[ RadSafe ] [NucNews] Forest Service Approves Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Despite 26-year-old Environmental Review

[John R Johnson]

Radsafers

Please confirm for this Canadian that by DU you mean natural uranium (NU)
from which much of the U-235 has been removed.

John R Johnson

On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Brennan, Mike (DOH) <Mike.Brennan at doh.wa.gov
> wrote:

> I am actually impressed that Mr. Cohen is astute enough to favor
> reprocessing; his tone sounds like an activist, and so many activists
> choose not to become familiar with the technical aspects of the thing
> they are active against (or for, for that matter).
>
> Personally, I am not keen on mining anything in an area that can
> accurately be described as "near" the Grand Canyon, as I consider the
> Canyon of greater worth than what is taken from the ground (and if it is
> really, REALLY needed, it will be there later).  On the other hand, I
> have heard Yucca Mountain described as "only" 100 miles from Las Vegas,
> so I'd like a more quantified description.
>
> If Mr. Cohen is not talking about reprocessing Spent Nuclear Fuel, then
> his statement about "huge deposits of DU" around nuclear power plants is
> confusing, unless my previous statement about activists not knowing what
> they are talking about applies.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of George
> Stanford
> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 7:11 PM
> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] [NucNews] Forest Service Approves Grand Canyon
> Uranium Mine Despite 26-year-old Environmental Review
>
>
>       Actually, guys, we could indeed "mine" the DU that we've
> already accumulated, as Peter suggests, and we probably will (but it
> will take a while to get going).  Using the plutonium from used LWR
> fuel as the essential catalyst to get started, fast reactors such as
> the IFR and its ilk (PRISM, TWR, 4S, etc) can power the world for
> centuries on the uranium that's already been mined -- and with no
> more uranium enrichment needed, ever.
>
>       --  George
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> At 08:17 PM 7/1/2012, Maury wrote:
> We need also advocate the early cessation of automobile production ....
> Best,
> Maury&Dog
>
> =================================
>
> On 7/1/2012 8:51 PM, Peter G Cohen wrote:
>
> The continued mining of uranium is a symptom of the profound sickness
> of our government and the corporations it serves, well demonstrated
> by our preference for death over life. All mining should be stopped
> worldwide. We can mine the huge deposits of DU on the premises of
> every nuclear plant.
>   By continuing to mine, we are saying that money is more important
> than life, that we don't care about  God's Creation, that our own
> lives are expendable in the pursuit of money. We prostrate ourselves
> before the Golden Calf!
>
> We must DO something! --Peter G Cohen
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> On Jun 26, 2012, at 11:00 PM, Ellen Thomas wrote:
>
>    *Forest Service Approves Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Despite
>    26-year-old Environmental Review*
>
>
> June 26, 2012, by the Center for Biological Diversity
>
> http://earthfirstnews.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/forest-service-approves-g
> rand-canyon-uranium-mine-despite-26-year-old-environmental-review/<http://earthfirstnews.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/forest-service-approves-grand-canyon-uranium-mine-despite-26-year-old-environmental-review/>
>
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