Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Survey: Businesses split 50-39% on uranium ban


Flooding at Coles Hill, area of proposed uranium mines


Virginia's business leaders cool to renewed uranium mining ...
Lawmakers in both houses are drafting bills to allow the state to establish licensing and regulatory requirements for a uranium mining and milling operation at ...
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Fredericksburg.com - Keep the ban: Uranium mining is wrong for Va.
Uranium mining and milling are not suitable for Virginia. These processes generate tons of waste that can travel through our rivers, poison drinking water and ...
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Virginia business leaders split on uranium mining | WSLS 10
While many business leaders were aware of the uranium deposit, few had a clear understanding how the ore would be extracted and processed for use.
www2.wsls.com/.../virginia-business-leaders-split-uranium-mi...
Indianz.Com > Native Sun News: Uranium mine in Black Hills draws ...
10 about Powertech (USA) Inc.'s proposed Dewey-Burdock uranium mining and milling venture in the southern Black Hills, Fall River County Commission ...
www.indianz.com/News/2013/008184.asp

Va. business leaders surveyed on uranium
Businessweek - ‎10 hours ago‎

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A narrow majority of 652 business leaders from across Virginia opposes ending the state's decades-old moratorium on uranium mining, but their concerns could by allayed if they learned more about how the radioactive ore is mined ...

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Conservatively speaking, it's best to keep uranium ban

Smith Mountain Eagle - ‎2 hours ago‎
Traditional conservative values support continuing the moratorium on uranium mining in Virginia. Moving forward with legalization of uranium mining in Virginia would be expensive for taxpayers, with no guarantee the costs would ever be recovered.

Survey: Businesses split 50-39% on uranium ban

The Virginian-Pilot - ‎6 hours ago‎
About half of Virginia's business leaders oppose lifting the moratorium on uranium mining, but "balanced, unbiased education" would increase confidence in the industry, according to a study. The survey, commissioned by Gov. Bob McDonnell's interagency ...

Flooding near proposed uranium mining site worries some, VUI says there's no ...

WDBJ7 - ‎9 hours ago‎
From: To: Home > News. Flooding near proposed uranium mining site worries some, VUI says there's no concern. A road closes near Coles Hill that runs through the Virginia Uranium Incorporated but getting home isn't the only concern for one nearby farmer.
 
Virginia uranium mining stirring on two fronts - wdbj7.com
The drafting of proposed uranium mining legislation is expected to be completed this week in Richmond as yet another study on the subject makes its debut.
www.wdbj7.com/.../wdbj7-virginia-uranium-mining-stirring-o...

Water in the 2013 Virginia General Assembly: Two Uranium Mining ...
By araflo
Here are two Jan.13-14 items in the debate over whether the Virginia General Assembly will lift its 31-year-old moratorium on uranium mining and milling. First, the Virginia Uranium Working Group is expected during the week of Jan.
Virginia Water Central News Grouper
Va. uranium mining stirring on 2 fronts / Keep the Ban, Sen Ruff says ...
By acethecat
RICHMOND -- Lawmakers in both houses of the General Assembly outlined plans to lift Virginia's moratorium on uranium mining Thursday, and advocates of a proposed mining and milling operation in Pittsylvania County came to the Capitol ...
Piedmont Residents in Defense...

Keep uranium mining ban, Sen. Ruff says | The Tidewater News
“The majority of the people in our region want the ban on uranium mining and milling in Virginia to remain. Period. They have concluded that the unknown ...
www.tidewaternews.com/.../keep-uranium-mining-ban-sen-ruf...
McClellan: Virginia can live without uranium mines - Richmond ...
One hotly contested issue is whether to lift the 30-year moratorium on uranium mining and milling in Virginia. In the late 1970s, a significant amount of uranium ...
www.timesdispatch.com/.../article_59eb5faa-e8f4-547c-9365-...
Pittsylvania County chamber opposes uranium mining | The Daily ...
In stating a position, the chamber said safety in mining and milling uranium was a factor. Additionally, Moran wrote, the chamber has concerns “surrounding the ...
www.hendersondispatch.com/.../Pittsylvania-County-chamber-...
Virginia Economic Roundup: Uranium Mining in the Spotlight
Coles Hill contains an estimated 119 million pounds of uranium, the largest ... The operation would be the first uranium mining and milling operation east of the ...
www.vscpa.com/Content/61522.aspx