Uranium Mining in The Black Hills

Comment: A comment in the video: "We have no voice in the mining", neither does Virginians, our so call state leaders are leaving their decision based on the ruling by the National Academy of Science paid for by Virginia Uranium Inc, the company which will blow up most of Virginia for uranium. The NAS panel is full of nuclear and mining corporations which will benefit to overturn the ban of uranium mining in Virginia. The state does not care what the people think; the state of Va is just a prostitute to corporations, number 2 most friendly business site in the US at the expense of the second most polluted river system in the US! Write our so call state leaders and demand them not to lift the ban on uranium mining in VA based on the voices of pro nuclear and uranium workers on the NAS uranium mining study!

September 01, 2010

Uranium Mining in The Black Hills - A path of destruction from which there is no return

Director / Editor, Christopher Crosby
Producers, Karla LaRive, Susan Watt and the Institute of Range and American Mustang
Interviews by Dayton O. Hyde, Susan Watt, Michael Bucher, Barbara Peltier & Tom Ballanco

Original Music by Windwalker, Michael Bucher

This is a major concern for the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary in western South Dakota, and other residents including environmental and conservation groups.

The Sierra Club of South Dakota warns that water pollution will be a major concern if the mining company Powertech is given a permit to mine for uranium. Shirley Frederick, with the Sierra Club’s Black Hills Group, says there’s a high likelihood that aquifers will become polluted if an injection-well recovery system is used to mine the ore.

“It’s a huge potential for contamination of groundwater.”

Powertech Inc USA has submitted its uranium mining application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and it can be viewed at the NRC website.

The NRC has announced a time period for interested individuals to voice their concerns regarding the uranium mine’s impacts to the environment. This proposed uranium mine will be the first time folks can be heard under the new GEIS.

The Institute of Range and American Mustang (IRAM) founded by Dayton O. Hyde in 1988 is a 501 © 3 non-profit corporation registered in the state of South Dakota.

IRAM owns 13,000 acres of private land dedicated to range preservation and a balanced ecosystem. IRAM’s finest gift is The Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, whose purpose is to provide not only freedom for unadoptable and unwanted wild horses, but also a research area dedicated to solving wild horse herd management that will contribute to the well-being of wild horses everywhere.

http://wildmustangs.com/
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