Comment: As you notice that this meeting is happening in Canada, the NAS study is paid for by Virginia Uranium Inc has Canadian connections. The whole meeting is full of Pro Uranium Companies like Cameco, Areva, and the Canadian govt with their so call environmental laws. We requested a certain person to the NAS and they refused the person! We want a fair and balance presence but all the NAS cares about is touring the uranium mines and mills in Canada and writing regulations. So the next time someone says, "Wait for the NAS Uranium Study, look at them and say why, the study is pro uranium paid for by uranium corporations! Canadian Greens please attend this meeting and have your important the poisons that Canadian Mining companies have spread throughout the world! No to uranium mining and milling!
Meeting Information
Project Title: Uranium Mining in Virginia
PIN: DELS-BESR-09-06
Major Unit: Division on Earth and Life Studies
Sub Unit: Board on Earth Sciences & Resources
Water Science and Technology Board
RSO: Feary, David
Subject/Focus Area: Earth Sciences
Uranium Mining in Virginia
June 6, 2011 - June 9, 2011
Radisson Hotel, 405 Twentieth Street East, Saskatoon
If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
Contact Name: Courtney Gibbs
Email: cgibbs@nas.edu
Phone: 202-334-2744
Fax: 202-334-1377
Agenda:
Registration Required for all open sessions.
Monday June 6th
OPEN SESSION - Mine Tour: Rabbit Lake Mine and Processing Facilities
Tuesday June 7th
OPEN SESSION - Mine Tour: McLean Lake Mine and Processing Facilities
Wednesday June 8th
CLOSED SESSION
8.00am-12.30am
OPEN SESSION
12.30pm-1.00pm: Hugh Miller, Colorado School of Mines – uranium mining practices
1.00pm-1.30pm: Dirk van Zyl, University of British Columbia – uranium tailings impoundment practices
1.30pm-2.30pm: Kevin Scissons, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission – “Regulating Mines and Mills in Canada”
2.30pm-3.00pm: Gary Delaney, Saskatchewan Chief Geologist and/or Cory Hughes, Saskatchewan Director of Mineral Policy – broad/high level overview of Saskatchewan geology and the regulatory environment
3.00pm-3.30pm: Break
3.30pm-4.00pm: Neil Crocker, Saskatchewan Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety –Radiation Safety with respect to mine operations
4.00pm-4.30pm: Tim Moulding, Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment – provincial environmental regulation affecting mining
4.30pm-5.00pm: Dr. James Irvine, (Medical Health Officer, Population Health Unit, Athabasca Health Authority, Keewatin Yatthe and Mamawetan Churchill River Health Region) – role of the public health department in assessment/monitoring of uranium development
Thursday June 9th
OPEN SESSION
8.30am-9.00am: Theresa McClenaghan, Canadian Environmental Law Association - strengths and weaknesses of Canada’s uranium mining/processing regulatory environment
9.00am-9.30am: Richard Gladue, AREVA Resources Canada Inc. VP Corporate Social Responsibility – corporate social responsibility
9.30am-10.00am: BREAK
10.00am-10.30am: Dale Huffman, AREVA Resources Canada Inc. – safety, health, environment and quality
10.30am-11.00pm: Wayne Summach, Cameco Corporation; Program Manager, Emergency Preparedness – transportation of uranium products and the precautions built into that system
11.00am-11.30pm: Dave Hiller AREVA Resources Canada Inc. Saskatchewan approach to decommissioning, with particular reference to Cluff Lake mine decommissioning
11.30am-12.00pm: Public Comment period
CLOSED SESSION
12.00pm-5.30pm
