Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Info on VA Tech and Uranium Miining

  1. Dan River Region residents react to Canada uranium | The News ...

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  5. Oct 8, 2011 – Uranium 02. Dr. Bob Bodnar, a Virginia Tech geologist, examines the uranium ore pile near the mine. Credit: Submitted photo by Larry Aaron ...

  6. USGS Release: USGS Announces 2009 Mineral Research Grants ...

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    Apr 8, 2009 – Robert Bodnar of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech ) will study how the Coles Hill uranium deposit in south ...

  7. Va Tech professors question Va Beach uranium mining study ...

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    Mar 8, 2011 – In an Op/Ed last month in the Danville Register & Bee, Virginia Tech professors Dr. Bob Bodnar and Dr. Panos Diplas raise serious questions ...

    1. Va. Tech professor urges end to Va uranium mining moratorium ...

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    5. Tech professor urges end to Virginia uranium mining moratorium. Published on ...
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    • USGS Release: USGS Announces 2009 Mineral Research Grants ...

    www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2190Cached - Similar
    Apr 8, 2009 – Robert Bodnar of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech ) will study how the Coles Hill uranium deposit in south ...

    Group visits uranium mine, mill in Canada - WWW.WPCVA.COM

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    Oct 5, 2011 – Dr. Robert Bodnar, a geologist and scientist from Virginia Tech, inspects a uranium ore pile at Cameco's mine in Canada. (Photo by Larry ...

    RoundTable – roanoke.com » Bodnar: Lift uranium mining moratorium now

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    Jul 18, 2010 – Lift the moratorium onmining uranium Robert Bodnar Bodnar is a university distinguished professor and C.C. Garvin professor of ceochemistry ...
     
    From VT: 

    Newsmakers in the College of Science

    Newsmakers 2011

    The College of Science is well known for its faculty experts and researchers, many of whom are recognized around the world as some of the best in their field. Below is a sampling of our recent newsmakers:
     

    GODANRIVER.COM (DANVILLE, VA)
    Students study water near Coles Hill    Madeline Schreiber, assistant professor in geosciences, and doctoral student Denise Levitan are taking advantage of a unique opportunity to study natural conditions at one of the world’s largest known uranium deposits located in Pittsylvania County.
    http://www2.godanriver.com/news/2011/jun/26/students-study-water-near-
     
    FREE RADIO NEWS (MADISON, WI)
    Transcript
    Farmers and environmentalists in Southern Virginia fight to keep 30 year old uranium-mining ban    Bob Bodnar, University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geosciences, is quoted on ground water contamination form modern mining operations in Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    http://fsrn.org/audio/farmers-and-environmentalists-southern-virginia-fight-keep-30-
    year-old-uranium-mining-ban/8384
    coles-hill-ar-1132384/
     
    ALTAVISTA (VA) JOURNAL
    (OP-ED)
    River basin group opposes lifting uranium ban    Robert Bodnar, university distinguished professor in the Department of Geosciences, criticizes a Virginia Beach uranium study.
    http://www.wpcva.com/articles/2011/03/31/altavista/opinion/opinion02.txt


    GO DAN RIVER (DANVILLE, VA)
    Va. Beach responds to uranium study criticism    Robert Bodnar, university distinguished professor in the Department of Geosciences, and Panos Diplas, professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, were both mentioned for their input on the uranium study.
    http://www2.godanriver.com/news/2011/mar/25/va-beach-
    responds-uranium-study-criticism-ar-928872/

    VA NC NEWS (SOUTH HILL, VA)
    Uranium study questioned
    Robert Bodnar, C.C. Garvin Professor of Geology and professor in the Department of Geosciences, and Panos Diplas, a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, are quoted.
    http://www.vancnews.com/articles/2011/03/23/south_hill/news/news20.txt
    ALTAVISTA (VA) JOURNAL
    Time to 'clear the air' on uranium issue
    A Virginia Uranium Inc. study, funded through Virginia Tech, is mentioned
    http://www.wpcva.com/articles/2011/02/24/altavista/opinion/opinion01.txt
    RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH
    Uranium mining foes use scare tactics, pseudoscience
    Bob Bodnar, University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geosciences, is mentioned.
    http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/feb/27/TDCOMM03-uranium-
    mining-foes-use-scare-tactics-pse-ar-868657

    http://www.science.vt.edu/news/news-newsmakers.html