t
answer the question of whether uranium mining is a wise decision.
“The only reason we would go about following this road map would be if we
intended to mine uranium in Virginia,” Lott said. “Lawmakers and the general
public should understand that. The decision point is still at the General
Assembly. The buck still stops at the Capitol.”
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| December 4, 2012
Va. study group releases uranium mining reportBy STEVE SZKOTAK, Associated Press
Cale Jaffe of the Southern Environmental Law Center said Virginia Uranium was getting ahead of itself. He said the tide has turned on the question of uranium mining with several statewide groups already backing the continuation of the ban. The Virginia Farm Bureau Federation this week said the ban should stick, joining two statewide municipal groups that came to the same conclusion.
Jaffe, a senior attorney with the SELC, said the bureaucracy of regulating mining is "a hypothetical question that we haven't gotten to yet." He added, "We're deciding the public policy question and the consensus is moving to maintaining the ban."
The SELC and other opponents contend Virginia's wet, hurricane-susceptible climate is poorly suited for a mining industry that typically has been in the arid West.
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
Uranium Mining Stories in VA: Keep the Ban
