Central Australian uranium project scrapped – a win for the community!
“It’s an industry with a lot of costs and not many benefits.”
Greens laud uranium deal scrapping ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 6 May 2010, Greens’ Senator Scott Ludlam said scrapping the Napperby uranium project is a win for the people of central Australia.
Toro Energy has announced it will not be acquiring the Napperby project, north-west of Alice Springs, from Deep Yellow Limited.
Mr Ludlam said as well as long-term environmental impacts, uranium mining offers no economic benefits to any community.
“You’d would be looking at almost entirely a fly-in, fly-out operation which does very little for regional economics and the costs are enormous,” he said.
“Whether it be to culture and heritage from Aboriginal people, long-term damage to water resources, worker health and safety issues and not to mention the larger issues of what happens to this material once we export it.
“It’s an industry with a lot of costs and not many benefits.”
Greens laud uranium deal scrapping – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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