RE: Swedish TT etc: "New uranium mine in Australia criticized"

["Nardi, A. Joseph" <nardiaj@westinghouse.com>]

"In-situ" mining is not at all new and is done in the USA.  Check out the
following link for the Wyoming Mining Association for some good discussio0n
of the technique.

http://www.wma-minelife.com/

Joe Nardi
Westinghouse Electric Company
nardiaj@westinghouse.com

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> From: 	Eric Cowdrey[SMTP:ericc@mctrf.mb.ca]
> Reply To: 	radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: 	Tuesday, March 23, 1999 8:42 AM
> To: 	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: 	RE: Swedish TT etc: "New uranium mine in Australia
> criticized"
> 
> I seem to recall that one underground mine in Canada (the Agnew Lake mine,
> near Sudbury, Ontario) was trying an "underground leaching" technique to
> mine uranium ore at one time over 20 years ago.  I don't know if this
> technique is similar to the one mentioned below, if the mine is still in
> operation or even if the process was successful.  Perhaps some of my
> Canadian colleagues are more familiar with that particular situation.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> [mailto:radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu]On Behalf Of Björn Cedervall
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 6:28 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Swedish TT etc: "New uranium mine in Australia criticized"
> 
> 
> Radsafers,
> 
> The text below is a translation of a message that indirectly came from
> the Swedish National News Agency "TT" March 18 (via an electronic
> newsletter from the firm "Tomorrow Media" and "MiljoRapporten Direct").
> I wonder if anyone has further details. (//....//) indicates my
> comments.
> 
> Sincerely Yours,
> 
> bjorn_cedervall@hotmail.com
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> "New uranium mine in Australia
> 
> The American company Heathgate Resources has been licensed to begin with
> the fourth uranium mine in Australia, TT writes. Environmentalists in
> the country are upset over the decision, and "environmental protection
> workers" (//unclear term//) are particularly worried because the company
> plans to extract uranium with the help of chemicals in the groundwater
> (//??!!//). According to a spokesman for the Australian nature
> protection foundation, this method is not permitted in other western
> countries. But the minister of the environment in Australia is of the
> opinion that the plans of the mining company are environmentally safe,
> as the groundwater already has enhanced levels of radioactivity."
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