Virginia Residents Fight Back Against Nuclear Industry Effort to Lift Ban on Uranium Mining
(Multimedia) Virginia residents are organizing against a push by the nuclear industry to lift a three decade-long ban on uranium mining. The ban went unchallenged until recently, when the cost of uranium began to rise. Virginia residents have expressed concern about the dangers uranium mining poses to drinking water, air quality, farm products, fishing, and tourism. They say allowing mining of the one uranium deposit already identified would open the door for ... Full Story »
Posted by Tanya J. Maurer
