On May 2nd and 3rd, the Roanoke River Basin Association, together with PRIDE (Piedmont Residents in Defense of the Environment), and the Dan River Basin Association are hosting two workshops featuring Sarah Fields, a citizen activist from Moab, Utah.
"URANIUM MINING & MILLING IN YOUR COMMUNITY: WHAT TO EXPECT?" are evening workshops (6:30p - 8:00p), slated for Martinsville and Danville, Virginia, and will be free to the public.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012:
Martinsville-Henry County Heritage Center and Museum
1 East Main Street
Martinsville, VA 24112
Thursday, May 3, 2012:
Institute for Advanced Learning And Research
150 Slayton Avenue
Danville, VA 24540
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Press releases about Sarah Fields' presentations will be forthcoming later in the week.
Speaker: Sarah Fields
Through personal experience and years of pains-taking research, Ms. Sarah Fields has become a citizen-expert on a wide range of issues faced by many communities affected by uranium mining and milling throughout the West of the United States. Sarah Fields’ involvement in uranium-related issues began in 1996 when she moved to Moab, UT, and a home to the Atlas Uranium Mill. As a citizen, Ms. Fields was actively involved in
US Department of Energy’s effort to remove 16 million tons of toxic Atlas Mill tailings from the floodplain of the Colorado River, which is still an ongoing removal project.
Ms. Fields also participated as a citizen in the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s licensing process to permit the White Mesa uranium mill, located six miles south of Blanding, Utah, to process “alternate feed.” The White Mesa Mill is currrently the only operating conventional uranium mill in the United States that was initially licensed to process uranium ore but, due to economic
considerations, had to resort to the storage and processing of uranium-bearing radioactive waste brought in from other locations (aka “alter-nate feed”).
Sarah Fields is a founder and the Program Director of Uranium Watch, a non-profit citizen group that was established in 2006, thanks to a generous grant from Patagonia, a leading US-based outdoors clothing and gear retailer.
Under direction of Ms. Fields, Uranium Watch has com-mented on many uranium industry proposals, challenged regulatory agency decisions, established relationships with other organizations and individuals in the communities impacted by uranium projects.
Please see the flyer:
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