DEC comment -- Re: Swedish TT etc: "New uranium mine in Australia criticized"

["declark" <declark@gateway.net>]

Joe Nardi and others, I agree with your statement below, the technique has
been widely used around the world.  Check with Dan McCarn at SNL, he is
quite knowledgeable about worldwide situation uranium mining and related geo
activities, and can give you many references.

Don Clark
Sr. Consultant, JAI Corp.
Richland, WA


declark@gateway.net




Dan's e-mail address is dwmccarn@aol.com


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-----Original Message-----
From: Nardi, A. Joseph <nardiaj@westinghouse.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 8:32 AM
Subject: RE: Swedish TT etc: "New uranium mine in Australia criticized"


>"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
>
>> ----------
>> 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
>> -------------------------------------------------
>> "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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